WATCH: “This happened to me everyday,” Danish Kaneria opens up about how his teammates tried to convert him to Islam

Danish Kaneria has openly spoken about how his teammates have mistreated him for his religion.

WATCH: “This happened to me everyday,” Danish Kaneria opens up about how his teammates tried to convert him to Islam

Danish Kaneria claimed his teammates mistreated him as he was Hindu (Image via ESPN)

Former Pakistan leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria, revealed what it was like to be a Hindu in the Pakistan team. In the history of Pakistan Cricket, only 2 Hindus have been a part of the Pakistan Cricket team and 7th non Muslim. 

On his X account, Kaneria shared a video of Tilakarante Dilshan being convinced by Ahmed Shahzad to convert to Islam. After scoring the match winning runs against Pakistan, he was walking back to the pavilion. The cameraman caught Ahmed Shahzad going up to him and saying, “If you’re non-muslim and turn muslim, no matter whatever you do in life, straight to heaven.”  Dilshan’s reply was not audible, but Shahzad commented, “Then get ready for the fire.”

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Kaneria captioned the video, “Be it the dressing room, the playground or the dining table, this happened to me every day.” He has always been vocal on how his Pakistani teammates had tried to convert him to Islam. In a TV interview, he said that former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi had also tried convincing him to convert him to Islam. He also said that Afridi used to mistreat him and the Pakistan Cricket Board never helped him out. 

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Shoaib Akhtar revealed how the Pakistan team used to mistreat Danish Kaneria 

On a TV show called “Game on Hai”, Shoaib Akhtar revealed that some Pakistan teammates used to mistreat Danish Kaneria because he was Hindu. He said that Kaneria was barred from taking food from the same table as his teammates. 

Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar was unhappy with the treatment of Danish Kaneria (Image via ESPN)

Shoaib also said Kaneria was never given credit despite doing so much for the Pakistan team. He said when Kaneria was discriminated based on his religion, he used to be livid and called out his teammates for such behavior. 

Danish Kaneria last played a Test match for Pakistan in 2010. In the same year he was caught in a match-fixing scandal while playing County Cricket. Although he was cleared of all charges, he was named by another player for match fixing. In 2012 he was finally given a lifetime ban by the ECB and the PCB. 

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