Calcutta: Ravichandran Ashwin and Herschelle Gibbs got involved in a spat on Twitter on Monday, with the India off-spinner going on to take a jibe at the former South African opener.

Ashwin raised the match-fixing issue Gibbs got caught up with back in 2000, which threatened to hamper his career.

Promoting a shoe brand on Twitter, Ashwin highlighted its comfort and ability to make running easy and how he couldn't wait to flaunt them. "Hey Guys! Just got my hands on the new NIKE React. It's got a stunning design and the foam technology used makes it light and comfortable to use. Undoubtedly, the best running shoes I've stepped into, can't wait to flaunt them," he had tweeted.

Replying to Ashwin, who is not among the fastest on the field in the current Indian set up, Gibbs jokingly tweeted: "Hopefully you will be able to run a bit faster now Ashwin."

Reacting sharply to the South African, Ashwin replied: "Surely not as fast you did mate, unfortunately I wasn't as blessed as you were. But I was blessed with a wonderfully ethical mind not to fix games which put food on my plate."

Stung by such a reaction, Gibbs preferred to move on from the matter. "Can't take a joke I see anyway moving swiftly on," he tweeted then.

Ashwin too went into damage control mode thereafter, saying his reply was also a joke. "I totally believed my reply was a joke too, but look how people and yourself perceived it. I am totally game for this sort of fun mate, we shall dine over this sometime," he said.

A little while later, it was seen that Ashwin had removed that part on fixing games from his Twitter handle. "What's sensitive to me isn't to someone else, and what's sensitive to you isn't to me. I want to respect my family of fans and hence pulled the tweet down, and now entertainment over for all my haters. See you later," he wrote.