File image of Wasim Jaffer©Twitter
Former India Test opener Wasim Jaffer has been reappointed batting coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) side Punjab Kings for the upcoming season after a one-year hiatus. Jaffer was the Punjab Kings hitting coach between 2019 and 2021 but retired before the auction of 2022. Last year, Punjab Kings had hired power hitting coach Mark Wood. However, he will be back in the Punjab dugout next season. “You can be sure (The one you’ve been waiting for), introducing our batting coach, Wasim Jaffer!” Punjab Kings tweeted from their official handle.
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan, who is often involved in Twitter banter with Jaffer, mocked the ex-India batsman on the news. “Someone who got off on me is a hitting coach,” Vaughan wrote on his Twitter account. Vaughan had fired Jaffer from the Lord’s in 2002.
Someone who came out to me is a batting coach!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/Xnopz9341I
— Michael Vaughan (@Michael Vaughan) November 16, 2022
Now Jaffer has come up with a funny reply to the tweet, featuring a picture of “Hulk” along with a tube of Burnol.
https://t.co/9J2SQX3b3K pic.twitter.com/Crq47x3fvt
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) November 17, 2022
Jaffer recently commented on star Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav. The star player of Team India was the third highest run scorer in the tournament with 239 runs to his name in 6 matches at an average of 59.75.
While Suryakumar was at his best in the mega event in Australia, he failed to perform in two crucial matches against Pakistan and England. Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer feels that the team needed him most in those games and that he should have performed there.
“If I have to be a little bit critical, the two games we needed him in, he failed in that – against Pakistan and England. I’ll talk from a critical point of view, otherwise he’s been brilliant all year,” Jaffer told CricTracker.
With PTI inputs
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