Former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer was one of those cricketers who couldn’t make a comeback to the international cricket despite his consistent domestic runs.
Jaffer represented India in 31 Test matches and scored 1944 runs at an average of a shade under 35. But despite piling huge runs in the domestic circuit, Jaffer failed to make an international return after getting dropped from the team.
Jaffer recently spoke about his impressive domestic performances and his inability to make a return to the international side.
“In 2012-13, I was very close to getting selected when Shikhar Dhawan got selected. So, I came very close a couple of times but somehow I missed the bus.” He also added, “The selectors are the best people who can answer that but I definitely kept knocking the door.”
Jaffer has over 19,000 runs to his name at an average of 50.67 and the best score of 314.
He said, “I wasn’t that consistent. If I was, I would have played more than 100 Test matches. I was not that consistent at the international level that is why I got dropped.” He added, “I am famous for my first-class career more than the international cricket that I have played.”
In a recent interaction on Sports Tiger’s show ‘Off the Field’ hosted by Vedant Sharma, Jaffer also spoke about his new role on being appointed as the head coach of Uttarakhand. He said, “It’s quite exciting, something which is very new to me. Even though, I have tried my hand in coaching, but not as a head coach. I have done some batting consultancy and I have played some part in coaching but taking up the whole team is quite exciting and challenging, so I am looking forward to it.”
He also spoke about BCCI not allowing the non-contracted players to play in foreign leagues. “If you are not one of the centrally contracted players then one should be allowed. The board can minimize and reduce it to one or two leagues in which the players can participate but not letting any Indian player play anything other than IPL is a bit strict in my opinion,” he said.
