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Danish Kaneria calls Shahid Afridi ‘characterless’, admits being mistreated by Pakistan team for being Hindu

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Talking to files company IANS, Danish Kaneria stated that it modified into then Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi who modified into towards him and that the damaged-down all-rounder modified into ‘liar and manipulator’. 

Danish Kaneria (left) and Shahid Afridi. (Offer: Twitter)

Worn Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has once extra reach down carefully on his ex-teammate Shahid Afridi, accusing him of mistreatment in direction of him one day of his cricketing days within the Pakistan team, and requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to capture the life ban imposed on him in 2013 after he modified into found out guilty of quandary-fixing. Final 365 days, Shoaib Akhtar – on a Pakistan channel – made a shocking revelation that the Pakistan team modified into unfair to Kaneria because he modified into a Hindu.

Talking to files company IANS on Thursday (April 28), Kaneria stated that it modified into then Pakistan skipper Afridi who modified into towards him. “Shoaib Akhtar modified into the first person to chat about my speak in public. Hats off to him for announcing it (how I modified into mistreated within the team because of the being a Hindu). On the other hand, he modified into later pressured by numerous authorities. He then stopped talking about it. Nonetheless certain, it did happen to me. I modified into consistently degraded by Shahid Afridi. We feeble to play together for the identical department, he feeble to defend up me on the bench and didn’t let me play the one-day match.

“He didn’t want me to be within the team. He modified into a liar, manipulator… because he’s a characterless person. On the other hand, my focus modified into finest on cricket and I feeble to push apart all these solutions. Shahid Afridi modified into the particular one who would bolt to assorted players and provoke them towards me. I modified into performing properly and he modified into jealous of me. I am proud that I performed for Pakistan. I modified into grateful,” Kaneria informed IANS.

The damaged-down cricketer stated he might maybe presumably even accumulate performed a lot bigger than the 18 ODIs he featured in had it no longer been for Afridi. The Karachi-born participant also stated that he modified into never fascinated with any form of quandary-fixing.

“Some incorrect allegations were levelled towards me (of quandary-fixing). My establish modified into joined with the person fascinated with the case. He modified into a buddy of assorted Pakistani cricketers as properly, in conjunction with Afridi. Nonetheless I don’t know why I modified into centered. I merely want to place a query to the PCB to capture the ban so that I’m able to pause my work.

“There are a selection of fixers who bought out of ban. I don’t know why I am no longer in a region to derive that remedy. I if truth be told accumulate performed for my country and I desires to be given a likelihood address others as properly. Now I am no longer even taking part in any global cricket. I am no longer asking the PCB for any job, nevertheless please capture this ban so that I’m able to stay peacefully and pause my work with respect,” the 41-365 days-damaged-down added.

Shahid Afridi when requested about Shaheen Afridi being in High 10 of ICC rankings in all three structure…


And his ans is pic.twitter.com/otqlmYcy0G

— Crew Shaheen Afridi (@TeamShaheenShah) April 26, 2022

Between 2000 and 2010, Kaneria performed 61 Tests, taking 261 wickets at 34.79. He also represented Pakistan in 18 ODIs, taking 15 wickets at 45.53. He sitll stays the highest wicket-taking spinner for Pakistan in Tests, and fourth within the all-time checklist within the again of Wasim Akram (414), Waqar Younis (373) and Imran Khan (362).

On the other hand, his profession bought derailed after he modified into banned for life from all cricket by the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2012 on two charges of quandary-fixing within the English County Championship pro-league suits in 2009.

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