Ahmedabad: When England and India were busy fighting it out on the field in the T20I series, former cricketers Michael Vaughan and Wasim Jaffer got engaged in banter on Twitter after the hosts lost the opening T20I on Friday.
It all started when England restricted India to 124/7 at the Narendra Modi Stadium and former England skipper Vaughan took a dig on the hosts by rating IPL franchise Mumbai Indians as a better T20 side than the Men in Blue.
India got off to the worst possible start as the hosts lost two big wickets inside the first three overs. And while Shreyas Iyer did rescue the hosts from early blows, the Virat Kohli-led side was only able to score 124 in 20 overs.
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But Jaffer hit back at Vaughan and reminded him that the visitors had fielded four overseas players. It was a veiled attack on England as some of their players were born in other countries and later migrated to the UK.
"Not all teams are lucky enough to play four overseas players Michael," Jaffer tweeted.
