Published 15:41 IST, November 10th 2022
IND vs ENG: Wasim Jaffer sends request to UK PM Rishi Sunak over Vaughan 'jinxing' India
Jaffer's comment came after Vaughan picked India as favourites to win the semifinal because of the absence of Mark Wood from England's playing XI.
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Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer, who is kwn for his witty posts on social media, trolled his good friend Michael Vaughan ahe of semifinal clash between India and England. Jaffer took to his official Twitter handle to request UK's newly-sworn Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to put a mobile signal jammer in Yorkshire, where Vaughan lives. Jaffer's comment came after Vaughan picked India as favourites to win semifinal because of absence of Mark Wood from England's playing XI.
IND vs ENG: Jaffer reacts to Vaughan's tweet
Vaughan has been accused by many cricket fans of jinxing team that he predicts a win for on Twitter. He h famously predicted Australia to win ir bilateral Test series against India in 2021. However, after losing first match of series, India me a stunning comeback and went on to win series 2-1. Vaughan himself ackwledges his power to jinx team to a loss as displayed by former England captain in many of his past tweets.
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India vs England
As far as ongoing semifinal is concerned, England captain Jos Buttler won toss and elected to field first at elaide Oval. Batting first, India lost an early wicket in form of KL Rahul, who was removed by Chris Woakes for 5 off 5 balls. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli n forged a crucial partnership of 47 runs before former was dismissed by Chris Jordan for 27 off 28 balls. Suryakumar Yav was dismissed early by il Rashid for 14 off 10 balls.
Kohli and Pandya n steied Indian innings with a 61-run partnership before former was dismissed for 50 off 40 balls by Chris Jordan. Pandya also scored a half-century to help India finish at a score of
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15:41 IST, November 10th 2022