Racism in Cricket…. Darren Sammy

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Racism in Cricket…. Darren Sammy

Former West Indian Skipper Darren Sammy has expressed his anger at a word he has said was used to address him when he played in the Indian Premier League for Sun risers Hyderabad. He Played for Sunrises Hyderabad in IPL between 2013 and 2014 in which according to him the other mates of his team pass racist comments on several occasions. Sammy comments came after the Black lives matter moment is on peak after the death of the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.
In the Instagram story of Darren Sammy, he wrote "Oh so that's what that meant when they called me and Thisara Perera Kalu in India when we played for Sunrisers. I just thought they were calling me strong black man - I’m more pissed now."
He added: "I just learnt what that kalu meant. When I played for Sunrisers in the IPL, they called me and Perera by that name.
"I will be messaging those people, you guys know who you are, I must admit at that time when I was being called as that word I thought the word meant strong stallion or whatever it is, I did not know what it meant, every time I was called with that word, there was laughter at that moment, I thought teammates are laughing so it must be something funny," Sammy said
This is not the Only incident last year Sarfaraz Ahmed from Pakistan gets four-match suspension for racist comment at South Africa's Andile Phehlukwayo during the Durban ODI.
Sammy had also made an appeal to the ICC and other cricket boards to support the fight against social injustice and racism.

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