Shoaib Akhtar had claimed that Danish Kaneria faced discrimination at the hands of a few Pakistani players, who were reluctant to even eat with him. File pictureFormer Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has clarified that he stepped in to stop discrimination based on religion against Danish Kaneria, who was targeted by “one or two” team-mates because he is a Hindu. Akhtar on Thursday had claimed that Kaneria faced discrimination at the hands of a few Pakistani players, who were reluctant to even eat with him. I had told them (the players) I will throw you out if you talk like this (about Kaneria’s faith). This is just one-two players and these kinds of players are there all over the world,” he added.

Source: The Telegraph December 29, 2019 21:56 UTC