After Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer, who were expected to lead the Mumbai Indians bowling this season, were sidelined with injuries, Akash Madhwal stepped up with his own set of extraordinary performances and was instantly likened as a timely .
While playing against Pakistan, it is not just the cricketing skills of Muslim players getting tested but also their patriotism and loyalty towards the country. In a sense, Shami was lucky to have received support and solitary support from his fraternity, but more worrying is that ordinary Indian Muslims don't get such support.
: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 2:30 AM IST
Wasim Jaffer resignation goes to show how polarisation has crept into the âgentlemanâs gameâ, says Sumit Paul
In his active cricketing career of close to two decades, playing 31 Tests for India and scoring prolifically on the domestic circuit, Jaffer was never called a religiously prejudiced cricketer. But now in these changed times and climes, religion seems to have become every Indianâs identity and the bête noire of every sane and sensible individual.
Wasim Jaffer
The subtitle of Christopher Hitchensâ âGod is not Greatâ, 2007.
Former prolific batsman Wasim Jaffer recently stepped down as coach of the Uttarakhand state team, alleging that the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) secretary and selectors had been âpushing non-deserving playersâ to be selected in the team. CAU responded by dragging Jafferâs religion into the controversy. CAU Secretary Mahim Verma made several all
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.