Daren Sammy Bats For Need To Educate Young Cricketers On Anti-Racism To Promote Diversity In Cricket

"Leaders in our cricket community whether it is a captain, senior player, a coach or an administrator, we have an enormous responsibility as an educator along many different platforms," Moody, a two-time World Cup winner, said.

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New Delhi: Former West Indies skipper Daren Sammy on Sunday said that much on the lines of ICC's initiative to promote awareness around anti-doping or anti-corruption, young or budding cricketer should also be educated on anti-racism at a systematic level to reduce racial discrimination and promote the value of equality and diversity. "There is a need for education at a systematic level. Just as there is an emphasis on education around anti-doping or anti-corruption, the same emphasis must be given to educating the youth on anti-racism in order to help young cricketers understand diversity in cricket and adapt early on," Sammy, a two-time T20 World Cup-winning skipper, said. Speaking during ICC's online series Interviews 'Inside Out' which was moderated by former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop and also featured England's Isa Guha, former South Africa all-rounder JP Duminy, former Australia allrounder Tom Moody, and Pakistan's Bazid Khan.

In a special episode of Interviews: Inside Out, we talk about how everyone can deal with racism in the sport.

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Earlier this month, Sammy had demanded an apology from his fellow cricketers after claiming that he was subjected to racial abuse during his tenure with Sunrisers Hyderbad teammates in the IPL when he was called 'Kalu' -- a derogatory word to describe black people. Racism is the burning topic globally at present after the death of African-American George Floyd, who was brutally murdered at the hands of a white police officer in the USA. "Leaders in our cricket community whether it is a captain, senior player, a coach or an administrator, we have an enormous responsibility as an educator along many different platforms," Moody, a two-time World Cup winner, said. "One of those platforms I think that has been neglected and not given the attention that is required and that is the understanding of the different levels of racism that exists within the game."