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Wasim Jaffer resignation goes to show how polarisation has crept into the ‘gentleman’s game’, 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 Indian’s identity and the bête noire of every sane and sensible individual.
Wasim Jaffer
The subtitle of Christopher Hitchens’ ‘God is not Great’, 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 ‘pushing non-deserving players’ to be selected in the team. CAU responded by dragging Jaffer’s religion into the controversy. CAU Secretary Mahim Verm ....

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