Five Indian cricketers who should have had a Long Career

Wasim Jaffer 

Everyone these days know Wasim Jaffer for his comical posts on social media but very few are aware that what a prodigy he has been in first-class cricket. Being regarded as a legend in Ranji Trophy, Jaffer debuted for India in 2000 but he failed to assert his authority and scored only 46 runs in four innings. He then later staged a comeback after years and then went on to score around 2000 Test runs at an average of 34.10 to go with 5 hundred. However, with the rise of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir in the team, he lost his place in the Indian side and played his last match in 2008. Overall in 33 international matches, the 43-year-old scored 1954 runs.

Despite being left of out the Indian squad he continued to play domestic cricket and became the all-time leading run-getter in Ranji Trophy. The right-handed batsman played domestic cricket for 23 runs and scored around 20,000 runs in 260 first-class games at an average of 50 and in the process also became the most capped Ranji Trophy player. In his career he won Ranji Trophy a record 10 times, 8 with Mumbai and then 2 more with Vidarbha. Wasim Jaffer then finally called time on his career in 2020 but a batsman of his calibre who’s considered as Ranji Trophy giant should have had a long international career.

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