'Jhooth bolo, bar bar jhooth bolo' - Fans react to Moeen Ali's 'if Ben Stokes messages me again, I'll simply delete it now' statement

Star England allrounder Moeen Ali played a crucial role in the team’s win in the fifth Test of Ashes 2023 against Australia. He scored 34 and 29 in the two innings of the match, respectively. He also scalped three important wickets in the second innings when Australia were chasing the target of 384 runs. England eventually won the match by 49 runs.

Notably, the 36-year-old was included in the England squad after the management asked him to come back from his retirement for the series. This came about as their frontline spinner Jack Leach was ruled out due to injury ahead of the series. Ali decided to unretire after having a discussion with skipper Ben Stokes and the team management.

Meanwhile, Ali once again hung up his boots in Test cricket after the conclusion of the Ashes 2023 and also took a cheeky dig at Ben Stokes when asked about the possibility of coming out of retirement again. "If Ben Stokes messages me again for a series, I'll simply delete it now (smiles),” said Mooen Ali.

Ali scalped a total of 10 wickets with the ball in the four Tests he was part of and also scored a half-century with the bat in the rain-affected Manchester Test. With an illustrious career to his name, Ali played 68 Test matches and will go down as one of England's finest spinning allrounders modern era.

Moeen Ali wraps up his Test career with a glorious all-round double

Ali also completed the double of 3000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets during the series. He will finish with 3,094 runs with the bat and 204 wickets with the ball following the Ashes. He could be in action for England in the white-ball circuit for the upcoming assignments with major tournaments lined up. He might play a vital role in the World Cup for the defending champions, considering that the ODI World Cup 2023 will be held on spin-friendly tracks in India.

Ali's hilarious dig at Ben Stokes drew a lot of hilarious reactions on social media. Fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts.

Here’s how fans reacted:

jhooth bolo, bar bar jhooth bolo

— shashankkk (@Fmab96) July 31, 2023

England fan's pic.twitter.com/IbzyfGRgSh

— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) July 31, 2023

Toh kya hua BenCtokes.. Adil Rashid ko msg kar dega🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

— Satya P Singh(spbtctrade) (@spsinghweb) July 31, 2023

Imagine he comes back for the test series against India

— Haque 🇧🇩 (@midtownndriverr) July 31, 2023

If your country need you and u r there so nothing is important than this nice to see you again moien ali

— Abhi kumar (@avinashpeter99) August 1, 2023

Sukar h warna kahi Rishabh Pant available ho jata na,

Next IND vs ENG test series me fir to maze the,

— Delhi Capitals Fan (RP17) (@Branded_Tweet) July 31, 2023

Now we can see Pareto principle being applied in cricket as well.
Moeen Ali for England, Rohit and Kohli for India 🇮🇳

— The Cricket Man (@ICC_cricket_man) August 1, 2023

Thank God it means he will not come to India in Feb 😭🙌

— Mobin Buchad (@MobinBuchad6) July 31, 2023

Yeh nhi ane chahiye agle sal india me 😭

— मुसाफ़िर🇦🇷 (@PogoTogo1) July 31, 2023

His 3 wickets changed the match. Although broad and the occasion of his retirement were the highlights of a great series.

— Molbi (@Ali_nawaz_92) August 1, 2023

Just after the Word Cup 2023 campaign,Stoksy will message you for India tour.

— Abhisek Gupta (@ABHISTRONG) August 1, 2023