‘What is Valimai?’: Moeen Ali’s confused query to Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin, talking in regards to the 2nd Test in Chennai, the place his all-round efforts helped India clinch a series-levelling win, revealed that the group on the stadium had requested England’s Moeen Ali about ‘Valimai’. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Ashwin laughingly recalled that Moeen had requested him confusedly what ‘Valimai’ meant.
Seeking updates about ‘Valimai’, starring widespread actor Ajith Kumar, has develop into a working joke throughout Tamil Nadu. The film has been within the works for a number of years.
Ashwin stated: “There was one putting humorous second that confirmed how passionate or loopy we folks in Tamil Nadu are about films. I used to be within the boundary line, and instantly one man known as out ‘Ashwin, Ashwin, Ashwin.’ I rotated and requested him ‘what’, and he replied: ‘Valimai update?’
“I was totally foxed, didn’t understand what was going on. Later in the day I googled it. Next day, Moeen Ali came up and asked ‘What is Valimai?’ It meant they’ve asked Moeen Ali for Valimai update too when he has been at the boundary! Asking an England player for Valimai update was outstanding, I cannot take it off my head (laughs)!”

#Thala followers asking #Valimai replace to #MoeenAli …😀😀😀😀 pic.twitter.com/3ZCSfvmFEt
— Anand (@anandviswajit) February 13, 2021
Ashwin additionally spoke about how the Chennai crowd was a significant ingredient in India’s win. He described how Number 11 batsman Mohammad Siraj was impressed by how the group was cheering for his defensive strokes when Ashwin was nearing his century within the second innings.
He stated, “Another second I loved was the group cheering each time Mohammed Siraj defended once I was batting within the 90s. He got here as much as me and stated ‘not even my father has clapped this much for my defence, there are so many people cheering me now, you’ll absolutely get your 100 and I’ll play until then’.

#Valimai Update Wait Goes To Chepauk Stadium 🏟️ Last Time Moeen Ali , This Time Namma @ashwinravi99 Anna …
Dear @BoneyKapoor Make It Happen 🙏 #ValimaiUpdate pic.twitter.com/t9KeZTCJ9f
— 🅿🅰🅽🅳🅸🆈🅰🆁🅰🅹🅰ᵛᵃˡᶤᵐᵃᶤ (@Pandiya28118947) February 15, 2021
Ashwin additionally stated the Chennai spirit seeped into the Indian dressing room.
“I noted that Kohli and Rishabh Pant cheered me in Tamil saying ‘vera level’ (different level). I think Virat would have picked it up from Murali Vijay, who used to do it when he was in the team,” he stated.