Ravichandran Ashwin crushes fan theories about his 'late' birthday wishes for MS Dhoni

New Delhi: India's limited-overs skipper MS Dhoni turned an year older on Thursday.

Apart from fans, wishes poured in for Mahi from current and former colleagues. 

Some players like Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are perceived to be close to the wicketkeeper-batsman.

While Raina and Jaddu took to social micro-blogging site Twitter to wish Dhoni, there was a considerable delay from Ashwin's end.

Many more happy returns of the day @msdhoni , may the force be with you.

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 7, 2016

Some fans questioned Ashwin about his 'late' wishes and even began speculating over the possible reasons. 

Tired with the conspiracy theories floating around, the Tamil Nadu cricketer revealed the reason behind the delay.

To all the passionate and intelligent ones commenting on the timing of tweets, St Kitts is 12hours behind India. — Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 7, 2016

Before arriving in St. Kitts, the team had a stopover at London's Gatwick airport. Virat Kohli and co will play its first warm-up match on Saturday.