Followers of Ravichandran Ashwin on social media platform ‘X’ were stunned as the former India cricketer shares a photo of Sunny Leone. Comments were flowing the in comment box of the post, as the followers were curious to know why suddenly Ashwin shared her photo. Though, some were able to decode the hidden meaning of the entire social media post.

Former Indian leg-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shared a collage post from his ‘X’ account today on December 9, 2025. The post features Bollywood star Sunny Leone on one side, while a photo of Sandhu Street in Chennai is on the other.

A photo of Sunny Leone in a social media post of Ravichandran Ashwin

Without any caption or text, Ashwin confused fans by adding two emojis to his post. His post quickly went viral on social media, and fans began creating various memes. Some users even discorded the post.

In fact, R Ashwin’s post (R Ashwin cryptic post Sunny Leone) went viral within minutes, with users wondering why the former leg-spinner shared Sunny Leone’s photo. After much discussion, it emerged that Ashwin was trying to name a player with this post.

In the post, he featured a picture of Sunny Leone on one side and a street in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, called Sandhu Street on the other. Sandhu also means narrow street in Tamil Nadu. In other words, he was implying that Sunny + Sandhu = Sunny Sandhu. Now, the question arises: who is Sunny Sandhu?

Sunny Sadhu is a Tamil Nadu all-rounder who made his T20 debut during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On Monday, Sandhu played a match-winning innings against Saurashtra. Playing his second match for Tamil Nadu, he scored 30 runs off 9 balls. He shared a crucial 37-run partnership with Sai Sudarshan. Sai scored an unbeaten 101 off 55 balls, helping his team to a 3-wicket victory.