Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Mushtaq Ahmed was a good friend of mine since childhood but I gave Danish Kaneria selection preference because he was Pakistan’s future and Mushtaq was dropped in my captaincy”
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Ex-Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has revealed that he gave “selection preference” to former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria over Mushtaq Ahmed.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “I never felt that there was any such thing in our team, that any player treats another player badly if he is a non-Muslim. I never noticed even a single example of any such thing in our team”
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Ex-Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq admitted that former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has really angered him with his claims of being discriminated against.
Javed Miandad: “If you talk about Kaneria, he will say anything for money and he has no credibility left in cricket. How can you believe someone who is serving a life ban for corruption in cricket?”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad has lashed out at former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, saying he “will say anything for money”.
Iqbal Qasim on Danish Kaneria: “If some players have mistreated Kaneria only because of his religion than they must be exposed”
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Former Pakistan spinner Iqbal Qasim and ex-batsman Mohsin Khan want Danish Kaneria to expose the players who he claims discriminated against him due to the fact he is Hindu.
Pakistan Cricket Board official on Danish Kaneria: “Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, all these guys captained Pakistan when Kaneria was playing. They should respond to what Akhtar and Kaneria are saying. Why should the board get involved?”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused to get involved in the controversy surrounding ex-players allegedly discriminating against former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria due to his religion.
Mohammad Yousuf: “I condemn the comments made about discrimination regarding players from the minority in the Pakistan team”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has expressed his anger towards ex-pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar and former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.
Danish Kaneria: “The players didn’t like to talk to me just because I was a Hindu. Soon I will reveal their names. I did not have the courage to speak in this regard, but now I got the courage to speak on this issue when I heard Shoaib’s statement”
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Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has promised to reveal the names of the Pakistan players that subjected him to religious discrimination.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I don’t want to bring this out in the open but once someone said ‘Sir, why is he eating from here [implying same place as others]’ , I said I am going to throw you out because this man is getting wickets for your country”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria used to face religious discrimination since he was a Hindu.
“No matter what you do, no matter how good you try to be, you are always going to get a certain amount of haters”
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali has announced that he is unconcerned about “haters” and won’t let them derail his international career, which has just started to blossom.
“What I was trying to do by my earlier comments is calm a situation and I realise that they had completely the opposite effect”
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Angus Porter, who is the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, has apologised for his earlier comments about England all-rounder Moeen Ali.
