Racism charge against KKR staff in IPL

Jadeja alleges racism in Kolkata team
Press Trust Of India

Posted on May 11, 2009 at 23:48 | Updated May 12, 2009 at 09:38

New Delhi: Former Test cricketer Ajay Jadeja made a sensational claim on Monday, saying Indian players were being ill-treated by foreign staff of the beleaguered Kolkata Knight Riders in their own domestic IPL, going on in South Africa.


Jadeja hinted that a member of the KKR foreign coaching staff had racial overtones to his language used for an Indian player during the tournament, which has not seen the team winning barring in one match where they triumphed via duckworth-Lewis method.


"You don't need blogger (to know this)," he said in an apparent reference to the Fake IPL player's blogsite.

"I can assure you that there is definitely a divide and Indian players are (being) treated very badly." Jadeja told a news channel.


"I am an Indian player. I know so many players in the team (Kolkata Knight Riders Team). One player was asked to come off the field and when he came off the field he asked "Why did you want me to come off the field? One of the coaches in KKR says 'You Indian, you do what I ask you to do'," he said.


Jadeja insisted his claims were true, saying he had the information from horse's mouth and that the team was not more than a divided house.


"So there is definitely a divide. I know it from the source himself. So the players are not feeling comfortable.


"There is divide between Indian and foreign players and there is a divide between thought process. I mean Sourav Ganguly has a different thought process and you can see that. So this team is divided. There is no doubt about it," he added.


The KKR team is dealing with controversies way before the start of the tournament when their coach John Buchanan proposed the multiple-captain theory. They have lost eight of their 10 matches so far.


There is also a tell-all blog on team's activities, adding to insult to its injuries, although the authenticity of the blog is still in doubt.

taipan wrote:Wasn't Ajay Jadeja thrown out of cricket for matchfixing?

It must be true then.

buckSH wrote:so racism is only something the darkies do amongst themselves .. never the aussies or the saffers.

buckSH wrote:even your imagination is racist and exclusivist.

no space for subis even there.

buckSH wrote:the player himself confessed about this incident to Ajay Jadeja.

buckSH wrote:they had a conversation on the phone.

the player confessed to Jadeja who promised to bring the affair before the Indian media.

taipan wrote:Wasn't Ajay Jadeja thrown out of cricket for matchfixing?

It must be true then.

horace wrote:whay would the player 'confess' to jadeja, of all people...further why is jadeja in SA anyway..hopefully not organising the results for bookies

buckSH wrote:It's just a term of expression, Nigel. They had a heart-to-heart talk, I used to term 'confession' to convey that.

get over the semantics will you.

horace wrote:I find the story difficult to believe...Buchanen has always struck me as a highly respectful person

buckSH wrote:

horace wrote:I find the story difficult to believe...Buchanen has always struck me as a highly respectful person

Not buchanen, but one of his asst coaches.