Wasim Jaffer

Cricket Player

Wasim Jaffer was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on February 16th, 1978 and is the Cricket Player. At the age of 46, Wasim Jaffer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Wasim
Date of Birth
February 16, 1978
Nationality
India
Place of Birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Age
46 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Cricketer
Wasim Jaffer Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 46 years old, Wasim Jaffer has this physical status:

Height
183cm
Weight
79kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Wasim Jaffer Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Islam
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Not Available
Wasim Jaffer Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Ayesha Jaffer
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Abdul Kader Jaffer
Siblings
Kaleem Jaffer (Older Brother) (Cricket Coach), Naeem Jaffer (Older Brother). He has one other older brother.
Other Family
Armaan Jaffer (Nephew) (Professional Cricketer), Fatima Jaffer (Niece) (Cricketer)
Wasim Jaffer Career

Jaffer represented Scholes CC in the Huddersfield Drakes League for a number of seasons as their overseas player. For the 2010 season he moved a few miles down the road to Skelmanthorpe Cricket Club, and broke the league record for runs scored in a single season. In the 2011 season Jaffer signed to Himley CC in the Birmingham and District Premier League.

In his Test career so far, Jaffer has five centuries of which two were double-centuries. He has Test centuries against Pakistan, England, West Indies and South Africa.

As of the 2013 season Wasim Jaffer travelled to England where he played for Ainsdale CC in the LDCC league. Here he enjoyed a successful first half of the season scoring multiple centuries and a had a strike rate of 97.93 and a top score of 153 not out. Injury curtailed his time at Ainsdale as he had to return home to India for an operation on his knee.

In June 2015, Jaffer switched to Vidarbha from 2015/16 Ranji season. On 1 January 2018, Vidarbha won Ranji Trophy and in the final against Delhi, Jaffer hit the winning boundary.

In November 2018, in the third round of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy against Baroda, Jaffar became the first batsman to score 11,000 runs in the Ranji Trophy. The following month, in round seven of the tournament, he scored his 55th century in first-class cricket. Later the same month, he equalled the record for playing in the most matches in the Ranji Trophy, with 145. He was the leading run-scorer for Vidarbha in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 763 runs in eight matches. In the quarter-final match of the tournament, against Uttarakhand, he scored his 19,000th run in first-class cricket.

In the opening round of the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy, Jaffer became the first cricketer to play in 150 matches in the Ranji Trophy. On 7 March 2020, Jaffer retired from all formats of the game.

International career

An opening batsman, with the style of Mohammed Azharuddin, much was expected of Jaffer as he entered Test cricket for in a home series against South Africa in 2000. However, the experienced bowlers Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald proved too difficult for him 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 the following summer but, despite a half century at Lord's, he struggled in his other innings and was dropped after two Tests.

Jaffer was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of Pakistan 2005–06 in the wake of excellent domestic form, but did not play in the Tests. It was in the next series in India that Jaffer scored his maiden Test century: exactly 100 against England at Nagpur, in his first Test since his recall.

He made his first Test double-century at the Antigua Recreation Ground against the West Indies in June 2006. His 212 was made in over 500 minutes during the second innings was the equal second highest by an Indian batsman in the Caribbean.

In July 2006, his position as India's first-choice opener with partner Virender Sehwag was confirmed via the award of a central contract (Grade C) by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Jaffer's ODI debut came in November 2006 against South Africa but he was unproductive and was immediately dropped. However, he continued to score in the Test format, making his third Test century against South Africa at Newlands.

Despite making a pair in the opening Test of his next series against Bangladesh at Chittagong, he returned to form with 138 in the following Test before retiring hurt.

Jaffer scored 202 in the first innings of the second Test of the 2007 series against Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Coaching career

He was appointed as batting coach for Bangladesh cricket team

He was appointed as batting coach for Kings XI Punjab

He was appointed as head coach for Uttarakhand cricket team

He was appointed as head coach for Odisha cricket team

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