Former opener Wasim Jaffer took to social media to post a collage of pictures and asked fans to decode his Team India playing XI for the opening Test against England.
The India-England Test series will begin with the initial match in Nottingham on August 4 (this week). Team India experienced a blow ahead of the game as opener Mayank Agarwal was ruled out of the Test, having suffered an injury after being hit on the helmet during training.
Sharing the college on his official Twitter handle, Jaffer wrote:
”My Playing XI for the first test #ENGvIND #decode.”
The compilation of images highlights Bollywood stars like Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Ranveer Singh, former WWE wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin along with sportspersons like popular Team India coach Ravi Shastri and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Here are some opinions from Twitterati to Jaffer’s post on his Team India playing XI. Although some gave it a shot, others were left completely confused.
Rohit
Rahul
Pujju
Virat
Ajju
pant
Left arm- jadsu
Ashwin mehta
Mohhamad shami
Ishant
Bumrah— Rohit panwar (@the_great_rohit) August 2, 2021
Rohit
Rahul
Pujara (samaj nehi aaya)
Virat
Ajinkya(samaj nehi aaya)
Pant(samaj nehi aaya)
Jaddu(shashtri allrounder)
Ashwin(must be. Don't know who is him)
M Shami(Md ali)
Ishant(lamba bal)
Bumrah(samaj nehi aaya)— Viratian MH (@MHChowd11190598) August 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/gaurangmittal15/status/1422203545206411266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
1 Rohit (Kaho na pyaar hai)
2 Rahul (Dil to pagal hai)
3 Pujara (Steve was his nickname given by county teammates)
4 Kohli
5 Rahane (Ajju bhai, Welcome back)
6 Pant (Sorabh Pant)
7 Jaddu (didn't get it)
8 Ashwin (Scam 1992)
9 Mohd Shami
10 Siraj (supposedly)
11 Didn't get it too— Hritunava Basak (@hritz_nav) August 2, 2021
Seedhe seedhe bol nahi sakte…! pic.twitter.com/ewkXG1WdpZ
— Abhijith N S (@Abhijithshet7) August 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/NehaKha44398253/status/1422213811679887366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The Team India captain told the side will need to give their best every day of a Test match if they are to win the future series. Kohli embellished:
“It takes relentless madness and pursuit of excellence every day over a five-Test series to tell yourself that I want to do the hard work and I want to get into situations which are tough into every Test match every day. You got to be ready for that kind of workload and mental load.”