In Shahenshah and Shah s Cricket Sultanate, Ahmedabad is the Only Place that Really Counts Anymore thewire.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thewire.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On December 10, 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s media release announced the itinerary of England’s tour to India which featured a total of 12 matches. Seven were to be held in “the newly built Sardar Patel Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.” On March 7, the Indian Premier League fixtures said that the “World’s Largest Cricket Stadium Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad” would host eight league matches, three play-offs and the final. That’s a total of 12 games, more than any other venue just in case anyone doubted the location of the new headquarters of Indian cricket.
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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