File photograph of Danish Kaneria and Shahid Afridi© AFP
Danish Kaneria, former Pakistan cricket crew participant and the nation’s highest-wicket taking spinner in Exams, has levelled some critical allegations towards former captain Shahid Afridi. Kaneria, with 261 scalps is the fourth highest wicket-taker amongst Pakistan gamers after Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan. As a spinner, Kaneria performed from 2000 to 2010. Afridi was his long-time teammate and the 2 shared dressing room too.
Now responding to a publish on X relating to Shahid Afridi, Kaneria made some large allegations: “He has persistently aligned himself with extremist views. For my part, he shouldn’t be given a platform on Indian tv or throughout the nation. Moreover, he tried to influence me to transform to Islam and declined to share a meal with me, which I discovered deeply disrespectful.”
Danish Kaneria earlier alleged that he confronted large discrimination in Pakistan and his profession was destroyed. Kaneria mentioned he didn’t get equal values and respect in Pakistan. He had participated within the Congressional Briefing on ‘Plight of minorities in Pakistan’ on Wednesday (native time). Chatting with ANI, on the sidelines of the occasion, Kaneria mentioned, “Immediately, all of us gathered right here and expressed how all of us confronted discrimination and raised our voices. I additionally confronted discrimination in Pakistan and my profession was destroyed.
“I didn’t get equal values, respect in Pakistan…All of the individuals who got here right here spoke towards discrimination, on how Pakistan handled them. So, the principle purpose was to unfold consciousness amongst everybody, particularly US, on how folks endure and the issues that exist in Pakistan and take motion towards it.”
Kaneria had performed 61 Exams for Pakistan and is barely the second Hindu to function within the Pakistani cricket crew after Anil Dalpat. With 261 scalps in 61 matches, Kaneria is Pakistan’s highest wicket-taking spinners.
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