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Wasim Jaffer gets trolled by Michael Vaughan following the former's appointment as batting coach of Punjab franchise

Michael Vaughan, former England skipper and the Twitter rival of Wasim Jaffer has come up with a trolling remark for the latter following...

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In a line of some big changes, the Punjab franchise has added some more names to their support staff. Trevor Bayliss has been named the head coach of the team ahead of the next edition of the Indian T20 League. Former South African speedster Charl Langeveldt is set to take over the duties of a bowling coach for Punjab for the 16th edition of the Indian T20 League.

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Meanwhile, the franchise has appointed the former Indian opener as the batting coach of the team after a hiatus of a year.

“Jiska tha besabri se intezaar, introducing our  Batting Coach, Wasim Jaffer!  #SherSquad, reply with a meme to welcome the King! (The one you had been waiting for, introducing our Batting Coach, Wasim Jaffer! Reply with a meme to welcome the King!),” tweeted the Punjab franchise on their official Twitter handles while announcing the addition of Wasim Jaffer to the support staff as a batting coach.

Subsequently, Michael Vaughan, the meme and Twitter rival of Wasim Jaffer has come up with a trolling remark for the latter. Notably, both Jaffer and Vaughan happened to be in banter over social media on a couple of occasions. The 48-year-old went on to take a dig at the former Indian opener. In his tweet, Vaughan referred to the instance when he scalped the wicket of Wasim Jaffer.

"Someone who got out to me is a batting coach !!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote Vaughan in his tweet while quoting news of Jaffer’s appointment as a batting coach in Punjab.

Here's what Michael Vaughan tweeted for Wasim Jaffer:

Now talking about the players Punjab has released, the list includes the likes of the star Indian opener Mayank Agarwal alongside West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith.

Here’s a look at released players from Punjab ahead of the mini-auction for the Indian T20 League 2023:

Odean Smith, Prerak Mankad, Writtick Chatterjee, Ishan Porel, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Sandeep Sharma, and Mayank Agarwal.

Players retained by Punjab:

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Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Baltej Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wicketkeeper), Harpreet Brar, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Rahul Chahar, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, and Shahrukh Khan.

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