Amit Shah tells Ravi Shastri 'how karyakartas' singles helped BJP pile up 300+ in UP'; Twitterati goes gaga

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his close aide and BJP chief Amit Shah recently displayed their 'wit and humour' and their knowledge of cricketing language when they received a congratulatory tweet from former cricketer and Team India director Ravi Shastri on UP poll victory.

Shastri had on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his party BJP's historic victory in the recently concluded assembly elections in UP to which he received a cheeky reply from the latter.

Congratulations @BJP4India on the landslide win in UP. The pair of PM @narendramodi & @AmitShah went past 300-mark like a #TracerBullet — Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) March 16, 2017

In his tweet to PM on Thursday, Shashtri had also used his famous phrase "Tracer Bullet" while complimenting the Modi-Shah combine as batsmen. 

Responding to Shastri's tweet, PM Modi replied right back using cricketing language.

Thank you. UP polls did not quite go down to the wire. But, at the end of the day democracy is indeed the real winner! :) https://t.co/suoTqZtXit — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 16, 2017

Interestingly BJP president Amit Shah was also not too far behind the PM in giving a humorous response to former cricketer's congratulatory tweet.

In his tweet to Shastri, Shah explained how BJP played as team and how its Karyakartas helped it win up 300+ seats in the 403-seat UP Asembly. 

Thank you @RaviShastriOfc. Team BJP piled up 300+ on the back of many singles that our karyakartas and Modi government took along the way. https://t.co/MiffG9BRuB — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 16, 2017

The use of cricketing metaphors by both PM modi and Shah thrilled hundreds of Twitter users who heaped praise on the BJP leaders for their ''wit and humour''.

Here are some of those responses.

@RaviShastriOfc
Both @narendramodi & @AmitShah will cross their 200s as end of the 2019 election. Total 400+ @BJP4India #IAmNewIndia — RAVI SHARMA (@ravi_sharma5424) March 16, 2017

@RaviShastriOfc @narendramodi Loved It Ravi Sir. People Of UP Voted To The BJP Like A #TracerBullet — Aabhas Raj (@aa4d662de5d24f3) March 16, 2017

@RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah Shastriji Threeble century of Good governance and saka saath SABKA Vikas. — Sudarshan (@SudarshanShet18) March 17, 2017

@RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah yea like the probable fastest ever triple century in a one dayer! — Vishal Dwivedi (@vishaldwivedi6) March 17, 2017

@RaviShastriOfc @BJP4India @narendramodi @AmitShah
जोड़ी ने 300 पार करके विपक्ष के चारोखाने चित कर दिए
जय श्री कृष्ण रवि साहेंब — Rajiv Pandya (@RajivPandya77) March 17, 2017

Thank you @RaviShastriOfc. Team BJP piled up 300+ on the back of many singles that our karyakartas and Modi government took along the way. https://t.co/MiffG9BRuB — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 16, 2017