Jaffer is a No No
Filed Under (Team Selection, India, Test Matches) by Abhinav Kaiser on July-27-2007

Wasim JafferDisappointment is the word of the day when I look at the Indian team that has been chosen for the 2nd test at Trent Bridge. Coming from an average outing at the Lord’s, it was important to get rid of extra baggage and get some live wires to recharge the entire team.

Jaffer was a non-sense man at Lord’s and he should have been replaced with either Gambhir or Yuvraj. Jaffer was clueless against the moving ball; my maid servant would have played better than him in the English conditions. Yet, he boasts of several hundreds in first class matches. Selectors and senior cricketers often talk about the good technique that Jaffer possesses. How can a person have good technique if he can’t cope up with the moving ball? Hitting the ball thats not moving laterally takes hand and eye co-ordination more than technique. Sehwag would’ve done much better here in England and he never talks about his batting technique. Jaffer is lucky to be in this match and my bet is that he would score less than 20 in both the innings.

The rest of the team selected themselves on merit and performance from the previous game. The injury scare to Ganguly would have opened the doors for Yuvraj whose inclusion would have thrown some excitement into this game.

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Comments
Ahluwalia on July 27th, 2007 at 9:19 pm #

I agree with you Abhinav Kaiser…

Mumbai Hit on July 28th, 2007 at 12:04 pm #

Sehwag was the best cricket opener. He was dropped. I was a fan of Wasim but I am not happy with his batting now. I think Rohit Sharma should be here. And also Ajit Agarkar.

Chintu on July 30th, 2007 at 9:53 am #

I feel upset by such strong terms used by so called self acclaimed editors :)
and that too against a player who tries his best.. he scored good in second innings in lords too and in second test too.. when it swings.. you need luck by your side.. no one can VERY confidently negotiate swing bowling.. if you havent played outside of India.. you need to try it once.. and especially in england.

Regard your maid servant doing better.. well.. I dont know why you have put him/her on bonded labor :) let him/her loose and let them play some cricket if not for india.. then may be for city/ state level :)

See Jaffar’s record in domestic.. your domestic servant will surely survive.

And may I tell you that he was in your list of team for first match (July 17th Blog).

Abhinav Kaiser on July 30th, 2007 at 11:13 am #

Chintu,

I was surprised to see Jaffer apply himself in the first innings so beautifully. He did play really really well. But, his innings in the Lord’s test had no confidence written over it.

Playing swing is not luck but skill. Not many Indians have that skill as they are brought up on dead rubber.

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