“It is never too late to fight for the right cause,” stated opening batsman Chris Gayle as he got here out in assist of former T20 World Cup-winning skipper Darren Sammy. The debate round racism in sport has kickstarted as soon as once more after former Windies T20 World Cup-winning skipper Darren Sammy alleged racism throughout his stint with SunRisers Hyderabad within the 2014 Indian Premier League. Taking word of Sammy’s revelation, Gayle tweeted: “It’s never too late to fight for the right cause or what you’ve experienced over the years! So much more to your story, @darensammy88. Like I said, it’s in the game”.
It’s by no means too late to combat for the best trigger or what you have skilled through the years! So far more to your story, @darensammy88. Like I stated, it is within the sport!! https://t.co/w7btmQ3cYf
— Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) June 9, 2020
Earlier, Gayle had additionally revealed that he too has been a sufferer of racism, and added that racism is one thing that has been bothering cricket as effectively.
On Tuesday, Sammy had released a video specifying that the racial slurs in opposition to him had been used throughout the SunRisers camp.
“I have played all over the world and I have been loved by many people, I have embraced all dressing rooms where I have played, so I was listening to Hasan Minhaj as to how some of the people in his culture describe black people,” Sammy stated in a video posted on his Instagram account.
“This does not apply to all people, so after I found out a meaning of a certain word, I had said I was angry on finding out the meaning and it was degrading, instantly I remembered when I played for SunRisers Hyderabad, I was being called exactly the same word which is degrading to us black people,” he added.
Sammy stated that on the time when he was being referred to as with the phrase, he did not know the which means, and his team-mates used to snigger each time after calling him by that title.
“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 stated.
The former Windies skipper has been a vocal supporter of the protests which are at the moment happening within the United States over the loss of life of an African-American man named George Floyd.
Sammy had additionally made an attraction to the ICC and different cricket boards to assist the combat in opposition to social injustice and racism.
Ever because the demise of Floyd, protests erupted from the demonstrations in cities from San Francisco to Boston.
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