5 Unlucky players in Indian cricket history

2. Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer is the domestic Indian legend. To play as many as 260 first-class matches and maintain an average of almost 51 is by no means a joke. He retired only after the erstwhile after featuring for Vidarbha for the last few years. He was the part of the winning Ranji Trophy winning sides on 10 occasions, eight times for Mumbai and twice for Vidarbha.

Then why didn’t this supremely talented batsman play more than 31 Tests for India. He scored 1944 runs in 58 innings at an average of 34.10 with five centuries and 11 fifties. But the slump in his form came at a wrong time and at the same time, India got an opener like Gautam Gambhir who was taking long strides in international cricket.

And Jaffer could never make a comeback to the national side again. He could be termed unlucky as Jaffer possessed immense talent in him to play more Test matches for his country. As far as his FC career is concerned, he amassed 19410 runs smashing 57 tons and 91 fifties.