India and England cricket teams are currently locking horns with each other in the ongoing 2nd Test match of the 5-match Test series at the iconic Lord’s Stadium. After the first match was marred by rain, both the teams will be keen to take a notch up in the ongoing series and would try to give the best of their abilities for that. Ahead of Day 1 of the 2nd Test match today, former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer came up with a hilarious tweet to describe the playing conditions at the Lord’s.
Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer is one of the most loved and entertaining personalities of the cricket world. All thanks to his witty replies and hilarious tweets, Jaffer has become our favourite internet darlings. The former cricketer never fails to entertain the fans with his hilarious sense of humour regarding the latest happenings in the cricket world. And he was at it again as the match was about to kickstart at the iconic Lord’s Stadium.
Wasim Jaffer took to his Twitter and came up with a hilarious meme featuring tweet featuring Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor to describe the slopy conditions at the Lord’s. He used two pictures of the actor — a normal one, depicting the other cricket grounds around the world, and the second one of Anil Kapoor’s character ‘Majnu Bhai’, which depicted the famous slope of Lord’s. Sharing the picture, Jaffer wrote:
“This is all you need to know about the famous Lord’s slope #ENGvIND,”
Here, check out the Tweet:
This is all you need to know about the famous Lord's slope😄 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/nQA2rWuAOz
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 12, 2021
Meanwhile, after the 1st match of the series was ended up in a draw, the toss of the 2nd test match was also delayed because of the rain. However, it was a passing shower as the game started soon.
Talking about the toss, Virat Kohli‘s bad at the toss continued as he lost yet another toss. Going with the conditions of the Lord’s Joe Root decided to bowl first.
India’s Playing XI for 2nd Test match: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
England’s Playing XI for 2nd Test match: Rory Burns, Dom Sibley, Haseeb Hameed, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wicket-keeper), Sam Curran, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson
