: 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 allegations against Jaffer, the most serious of which was that Jaffer was promoting âreligion-based selectionâ in the team. He was even accused of inviting maulvis to the teamâs training!