The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday commented on the matter of Shoaib Akhtar’s assertion that his former teammate Danish Kaneria faced discrimination at the hands of fellow players for being a Hindu. However, PCB doesn’t want their name involved in this, saying that the PCB cannot be answerable for the allegation. Akhtar said that Kaneria was humiliated by some players because he was a Hindu and he was not given due credit and some even refused to eat food with him because of his Hindu faith.

Danish Kaneria responded that Akhtar’s statement was true and he would soon reveal the names of the players who misbehaved with him because of his religion.

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“Look both Akhtar and Kaneria are retired players they are not contracted to us so they can do or say what they want. It is their opinion. And they are making allegations about behaviour of some players not about the entire Pakistan cricket set-up or board,” a Board spokesperson said.

“Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, all these guys captained Pakistan when Kaneria was playing. They should respond to what Akhtar and Kaneria are saying. Why should the board get involved?” he questioned. Akhtar and Kaneria got the support of former Test players Iqbal Qasim and Mohsin Khan. “If some players have mistreated Kaneria only because of his religion than they must be exposed,” Qasim said.