Jaffer scores unbeaten double ton against RoI
Nagpur, March 15: Wasim Jaffer defied age and modern fitness norms to flay a young Rest of India attack throughout the second day of Irani Cup as Vidarbha reached a mammoth 589/ 3, riding on Mumbai maestro’s unbeaten 285.
At 40, with no worries of clearing Yo- Yo tests, Jaffer batted with composure, bleeding a young bowling attack with thousand cuts, en route his unbeaten knock on a shirtfront of a track at the VCA Stadium.
It was a lovely sight when young Prithvi Shaw, who now opens for Mumbai, was seen clapping after Jaffer reached his eighth career double hundred.
Eighteen seasons back when Jaffer had made his debut for India, Prithvi was only three months old.
The Mumbai maestro wasn’t troubled one bit by an attack that had current India off- spinner Ravichandran Ashwin ( 1/ 123 in 43 overs) and the discarded Jayant Yadav ( 1/ 149 in 38 overs) in their ranks.
Both of them also had ‘ centuries’ in their names which they would like to forget quickly.
He started the day on 113 and added 172 runs more to become the highest individual scorer for Rest of India in the Irani Cup, surpassing Murali Vijay’s 266 during the 2012- 13 season. Jaffer’s innings had 34 boundaries and a six. He has faced 425 balls so far. Along with Ganesh Sathish ( 120, 280 balls), Jaffer added 289 runs for the third wicket and then another 91 runs with Apoorv Wankhade ( 44 batting).