Hours ahead of the Punjab Kings’ season opener against Rajasthan Royals, Wasim Jaffer – who has become a social media sensation – took to Twitter inspired by a Salman Khan old tweet. Expressing his desire to win, Jaffer said he wishes to reply with a ‘yes’ to Salman. During the 2014 edition, Salman – who is close to Preity Zinta – had asked her if her IPL franchise had won.

As a friend, Salman was enquiring.

Jaffer captioned the matchday post, “Our campaign starts today. My only wish is that I get to quote tweet this Salman Khan tweet with ‘Yes’ more often this season.”

Meanwhile, the IPL clash between Punjab and Rajasthan promises to be a high-scoring affair as both sides boast of big-hitters. Fans could be in for a six-fest. The two line-ups are dotted with expansive stroke-makers and in pursuit of a winning start to their IPL campaigns in Mumbai on Monday. Rajasthan will be banking heavily on their swashbuckling all-rounder Ben Stokes. Stokes will be keen to get some runs under his belt and so will be the likes of Englishman Jos Buttler and newly-appointed skipper Samson, who is a mine-field of talent.

RR vs PBKS Probable Playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C), Shivam Dube, Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi/Jaydev Unadkat and Mustafizur Rahman.

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (C&WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Jhye Richardson, Fabian Allen/Chris Jordan, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami and Ravi Bishnoi.