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Pak captain Sarfraz heard passing racist remarks on SA Phehlukwayo
This led to an immediate reaction in the commentary box where commentator Mike Haysman asked former Pakistan Ramiz Raja what Sarfraz was saying.
Karachi: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed may face serious actions as stump mics recorded him what seems to be a racist comment against South Africa’s Andile Phehlukwayo during the second ODI in Durban on Tuesday. However, there has been no official word from ICC yet.
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The incident took place during South Africa’s chase, in the 37th over, when Phehlukwayo got a lucky break as he inside edged a delivery from Shaheen Afridi to the deep fine leg region for a single. He was batting on 50 at the time and as he got to the non-striker’s end, Sarfraz could be heard saying in Urdu, “Abey kaale, teri ammi aaj kahaan baitheen hain? Kya parwa ke aaye hai aaj?”
Which translates to: “Hey black guy, where’s your mother sitting today? What has she prayed for your luck today?”
This led to an immediate reaction in the commentary box where commentator Mike Haysman asked former Pakistan Ramiz Raja what Sarfraz was saying.
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To which Raja replied, “Difficult really to translate that, it’s a big long sentence.”
Now the incident is due with the court of the match officials to determine if Sarfraz’s comment comes under the ICC code of conduct for player behavior or the ICC's anti-racism code where an offence is described as "any conduct (whether through the use of language, gestures or otherwise) which is likely to offend, insult, humiliate, intimidate, threaten, disparage or vilify any reasonable person in the position of a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee, Umpire Support Personnel or any other person (including a spectator) on the basis of their race, religion, culture, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin."
Meanwhile, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar uploaded a video on social media, condemning Sarfraz's racist remark, which he later deleted.
In the video Shoaib could be seen condemning Ahmed's remarks and urging the skipper to come forward and publicly apologize for his misconduct.
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