5 Indian openers who showed promise before fading away 

#1 Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer was an opener brought up in the Mumbai School of batting. Jaffer scored a triple-century in only his second first-class game.

After a disastrous tour of Australia in 1999/00, the entire team was overhauled and he was handed a Test debut in February 2000 in Mumbai where he found Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock too hot to handle. He was dropped from the side and spent almost 6 years in domestic wilderness scoring truckloads of runs.

Jaffer received his second opportunity against England at Nagpur in March 2006. In his comeback match, he notched up his maiden Test hundred and followed it up with a double against West Indies in June 2006.

Jaffer scored runs against Pakistan and England in 2007 before losing his form and his place in the Test side to Gautam Gambhir. However, Jaffer continued to score runs in the FC cricket and recently became the all-time highest scorer in Ranji Trophy scoring over 11000 runs.

Wasim Jaffer: Career Statistics