BCCI Silence as Wasim Jaffer is Targeted is Deafening
To expect the head of the cricket board to be a little more proactive won’t be too much to ask for
Sunday February 14, 2021 5:00 PM, Jaydeep Basu
The Indian cricket team’s tour of the West Indies in 1971 will be remembered for multiple reasons; the second Test at Port of Spain was India’s maiden victory against the West Indies. It also turned out to be India’s first series win against Gary Sobers’ men. Most importantly, it was batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar’s debut series.
The series, however, kicked off a storm even before the players had boarded the plane. In January 1971, when the selectors met in Bombay (now Mumbai) to pick up the squad, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was removed as the captain after 10 uninterrupted years at the helm.