5 talented but unlucky cricketers

#1 Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer

Wasim Jaffer could be considered as the best opening batsman to have played in the Indian domestic circuit. Jaffer started his career playing for Mumbai and went on to be the greatest batsman on the domestic platform. Currently, he is the leading run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy history. Jaffer has so far scored 18,110 runs at an average of 50.44 from his 242 first-class matches.

He played the Test format for India from 2000-2008 but only played 31 matches in the 8 years. The Mumbaikar smashed 1944 runs in those matches which included 5 centuries and 11 half-centuries with a top score of 212 runs. However, pertaining to his failures in some matches, he lost his place from the Indian side in 2008 and from then he has never made a comeback. In spite of his consistent performances in the domestic platform, he never got his second chance.