Hunger for scoring big runs could be best summed up by domestic stalwart Wasim Jaffer. Yesterday, if it was his 53rd first-class hundred, against Rest of India in the Irani Cup, that put him in the headlines, his conversion to a double-century on Thursday registered his name in the record books for having scored a double at the age of 40. Wasim Jaffer scores 18000 runs in 242 first-class matches in 397 innings with an impressive average of 50 plus with highest score of 314 runs not out.

According to a tweet by Mohandas Menon, Jaffer has become the fifth player in the history of the game to score a double at the age of 40.

Despite his international career coming to an end long while ago, Jaffer's unsatisfied hunger for scoring runs in the domestic circuit could be a lesson for the budding youngsters. And not just the hunger to prove himself as a batsman, but also the ability to capitalize on a start on way to a big innings. On a Nagpur track that looks to be a batting paradise, Vidarbha are nearing 500 in the first innings having lost just two wickets. Jaffer has been the bulwark of the Vidarbha innings and his doublng up as coach-cum player has helped the Vidarbha youngsters to realize their abilities as batsmen.