Former England captain Michael Vaughan and former India opener Wasim Jaffer are the quintessential Tom and Jerry on Twitter, always bickering with one another and taking hilarious jibes with regards to whatever the other says.
Vaughan and Jaffer never back down from needling each other at the expense of their country's performances on the cricket field. Each time India or England do not perform well, Jaffer and Vaughan are the first to tag each other on Twitter and engaged in witty banters.
All in jest, nothing strong or serious.
In a recent conversation with India cricketer R Ashwin, Vaughan finally revealed why he and Jaffer are constantly at each other's throats on social media. He revealed that everything began in 2002 when he dismissed Jaffer during a Test match in England.
The story is from the first Test between India and England back in 2002 at Lord's, Jaffer had scored a half-century in India's second innings before nicking Vaughan to captain Nasser Hussain in the slip cordon.
"Well, he was my first Test wicket, Wasim, so it goes back to 2002 where he snuck a ball up the slope at Lord's and was out caught at first slip. So, he can't have been that good with the bat if he got out to me,” Vaughan revealed the start of his feud with Jaffer.
When Ashwin asked Vaughan about that wicket of Sachin Tendulkar in Nottingham and how it was different from the Jaffer wicket.
Vaughan said: "Yeah, but you know Sachin was just being nice to me but Wasim actually wasn't bowled. He got the outside edge. Oh, we have a bit of fun. I really enjoy it. I'm sure he would have something by now, but I haven't seen Twitter today, so I’m waiting."
Here is the video with Vaughan revealing everything about his feud with Jaffer:
