'Just Learnt What 'Kalu' Meant & I'm Angry' - Darren Sammy Alleges Racism in Sunrisers Hyderabad Days

[Spartan]

Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy has alleged that he was subject to racism while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Sammy played for the Hyderabad franchise in 2013 and 2014, and even led them in a few matches.

Sammy said he and Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera were called 'kalu', a Hindi word which means a black person.

"Oh so that's what that meant when they called me and Thisara Perera Kalu in India when we played for Sunrisers. I just thought they were calling me strong black man... I'm more piss now," he wrote in an Instagram story.

"I just learnt what that kalu meant when I played for Sunrisers in the IPL. They called me and Perera by that name. I thought it meant strong Stallion. My previous post tells me something different and I am angry."

In the wake of George Floyd's death which sparked protests in the USA, Sammy had earlier appealed to the ICC and other cricket boards to support the fight against social injustice and racism. The cricketer in a series of tweets wrote that if the "cricket world not standing against the injustice against people of color after seeing that last video of that foot down the next of my brother you are also part of the problem(sic)"

Right now if the cricket world not standing against the injustice against people of color after seeing that last video of that foot down the next of my brother you are also part of the problem.

— Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) June 1, 2020

In a separate tweet, Sammy wrote, ".@ICC and all the other boards are you guys not seeing what’s happening to ppl like me? Are you not gonna speak against the social injustice against my kind. This is not only about America. This happens everyday #BlackLivesMatter now is not the time to be silent. I wanna hear u."

[Spartan]

@dalapathi

[quickgun_murugun]

5 minutes ago, Spartan said:

@dalapathi

Mana desi santha is the most racist kamist race ani aadiki telvada?  
we don’t even like our own people ... 

[johnydanylee]

@Black Label

[Spartan]

Just now, quickgun_murugun said:

Mana desi santha is the most racist kamist race ani aadiki telvada?  

  ade kada...adiki kalu ani telsina ippudu meaning telsindi anta.. Black ani

[johnydanylee]

Calling @Black

[johnydanylee]

Inka @pointing ochi nannu point...point annaru antaadu

[quickgun_murugun]

2 minutes ago, Spartan said:

  ade kada...adiki kalu ani telsina ippudu meaning telsindi anta.. Black ani

Ikkadi karrollaki telisthey rojukoka desi gadini lepi10gutharu.... ikkada manollu kala gora makku chinky ani baaga vadutharu.... 

evado okadu cheppe untaru lay ippatiki 

[Spartan]

Just now, quickgun_murugun said:

Ikkadi karrollaki telisthey rojukoka desi gadini lepi10gutharu.... ikkada manollu kala gora makku chinky ani baaga vadutharu.... 

evado okadu cheppe untaru lay ippatiki 

fremont sunnyvale lo vellaki punjabi dost gallu unte telustadi...

pakka neighborwoods lo telise chance ledu

[RunRaajaRun123]

12 minutes ago, quickgun_murugun said:

Mana desi santha is the most racist kamist race ani aadiki telvada?  
we don’t even like our own people ... 

Desi lu nallaga unteney racist ga behave chestharu inka asalu vallani inka bad kadha

 

[sattipandu]

We Indians are the most racist in the entire world.

Sorry Bravo on behalf of my stupid Hyderabad janta

[Gud]

2 minutes ago, sattipandu said:

We Indians are the most racist in the entire world.

Sorry Bravo on behalf of my stupid Hyderabad janta

It’s Sammy @sattipandu

[Sucker]

2 minutes ago, sattipandu said:

We Indians are the most racist in the entire world.

Sorry Bravo on behalf of my stupid Hyderabad janta

It's Sammy vuncle 

[sattipandu]

3 minutes ago, Gud said:

It’s Sammy @sattipandu

 

2 minutes ago, Sucker said:

It's Sammy vuncle 

Hehe Darren okkatey register ayyindhi

[DummyVariable]

6 minutes ago, sattipandu said:

We Indians are the most racist in the entire world.

Sorry Bravo on behalf of my stupid Hyderabad janta

 “they all look the same”