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Wasim Jaffer

Full name:	Wasim Jaffer
Born:	16th February 1978, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm off-break
Teams:	India (Test: 1999/00-2007/08); India (ODI: 2006/07); Mumbai (Main FC: 1996/97-2007/08); Mumbai (Main ListA: 1996/97-2007/08); Mumbai (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); All teams
Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 2000
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Articles:	India keep victory hopes alive
	Laxman, Ganguly take India to huge score
	Jaffer leads India's run-riot with unbeaten 192
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Pictures:	Wasim Jaffer plays a shot against Pakistan
	Wasim Jaffer celebrates his double-century
	Wasim Jaffer plays an on-drive
	Wasim Jaffer raises his bat after his century
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He has been in and out of the test team ever since he made his debut against the visiting South Africans in 2000, and is yet to play an innings in ODIs. A right hand batsman in the style of Azharuddin, Jaffer was seen as the big star coming next out of Mumbai after he hit a triple-century in only his second first-class game. But Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock proved too hot to handle in his first test series and he then had to suffer a short sabbatical from international cricket. Not to be dogged down, he continued to pile on the runs in domestic cricket and a string of big scores in 2001-02 won him a place on the tour of the West Indies. There he hit two elegant half-centuries but was not keeping a good enough price on his wicket and thus again lost out to other upcoming openers. He next came into the limelight with some superb performances for the India A team on the 2003 tour of England, but spent three years in the domestic wilderness before being recalled to the squad for the third Test against Sri Lanka in 2005-06. He made most of his first chance on return, against England in March 2006, notching up his maiden Test hundred and followed it up with a double ton against West Indies in June 2006. In 2007-08, he hit another elegant double century at Eden Gardens against the visiting Pakistanis. Inspite of being a test player primarily, he was bought by the Bangalore Royal Challengers franchise to play for them in IPL.
Profile DateLine: 5th June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	31	58	1	1944	212	34.10	5	11	48.07	27

Test Career Bowling (2001/02)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	66	3	18	2	2-18	9.00	0	0	33.00	1.63

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	157	265	25	11518	314*	47.99	32	55	169

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2005/06)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	138	4	74	2	2-18	37.00	0	0	69.00	3.21

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	2	2	0	10	10	5.00	0	0	43.47	0

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	63	63	5	2456	178*	42.34	4	19	27

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	7	7	0	119	50	17.00	0	1	109.17	3

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India Under-19s	3	3	0	120	106	40.00	1	0	1