Wasim Jaffer Picked India’s Playing XI For First Test With A Cryptic Tweet

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Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer, who is very active on social media, has become one of the most loved memester on social media. He never fails to entertain his fans with hilarious memes related to cricket activities and also gives them different tasks like solving riddles while talking about the Indian cricket team, every now and then.

Now ahead of the first Test between England and India, the former Indian skipper has picked the visitors’ playing XI and this time, he came up with an interesting way.




Jaffer took to his Twitter and shared a collage of images and asked the fans to decode his Team India playing XI for the first Test against England. The collage of images featured sportspersons like current Team India coach Ravi Shastri and boxing legend Muhammad Ali. It also featured Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Ranveer Singh, former WWE wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Sharing the collage, Jaffer asked his fans to decode his playing XI. He wrote:




“My Playing XI for the first test #ENGvIND #decode.”

Here, check out the Tweet:

The tweet went viral in no time and was flooded with reactions from the fans to it. While some gave it a shot, others were left utterly confused.

Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:

Decoding Wasim Jaffer’s Tweet:

Jaffer has selected Rohit Sharma as the opener by using Hrithik Roshan’s debut movie’s picture, where he played the character named ‘Rohit’. In Mayank Agarwal’s absence, Jaffer has picked KL Rahul as the opener and for this, he has used Shahrukh Khan’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai’s image.

Further, he used the picture of Cavit Çetin Güner, the actor from the Turkish TV Series Erutrul Ghazi, who looks a lot like the Indian skipper Virat Kohli. He then funnily used the picture of Indian head coach Ravi Shastri’s playing picture to hint that the Indian star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja should play in the team. He also picked Ajinkya Rahane and for this, he used the picture of John Abraham from the movie Welcome back, where he played the role of ‘Ajju bhai’.

Apart from this, Ranveer Singh’s khilji look in Padmaavat was also part of Jaffer’s tweet as he denoted the veteran pace bowler Ishant Sharma. He then picked Ravi Ashwin as well along with two other pacers in Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah to complete his playing XI.

Wasim Jaffer Picked India’s Playing XI For First Test With A Cryptic Tweet

Wasim Jaffer’s playing XI:

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah.