Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer and former England captain Michael Vaughan have garnered an incredible social media following. With their wit and sense of humour, they have captured the hearts of the public. Cricket fans adore them, and they have quickly gained a following on social media. They use memes to disseminate their cricket expertise and sometimes they even troll each other.
Wasim Jaffer is also noted for his amusing social media exchanges with Michael Vaughan, the former England captain. On Twitter, the duo never misses an occasion to throw sneaky jabs at one other and make fun of each other about different cricketing matters.
Who is Wasim Jaffer?
A 44-year-old Wasim Jaffer is a former right-handed opening batsman from India. He also bowled right-arm off-break as an occasional bowler. He is now the leading run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy. In November 2018, he became the first batsman in the league to achieve 11,000 runs.
Jaffer has taken up coaching positions in the Indian Premier League and domestic cricket since his retirement. He joined the Kings XI Punjab in 2019 as a batting coach and has spent the previous three years with the squad. Recently, he resigned from the team, just before the IPL Mega Auction.
Jaffer praised the Punjab squad and wished Anil Kumble, the IPL’s head coach, well in the future season.
Who is Michael Vaughan?
A 47-year-old, Michael Vaughan is a former English right-handed batsman. From 2003 to 2008, he was the England test team’s captain, the inaugural England T20 captain from 2005 to 2007, and an international team captain from 2003 to 2007. He also works as a cricket commentator in England.
On Wednesday, when Jaffer is celebrating his 44th birthday i.e. on 16 February, Michael Vaughan used the occasion to taunt the ‘Meme King’ with an amazing tweet. Michael Vaughan came to Twitter to wish his ‘good friend’ on his big day with a humorous post. The tweet went viral within minutes.
Vaughan tweeted a birthday greeting to Wasim Jaffer, as well as a reminder that the Indian batsman was his first test wicket. He expressed himself as follows:
“Happy birthday to my first Test match wicket @WasimJaffer14 !!”
Take a look at this tweet:
Happy birthday to my first Test match wicket @WasimJaffer14 !! 👍👍😜😜
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 16, 2022
For the uninformed, in the 2002-03 season of India’s bilateral Test series with England, Michael Vaughan, a part-time bowler for the England cricket team in the longest format picked Wasim Jaffer’s wicket.
Wasim Jaffer, an Indian Test batsman, was the first victim of the English captain’s part-time off-spin bowling. This occurred during the last innings of an England vs. India Test match at Lord’s in 2002. Jaffer seemed in fine form, scoring a half-century before falling to Vaughan, who was caught at slips by Nasser Hussain. The Test match was won by England by 170 runs.
ROB TO THE RESCUE
Vaughan vs Jaffer https://t.co/KhpIKUQedt pic.twitter.com/FButnZr8vr
— Rob Moody (@robelinda2) March 12, 2021
Wasim Jaffer, on the other hand, was quick to spot the Tweet and respond with a hilarious retort. In his response on Twitter, the former Indian cricketer appreciated Vaughan’s unique birthday message, as well as making an incredible return. He expressed himself as follows:
“Haha thank you my permanent social media wicket.”
Haha thank you my permanent social media wicket 😜 https://t.co/r1roZKcexb
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 16, 2022
Let me tell you, Jaffer and Vaughan have trolled each other many times before, and they don’t hold back when it comes to pulling each other’s leg on social media. Their presence on social media made the atmosphere very interesting and humourous among cricket fans on social media.