Players of Akhtar & Kaneria's time should respond to discrimination charge, not us: PCB

Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday sought to distance itself from Shoaib Akhtar's assertion that his former teammate Danish Kaneria faced discrimination at hands of fellow players for being a Hindu, saying that PCB cant be answerable for allegation. Akhtar sparked a furore when he said that Kaneria was humiliated by some players because he was a Hindu, was t given due credit and some even refused to eat food with him because of his faith. Kaneria asserted that Akhtar's statement was true and he would soon reveal names of players who mistreated him because of his religion. former spinner is serving a life ban for spot-fixing since 2012.

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'Players of Akhtar and Kaneria's time should respond'

"Look both Akhtar and Kaneria are retired players y are t contracted to us so y can do or say what y want. It is ir opinion. And y are making allegations about behaviour of some players t about entire Pakistan cricket set-up or board," a Board spokesperson said.

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"Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, all se guys captained Pakistan when Kaneria was playing. y should respond to what Akhtar and Kaneria are saying. Why should board get involved?" he questioned.

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Akhtar and Kaneria got support of former Test players Iqbal Qasim and Mohsin Khan. "If some players have mistreated Kaneria only because of his religion than y must be exposed," Qasim said. "A player should only be judged on his cricketing ability and commitments to team t his religion, colour or creed," added former Test opener, Mohsin Khan. 

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