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Cricket: CASTE & Team India – 7 Brahmins + 2 Upper Caste+ 5 OBC- DOES CASTE/ROLES MATTER ANYMORE

Cricket: CASTE & Team India – 7 Brahmins + 2 Upper Caste+ 5 OBCs- DOES CASTE/ROLES MATTER ANYMORE??
Does it matter? As above the “Traditional” role of Upper Caste known for intellect prowess (only) vs Labor Castes etc DOESNOT seem to apply “anymore” Does it?
But the Government STILL includes Caste Census and Set Asides etc- Controversial Yes But Needs to be Ack. and Faced
- Brahmins: Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, (Murali Vijay), Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra
-Upper Caste: Virat Kohli,Ravindra Jadeja
OBC:Mahendra Singh Dhoni, (Murali Vijay), Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Vinay Kumar
-OC: Mohammed Shami / Irfan Pathan
Also the stalwarts of Indian Cricket viz Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, S Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar – all Brahmins
>> Is this a measure of Privilege in Selection and/or Merit. And Current Performance dictates that current Team India (above) ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS in different formats of the game