On Wednesday, Congress leader Shama Mohamed ignited a debate by alleging religious bias in the exclusion of cricketer Sarfaraz Khan from the recently revealed India A squads by the BCCI. This statement followed her previous critique of former India captain Rohit Sharma's fitness. Mohamed took to the social media platform X, openly questioning whether Khan's religious background influenced his omission from the teams. Additionally, she appeared to criticize Gautam Gambhir, a former BJP MP and current India coach, for supposedly favoring non-Muslim players.

Taking to X, Shama Mohamed wrote, “Is Sarfaraz Khan not selected because of his surname! #justasking. We know where Gautam Gambhir stands on that matter.”

Is Sarfaraz Khan not selected because of his surname ! #justasking . We

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