Don’t find out about row surrounding Wasim Jaffer, says Ajinkya Rahane

Image Source : KXIP Wasim Jaffer
India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Friday steered away from the controversy surrounding home stalwart and his former Mumbai teammate Wasim Jaffer, who’s preventing allegations of making an attempt to push religion-based choices throughout his stint as Uttarakhand coach.
Jaffer, who stop as Uttarakhand coach owing to a dispute with the state affiliation, has rejected the cost by the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand officers that he favoured Muslim gamers within the crew.

“Sir, I don’t have an idea regarding this issue, what has happened, so I don’t think that I should comment on this topic, because I don’t have an idea,” Rahane stated on the digital press convention on the eve of the second Test towards England right here.
Rahane and Jaffer, who’s the main run-getter in Ranji Trophy, have collectively performed for Mumbai and the West Zone. They even have performed collectively for the Indian Oil Corporation.
The 42-year-old Jaffer, who performed 31 Tests for India and is a celebrated title in home cricket, stated the cost levelled by CAU’s secretary Mahim Verma in a media report, had brought about him immense ache.

Jaffer had resigned on Tuesday citing “interference and bias of selectors and the association’s secretary for non-deserving players” as the explanation.
“…jo communal angle lagaya (the communal angle that has been brought up), that is very, very sad,” Jaffer had stated in a digital press convention on Wednesday.
“They levelled an allegation that I am in favour of Iqbal Abdulla, I wanted to make Iqbal Abdulla as the captain, which is absolutely wrong,” he had asserted.
Jaffer had discovered help from spin legend Anil Kumble, a former India captain and coach who at present heads the ICC’s cricket committee, amongst others.
Former India gamers Irfan Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, and former Mumbai batsman Shishir Hattangadi have additionally stood behind Jaffer on the problem.