Shahid Afridi requested me to transform, didn’t obtain respect in Pakistan: Danish Kaneria
Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria stated that Shahid Afridi had requested him to transform loads of instances in his profession. The 44-year-old Kaneria opened up on the plight of minorities in Pakistan at a Congressional briefing in Washington, DC.
Kaneria, who performed 61 Exams for Pakistan from 2000 to 2010, is just the second Hindu cricketer after Anil Dalpat to play for the nationwide workforce. The leg-spinner stated that he went to the USA after not receiving respect in Pakistan.
“All of us gathered right here and shared our experiences of how we had been handled in Pakistan. We’ve got confronted discrimination, and as we speak, we raised our voices towards it,” Kaneria was quoted as saying as per ANI.
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“I, too, have confronted a number of discrimination, and my profession was destroyed. I didn’t obtain the respect and equal worth I deserved in Pakistan. Due to this discrimination, I’m within the US as we speak. We spoke to lift consciousness and let the USA understand how a lot we have now suffered in order that motion might be taken.”
Earlier in 2023, throughout an interview with Aaj Tak, Kaneria revealed that Afridi persistently urged him to embrace Islam, whereas former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq stood as the only captain who backed him.
“I used to be doing nicely in my profession and was taking part in county cricket too. Inzamam-ul-Haq supported me quite a bit and was the one captain who did so. Alongside him, Shoaib Akhtar. Shahid Afridi and plenty of different Pakistan gamers troubled me quite a bit and didn’t eat with me. Shahid Afridi was the principle individual telling me to transform, and he did a number of instances. Inzamam-ul-Haq by no means used to speak that means,” Kaneria stated.
Again in 2012, Kaneria was banned for all times after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) discovered him responsible of spot-fixing. Kaneria picked up 261 wickets in Exams at an economic system fee of three.07 with 15 five-wicket hauls to his identify.
