Darren Sammy expresses furry over what "Kalu" meant when He played for Sunrisers in IPL

Darren Sammy expresses furry over what "Kalu" meant when He played for Sunrisers in IPL

Just learnt what Kalu meant when I played for Sunrisers in IPL: Darren Sammy, who played 38 Tests, 126 ODIs and 68 T20 Internationals, captained the West Indies to two T20 World Cup titles.

Kingston: Darren Sammy has expressed fury at having learnt the meaning of the word ‘Kalu’, a jibe directed at him and Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera when the pair played for Indian Premier League (IPL) side Sunrisers Hyderabad. He said he thought the word meant “strong stallion” but that he had a revelation on Saturday.

“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 (sic.),” Darren Sammy wrote in an Instagram story.

Darren Sammy’s stories were a reaction to the an episode of the show “The Patriot Act” hosted by Indian American comedian Hasan Minhaj, which spoke about racism in Indian households.

Darren Sammy has urged the cricket community to speak out on George Floyd’s death that has caused a massive outrage in the United States. Darren Sammy has been a vocal supporter of the protests in the USA over this past week, also asking the cricketing fraternity to speak out against racism. “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,” Darren Sammy tweeted earlier.

Floyd, aged 46, died last week shortly after Derek Chauvin, a police officer, held him down with a knee on his neck though he repeatedly pleaded, “I can’t breathe,” and “please, I can’t breathe”.

Darren Sammy took to social media and called out International Cricket Council (ICC) and other cricket boards to speak out on the matter as according to him, “injustice” like this happens all around the world.

“For too long black people have suffered. I’m all the way in St Lucia and I’m frustrated. If you see me as a teammate then you see George Floyd, Can you be part of the change by showing your support. #BlackLivesMatter,” Darren Sammy wrote on his Twitter handle.