About Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer (born February 16, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai) is an Indian cricketer, and a prolific scorer in Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and he bowls a right-arm offbreak. An opening batsman, with the style of Mohammed Azharuddin, much was expected of Jaffer as he entered Test cricket for the first time in a home series against South Africa in 2000. An experienced bowling duo in Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald would however prove too difficult for Jaffer to cope with, and he managed just 46 runs from his four innings. He would not start another international match for some time, eventually returning in May 2002 for a tour of the West Indies. Jaffer had a respectable series, making 51 in Bridgetown and 86 at Antigua. He had done enough to be included in the Indian squad for their tour of England that coming summer but despite a half century at Lord\s he