"He had been against me since the beginning"; Danish Kaneria makes serious accusations against Shah

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Former Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has made serious accusations against his then captain Shahid Afridi, claiming he suffered throughout his international career because of the legendary all-rounder.

Ever since Shoaib Akhtar revealed that Kaneria was mistreated by his Pakistani teammates because he was Hindu last year, the spinner has been on fire, making headlines for several reasons, though, he didn’t bring the names out in public but he will soon make the revelation.

The tainted spinner, who played for Pakistan between 2000 to 2010, had ruined his career by getting involved in the spot-fixing scandal in 2009. He has been regarded as one of the finest spinners for Pakistan with 261 wickets from 62 Tests, but he could play only 16 ODIs for "Men in Green" in his career.

Now, the former spinner alleged that Afridi had been against him “from the beginning” while accusing the former Pakistan skipper of keeping him out of the one-day side, resulting in him not playing enough white-ball cricket in his 10-year international career, getting only 2-3 ODIs every year.

Kaneria told Sports Tak in an interview on Friday (May 15): “Shahid Afridi had been against me since the beginning. He kept me out of the one-day side. When we used to play together for the same department, he used to keep me on the bench and didn’t let me play the one-day tournament. I only played 16 ODIs in my 10-year career as I used to get only two or three matches every year.”




Regretting his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal, the 39-year old said, “I regret it a lot. The regret is that had I informed the authorities that time then today this would not be happening. I made a mistake and I pleaded guilty. I have paid for the mistake. My international career got ruined but now, at least for humanity’s sake, I ask to lift up the restrictions on me so that I could take the art of leg-spin forward. I regret it but now I want to do something that people could remember always,”

Kaneria, who is Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker among spinners, is currently jobless and pleaded the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for help to give him a coaching role which would help him for livelihood as he is currently dependent on his YouTube channel and elder brother to support his family.

He signed off by saying, “I do not have a job. I used to go on news shows earlier, but the big Pakistan news channels have not paid my dues. I can only request them to pay. Now the channels have gone against me. So, now I have started my new YouTube channel. I do not have a team as of now. My elder brother has been taking care of family and finances,”

Source- https://circleofcricket.com/categor...ious-accusations-against-shahid-afridi?390530

LIES.........Mohammed Akram was a tall and very quick bowler who took 5 wickets against Austrlaia in Australia when they were ruling Cricket for 12 years, yet he played far fewer test matches than Kaneria did. He was also a much better batsman too. Kaneria is making this all up.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

LIES.........Mohammed Akram was a tall and very quick bowler who took 5 wickets against Austrlaia in Australia when they were ruling Cricket for 12 years, yet he played far fewer test matches than Kaneria did. He was also a much better batsman too. Kaneria is making this all up.

Mohammad Akram? Never heard his name before.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Mohammad Akram? Never heard his name before.

Took 5 wickets against Australia in this match in Australia. When Australia were the undisputed champions of the cricket world:

A 6'5 inch Fast bowler capable of speeds of over 140 kph.

 

[El Sidd]

Let Kaneria earn off Lala

 

[Raghav_101]

That makes me more of a fan of Afridi tbh lol

And no, he didn't break the TV for watching Indian show. He said he caught his daughter "worshipping" Hindu gods on TV---like they were doing it in the show. He daughter was essentially copying the Hindu worship acts as she saw on TV. Thats when he broke the TV and stopped his daughters from seeing that garbage. I would have done the same most likely.

Afridi is our national hero and we love him. Thank you!

With an ODI avg of 23.6 , you have set the bar really low for National Heros

 

[Musings]

There's a long list of players that many people think should have gotten more chances but did not, for various reasons.

Fawad Ahmed being one of the main ones, and he suffered a lot more than Kaneria in terms of not getting opportunities.

This isn't about Danish being Hindu - Yasir Shah hasn't gotten a lot of ODI matches either. Pakistan's coaches and management just don't see a major role for traditional leg spinners in the shorter format of the game because of their tendency to leak a lot of runs at times.

A leg spinner with control like Anil Kumble might work, but in general Pakistan have trusted finger spinners a lot more in the ODI and T20 formats.

He played over 60 tests. Thats enough chances for anyone to cement themselves permanently in Pakistan cricket legend status.
Beg to differ. There is and always will be room for a traditional leg spinner - unfortunately IMO wasn't good enough. Too many loose balls and not someone that a captain could throw the ball to and say - keep one end tight for me whilst i hunt for the wickets at the other end.

Unfortunately was a hindrance off the playing field. His party antics and blatant spot fixing didn't help. I never heard or saw any players mistreating or mishandling. Strange how stories like this surface AFTER ones career has died or after he got caught cheating.