KKR racial slur never happened
espnstar.com has come to know that the alleged racist comment between a coach and a player in the KKR camp never happened.
By Shikha Sachdeva
According to sources in the camp it was just a heated exchange which has been misreported in certain sections of the media.
At least two senior players of the Shah Rukh Khan owned franchisee told espnstar.com that the allegations are "not true".
"I was there when the incident took place. It didn't involve John Buchanan but someone else from the support staff and a senior India cricketer," said one of the players on condition of anonymity.
espnstar.com has learnt that the incident took place on March 23rd when Kolkata Knight Riders were playing an IPL game against the defending champions Rajasthan Royals in Cape Town.
The flare up happened between a senior Indian player and one of the assistant coaches of KKR and there was nothing racist about it.
"I was there when the incident took place near the super over stage of the game. The coach told the player to whatever he is told to do and there was no mention of ‘you Indian' etc," said a member of the KKR who incidentally is of Indian origin.
The whole incident was highlighted when former India captain Ajay Jadeja told a news channel that more than one member of the KKR team has told him that they are being racially abused by the support staff of the team which largely comprises Australians.
The former Test cricketer made a sensational claim by hinting that a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders' foreign coaching staff had racial overtones to his language used for an Indian player during the tournament.
Jadeja said in a TV programme that Indian players were being ill-treated in their own domestic IPL, which has not seen the Kolkata team winning barring in one match where they triumphed via Duckworth-Lewis method.
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