NEW DELHI: The hilarious banter between cricketers, former and present, always tickles the funny bone, especially when Indian cricketers reply to their England counterparts.

Former cricketers Wasim Jaffer and Michael Vaughan leave no opportunity to have a go at each other whenever their team does well and drive their point home more so if against each other.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said more than once that the T20 World Cup schedule favours India as they knew beforehand that they will be playing the second semifinal of the tournament at Guyana.

And what happened at Guyana? India crushed defending champions England by 68 runs on Thursday to set up a T20 World Cup final against South Africa.

It’s no rocket science to understand as alleged by some ‘experts’ even if the schedule favours India, Rohit Sharma and his team had to win all their matches to top their group, which they did in emphatic fashion.

After India’s victory, Vaughan posted on X, “India thoroughly deserve to be in the final .. The best team in tournament so far .. Was always going to hard for England on this pitch .. India just so much better on lower slower spinning pitches .. #T20IWorldCup”

To this, Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had played a stellar role in India winning their last ICC trophy – the Champions Trophy, by defeating England in the final in England – gave a hilarious reply.

Ashwin replied on X, “? 1 dx = x + C. ? a dx = ax+ C. ? xn dx = ((xn+1)/(n+1))+C ; n?1. Hence, India won.”



India will take on South Africa in the final at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday.

The Proteas are also undefeated after crushing Afghanistan by nine wickets in their semifinal.