Wasim Jaffer hit a majestic century as Mumbai punished Railways' decision to bowl first on a dead track in the Ranji Trophy Elite 'A' season opener in New Delhi on Sunday.
Wasim Jaffer scored an unbeaten 170 as Mumbai crushed Delhi by six wickets in the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament.
Mumbai's senior opening batsman Wasim Jaffer lost his father, who passed away at the LilavatiHospital in suburban Bandra on Friday, following a brief illness.
Opener Wasim Jaffer (171) scored a big hundred as Mumbai enhanced their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage of the Ranji Trophy by taking a 79-run lead against Gujarat in their Group A match, in Mumbai on Sunday.
Mumbai were 236 for 3 against Andhra Pradesh on the opening day of their Ranji trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
Young Armaan Jaffer scored a mammoth 473 for Rizvi Springfield in the Harris Shield final against IES VN Sule Guruji at the Matunga Gymkhana.
Wasim Jaffer missed out on a triple hundred but Vidarbha, in their bid to out-bat Rest of India, posted a mammoth 702 for five at stumps on a rain-curtailed third day of the Irani Cup, in Nagpur, on Friday.
Wasim Jaffer missed out on a triple hundred but Vidarbha, in their bid to out-bat Rest of India, posted a mammoth 702 for five at stumps on a rain-curtailed third day of the Irani Cup, in Nagpur, on Friday.
Mumbai colts are participating in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup invitation cricket tournament, at Hyderabad from September 6.
Reader Umesh Babu sent us a photograph with Indian opener Wasim Jaffer.
The opening batsman was unbeaten on 192 as India amassed 352 for 3 on Day 1 of the second Test against Pakistan.
India captain Rohit Sharma has spoken about his journey from being a young player who would stand outside the Wankhede Stadium to catch a glimpse of Mumbai Ranji Trophy stars, to having a stand named after him at the iconic venue.
Under pressure after Mumbai failed to clinch the Ranji Trophy title in the last two seasons, captain Wasim Jaffer stepped down from his post after a stint of four years at the helm but will be available as a player.
Jaffer on Monday became only the fifth Indian batsman to score a double century and a fifty in the same Test. And he is only the second Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar to perform this feat.
The 42-year-old batsman played 31 Tests and scored 1,944 runs, at an average of 34.11. He has five hundreds and 11 fifties in the longest format, with 212 his highest score.
Join us in congratulating the 28-year-old batsman on his double hundred in the West Indies.
Test opener Wasim Jaffer expressed surprise over BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah's statement that he asked permission to play charity games in Saudi Arabia.
The Mumbai opener has been recalled to the Indian Test team after nearly three-and-half years.
India's Wasim Jaffer was grateful for a familiar pitch and the faith shown in him after he scored his third test century on Tuesday in the third and final Test against South Africa.
Test discard Wasim Jaffer scored an unbeaten 206 as Mumbai amassed 329 for 2 by close of day 1 in the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match against Delhi.
'I remember I smashed my first double hundred here against England and then went onto score many more hundreds in my career.'
Mumbai skipper Wasim Jaffer was adjudged Cricketer of the Year, while the late Ashok Mankad was posthumously conferred the Lifetime Achievement award at the 'CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Domestic awards 2009' in Delhi on Tuesday. Jaffer received a cash prize of Rs 200,000, while Cheteshwar Pujara from Saurashtra, who was named batsman of the year, and Mumbai's Dhawal Kulkarni, named bowler of the year, were handed Rs 100,000 each.
Asim Munir and his brand of short-sighted army officers give no inkling of paying heed, changing course or learning lessons from the past, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.
Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in an unfinfished partnership of 328 runs as Mumbai amassed 366 for 1 on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad.
Struggling opener Wasim Jaffer is all set to give way to either Harbhajan Singh or Dinesh Karthik in the Indian team for the crucial fourth and final cricket Test against Australia beginning in Adelaide on Thursday.
A summary of the second day's play in the Elite division matches of the Ranji Trophy.
The 34-year-old's strokeful 132 not only helped Mumbai take a vital first innings lead against Saurashtra in the final of the Ranji Trophy, which Mumbai won by an innings and 125 runs, at the Wankhede stadium, but also helped him break longstanding records.
A resurgent India have dropped struggling opener Wasim Jaffer but are still undecided whether to opt for a five-pronged bowling attack as they go into the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday seeking to level the four-match series.
The opener was to have led the Indian domestic champions in the annual four-day Mohammad Nasser Trophy from Sept. 8 against hosts Karachi, winners of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy last season.
Following his brilliant 202, Wasim Jaffer has jumped 17 places to 23rd in his best career-rating on the ICC charts.
The first innings double centurion scored a brisk fifty as India posted 141 for 2 in the second innings to extend their overall lead to 301 at close on Day 4 of the second Test against Pakistan.
Wasim Jaffer scored a brilliant 138 before retiring due to cramps as India amassed 326 for no loss on Day 1 of the second Test against Bangladesh.
'We played since childhood in U-15, U-17. It felt like we carried on from where we left off.'
Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs on day two of their Group A match against Bengal at the Jadavpur University second campus ground in Saltlake in Kolkata on Sunday.
India opener Wasim Jaffer is hoping that rain could save India in the first Test at Lord's after a poor batting performance saw them hand back England the initiative.
