Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer has sent a coded message to India's stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane in Australia, and challenged him and his teammates to decode it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Dear @ajinkyarahane88, here's a (hidden) message for you. Good luck for Boxing Day! People, In, Cricket, Know, Grief, In, Life, Lingers, Aplenty, Never, Dabble, Rise, And, Handcraft, Unique, Legacy," tweeted Jaffer, now coach of Uttarakhand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"PS: you guys are open to have a go and decode the msg too," he wrote in his tweet. Both Jaffer and Rahane come from Mumbai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jaffer's tweet comes two days after India recorded their lowest ever innings total - 36 all out - in Test cricket, beating their own 46-year old undesirable record, on way to losing the first Test of the series by eight wickets in Adelaide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 1974, the Ajit Wadekar-led Indian team were bowled out for 42, and went on to lose that match at Lord's, London, and the three-match series 0-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Now, India have three more Tests to play in Australia, and have an opportunity to bounce back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The second Test begins on December 26 in Melbourne.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nDear @ajinkyarahane88<\/a>, here's a (hidden) message for you. Good luck for Boxing Day!
\r\n
\r\nPeople
\r\nIn
\r\nCricket
\r\nKnow
\r\nGrief
\r\nIn
\r\nLife
\r\nLingers
\r\nAplenty
\r\nNever
\r\nDabble
\r\nRise
\r\nAnd
\r\nHandcraft
\r\nUnique
\r\nLegacy
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\r\nPS: you guys are open to have a go and decode the msg too #INDvsAUS<\/a> #AUSvIND<\/a><\/p>\r\n— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n