# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wasim-jaffer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:35.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wasim-jaffer"
name: "Wasim Jaffer"
slug: "wasim-jaffer"
description: "Wasim Jaffer is a retired Indian professional cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right arm off-break bowler. In 2011 he became the highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy cricket, surpassing Amol Muzumdar. In November 2018, he became the first batsman to score 11,000 runs in the competition. In January 2019, he became the most capped player in Ranji Trophy history with appearance of his 146th match surpassing Madhya Pradesh's Devendra Bundela (145). He was appointed as batting coach for Bangladesh cricket team. In March 2020, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket."
tagline: "Indian cricket player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waseem_Jaffer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.46
  momentum:             3.575174230077834
  historical:           7.827381333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ওয়াসিম জাফর"
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    title: "وسیم جافر"
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    title: "വസീം ജാഫർ"
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    title: "వసీం జాఫర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump