I’ll be messaging them, you know who you are: Darren Sammy on racism during IPLcricketUpdated: Jun 09, 2020 17:27 ISTA few days after revealing that he was subjected to racial comments while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has now decided to personally contact the ones who used call him by that ‘derogatory word’. Sammy released a video on Monday on Instagram, in which he elaborated his feelings when got to know the meaning of the word he and Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera were called in the Sunrisers Hyderabad dressing room. Sammy, who represented Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014 seasons of IPL, said that at the time when he was being called with the word, he didn’t know the meaning, and his teammates used to laugh every time after calling him by that name. But at the same time, we need to educate our people because I’ve seen them (racial jibes) in domestic cricket,” Irfan said. Sammy had also made an appeal to the ICC and other cricket boards to support the fight against social injustice and racism.

Source: Hindustan Times June 09, 2020 05:56 UTC