Former Pakistani cricketer Ramiz Raja Jr. has accused Waqar Younis of racism throughout his stint in 2011. Ramiz turns into the second Pakistani cricketer to hit out in opposition to the previous head coach’s antics after Ahmed Shehzad had blamed the previous quick bowler for ruining his profession.
Ramiz represented Pakistan in two T20Is again in 2011 underneath Waqar on the Zimbabwe tour however didn’t function for the nationwide aspect after that. The highest-order batter has accused the previous coach of racism and partiality and likewise blamed him for his failure on the worldwide stage with the nationwide group.
The batter recalled his time with the nationwide group in Zimbabwe and termed it as horrible as he was always on the receiving finish of taunts from the pinnacle coach as a result of he was a local of Karachi. He additionally remarked that he needed to depart the tour within the center and get again dwelling because of the hostility he confronted.
“Throughout my solely worldwide tour with the nationwide group, I confronted impolite conduct from Waqar Younis. He taunted me lots simply because I belong to Karachi. That tour grew to become horrible for me, and I simply needed to return dwelling,” he shared whereas talking on a neighborhood channel.
He informed me to study Punjabi to outlive within the group: Ramiz Raja Jr
Notably, Waqar was on the receiving finish of criticism from Pakistani opener Ahmed Shehzad a couple of days in the past, who blamed the previous head coach for the downfall of his worldwide profession and accused him of fabricating a report in opposition to the batter.
In the meantime, Ramiz additionally revealed an incident of blatant racism when he was not allowed to coach with fellow Karachi cricketer Sohail Khan. The 34-year-old spoke about being instructed to study Punjabi as all of the group conferences had been carried out in Punjabi.
“He informed me to study Punjabi to outlive within the group. They used to talk Punjabi in all group conferences. As soon as I requested him to go for coaching with Sohail Bhai. He refused and mentioned ‘this isn’t Karachi group,’”
