With the help of digital medium, anyone can grab the attention if they have the right potential to do so. Be it beauty, craft, or skills, just one has to catch the right eye to be viral in seconds. The same happened with a CSK fan, Aaryapriya Bhuyan. It was during RR vs CSK’s match when a 19-year-old girl caught all the attention with her reaction to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s dismissal.
The internet was flooded with millions of reactions to Aaryapriya’s facial expression, which was all natural and to the point relatable. The clip of only a few seconds was loved so much by people that Aaryapriya ended up gaining lakhs of followers from a few hundred. Amid the viral IPL girl reigning hearts, let’s have a look at her profile.
Who is the viral IPL girl, Aaryapriya Bhuyan?
Aaryapriya Bhuyan is a 19-year-old teenager who hails from Guwahati. Aaryapriya is currently pursuing her studies. Not much about her is currently known except the fact that she’s a die-hard fan of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was Aaryapriya’s sister who introduced her to CSK and Dhoni, when she was only 9-10 years old, and since then, she has loved the team and Captain Cool. Aaryapriya revealed this story to HT City. She can be quoted as saying:
“She introduced me to the team and Dhoni himself when I was around nine or ten. Since then, I’ve been a fan, and I’ve always loved CSK and Dhoni.”
iral IPL girl, Aaryapriya Bhuyan gained 172K followers from 800 with her viral video from IPL
Dressed in a strappy yellow-toned one-piece, Aaryapriya’s spontaneous angry reaction when Dhoni was out during the RR vs CSK match left everyone melted. While some named her as ‘meme girl’ others started tagging her as ‘crush’. Be it anything, one thing assured that Aaryapriya won hearts. So much so that her IG followers gained from 800 to 172K within the blink of an eye. Talking about the same, Aaryapriya told the Hindustan Times that she’s not that active on social media, and had only a few hundred followers, well, it increased to lakhs within a night after her video featuring her reaction to MS Dhoni’s wicket went viral. She said:
“I had less than 1,000 followers on Instagram. I’m not a big social media person—I just posted travel pictures whenever I felt like it.”
Aaryapriya Bhuyan talks about her viral reaction to Dhoni’s wicket
Aaryapriya became a sensation overnight, and it is surely overwhelming for her. Talking about the same in the same interview, she said that she’s not planning anything right away, but she’s excited as her friends have been hyping her up. She also revealed that her family is super happy and even supportive. When asked about what made her react that way, Aaryapriya stated that she was not even thinking that Dhoni would be out and thus, her reaction came spontaneously and it went viral. She mentioned:
“I wasn’t even thinking about that catch. My reaction came out spontaneously as I was shocked that Dhoni was caught out. That was an absolute momentary expression.”
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