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Wasim Jaffer becomes initial Indian to play 150 Ranji matches

Vijayawada: Veteran opener Wasim Jaffer on Monday became a initial actor in Indian cricket to underline in 150 Ranji matches. The 41-year-old from Maharashtra, who has been an critical partial of a title-winning Vidarbha group in a final dual years, achieved a singular eminence during their Group A opener opposite Andhra Pradesh here. The former India opener is now only 853 runs divided from completing 20,000 runs in initial category cricket.

Jaffer is followed by Madhya Pradesh batsman Devendra Bundela (145 matches) and Amol Muzumdar (136 matches), who have played for Mumbai and Assam. Overall, Jaffer has played 253 first-class games, scoring 19,147 runs during an normal of 51.19. He has scored 57 hundreds and 88 fifties with 314 being his top score. The Mumbaikar has represented India in 31 Tests between 2000 and 2008, scoring 1944 runs that enclosed 5 hundreds and 11 fifties.

He also has a double hundred to his name — a top measure of 212 opposite West Indies in 2006 during St John’s. He also played dual ODIs for India.

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