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Harmless Dale Steyn tweet hijacked by Ajith fans

The reply section to the cricketer's tweet was completely taken over by fans who were awaiting the release of Viswasam's first single, Adchi Thooku

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Little would Dale Steyn have thought that a harmless tweet from him asking "What’s happening Twitter?" would elicit the response it did. Fans of Ajith, who were eagerly awaiting the release of the first single, Adchi Thooku, from the actor's Viswasam, hijacked the tweet completely leading to hilarity.

Dale Steyn asking the question most of us ask on a bored Monday evening:

And here's the first response:

With France taking the lead, namma Tamil fans did not want to be left behind.

Someone even thanked a fellow fan for his work in promoting the single, in this Twitter thread.

An ex-New Zealand cricketer actually answered the question but even he was not spared by the Ajith fans.

Someone even provided some friendly advice to the cricketer:

And if he wasn't in the mood to read, he could always ask his fellow Aussie cricketers, another fan offered:

Some saw the humour of the situation:

But we only came for the inevitable Vadivelu meme:

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