Players who 'sold their country' are still welcomed by Pakistan: Danish Kaneria

New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk:  Days after after Danish Kaneria hogged the limelight for being ill-treated by a few players during his playing days due to his religion-- Hinduism, the former Pakistan leg spinner hit back the national team management and side, saying they welcomed the players who sold their country.

On his YouTube channel, Kaneria said that to all those people who are saying he did this for cheap fame and YouTube channel. He said that he wants to remind the people that it was Shoiab Akhtar, who spoke about the racial discrimination against me on national television and not him.

Without naming anyone, he said that there were players who fixed matches and ''sold the country'' but were welcomed back in the squad. Kaneria added that people keep telling that he played 10 years for Pakistan, but it came at the cost of his blood. "I kept bowling even when my fingers bled. There are people who sold their country and who are still welcomed in the team," he said.

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Earlier on Saturday, former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad had lashed out at Kaneria, saying that he would anything for money.
On Thursday, the former Pakistan pace spearhead Shoiab Akhtar had alleged that there were many who did not want Kaneria to be part of the Pakistan team because of his Hindu faith after which the banned leg-spinner had admitted that there were some players who targeted him but never pressurised to change his religion. 

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that he never felt any such things when the leg-spinner played under him.

Kaneria, who has played 61 Tests for Pakistan claiming 261 wickets, was banned for life from any cricket under the jurisdiction of ECB after being found guilty in corruption by a disciplinary panel in relation to a spot-fixing case.