“Black Lives Matter” movement came in the news a few months ago which got the attention on the cricket ground as well where international teams supported the movement. However, recently, West Indies captain Jason Holder has expressed his disappointment as no team in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken a knee in solidarity yet. IPL is considered as one of the best as well as most glamorous cricket leagues in the world and with this behaviour towards the movement left him disheartened.
Meanwhile, Holder, who is part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the cash-rich T20 league, revealed this when he was receiving the prestigious Peter Smith Award on behalf of the West Indies cricket team in a virtual ceremony organised by the Cricket Writers’ Club recently. Notably, this award is an honour which recognises the impeccable performances to the game of cricket annually.
“To be honest, I haven’t had one conversation up here around it (BLM). Sometimes it seems it has gone unnoticed, which is a sad thing,” Holder said while addressing, posted on Cricket West Indies website as well.
“Cricket West Indies has done an excellent job in continuing awareness of it. The women had a series in England where they wore the Black Lives Matter logo and continued to push the movement as well,” he further added.
Meanwhile, the gesture of taking a knee reveals as support to BLM that started in the West Indies’ Test series in England – the series that was marked the return of international cricket amid the crunch situation of the global pandemic novel coronavirus. The movement started after the outbreak of public anger globally over African American George Floyd’s death by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
However, the movement was later discontinued for Pakistan and Australia tours. But it was seen during the series between Windies Women and England Women that took place last month.
“…it’s a long debate, a long hard challenge, a long road. We as people need to continue to come together…and genuinely find ways to fix the inequalities in the world,” Jason Holder concluded.
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