On Thursday April 15, Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals and Sanju Samson’s Rajasthan Royals will clash in the 7th match of the IPL 2021 tournament. Wasim Jaffer Tweeted a photo of a scene from Amir Khan’s cricket-themed movie ‘Lagaan’ to send out a hilarious message.
Jaffer wrote on Twitter with a laughing emoji- “Watchout for these two tonight” .
Watchout for these two tonight 😆 #RRvsDC #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/Qa2v7lSc44
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 15, 2021
The English bowler runs out the Indian non-striker before delivering the ball, an action which is popularly called ‘Mankading’ after the legendary all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, this was the scene in the movie.
Wasim Jaffer is suggesting Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler and Delhi Capitals’ off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin as his players to watch out for the game. Buttler and Ashwin were involved in a similar run-out in IPL 2019.
Buttler was batting impressively for his 69 in that game at Mohali. Ashwin, skipper of Kings XI Punjab that time, seized the opportunity to run out Buttler and the match turned on its head. From a losing position, Kings XI Punjab went on to win the game by 14 runs.
The dismissal was legal but prompted intense criticism on social media with many from the cricket fraternity and aficionados suggesting it was against the ‘spirit of the game’.
Rajasthan Royals were quick to react to Jaffer’s post and came with another meme from the same movie to respond to his tweet. Check out Rajasthan Royals’ reply- “Mai yeh khel pehle khel chuka hoon” ( I have played this game before) which is a famous dialogue of one of the characters of the movie. Rajasthan Royals are apparently alluding to a deja vu moment for Jos Buttler and his franchise after seeing the photo.
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 15, 2021