Former India opening batsman and domestic stalwart, Wasim Jaffer's stint as Uttarakhand head coach came to an end after he resigned from the position citing the interference and bias of selectors and the association's secretary for non-deserving players as the reason. In an email to Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU), Jaffer said that he feels "sad" because potential talents are being denied opportunity. "It's with great sadness that I'm writing this email to inform you all that I would be resigning from the post of head coach of the senior CAU team with immediate effect. "If the honorary secretary of CAU would want to inculcate such kind of work environment while not letting me take certain decisions pertaining to the team's welfare and performance... then I don't think there's any valid reason for me to continue as head coach of men's senior team of CAU."
"I feel really sad for the players as I genuinely think that they have lots of potential and can learn so much from me but are denied this opportunity because of so much interference and bias of selectors and secretary in the selection matters for non-deserving players," Jaffer wrote in an e-mail to the association. Mahim Verma, CAU secretary said that Wasim Jaffer was given all the support since taking over the charge of the team but he was interfering "too much" in selection matters. "We gave him whatever he asked for, had a pre-season camp for a month, let him choose his outstation players, trainer and bowling coach but his interference in selection matters was getting too much," Verma told PTI. "After the result in Mushtaq Ali did not meet our expectations, the selectors wanted to try out a few other players but he kept insisting on picking his own team which is not right as selectors are there, too, to do their job," Verma added. Wasim Jaffer was appointed as the head coach of the state team in June 2020. He had signed a one-year contract with CAU. Uttarakhand won only one out of their 5 matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Jaffer who represented, India in 31 tests and 2 ODIs is also the batting coach of Kings XI Punjab.
