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Javed Afridi hoping Darren Sammy converts to Islam

Peshawar Zalmi owner says it will be a big achievement for him

Sports Desk March 20, 2017

Darren Sammy is studying Islam according to Javed Afridi. PHOTO COURTESY: PSL

Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi has asked his team’s fans to pray that franchise captain Darren Sammy converts to Islam as the two-time World T20 winner is studying the religion.

In a video circulating on social media, Javed can be seen telling news channels that it is a big achievement for him to get Sammy to read about Islam.

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“I pray that he accepts Islam as his religion,” said Javed in the video. “He has complete knowledge and the way he is reading about Islam, I think it’s a biggest achievement. For me, for my whole team, it is a big thing.”

Sammy was announced as the captain of the Peshawar team for the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) by former Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi during the drafts.

The former West Indies skipper then led Zalmi to the winner’s title in the PSL when his team beat Quetta Gladiators in the final at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

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Sammy’s attachment to the Peshawar team has been admirable as he also learned Pashto during his stay with the team players. Sammy was also one of the first players to say yes to playing the final in Lahore, claiming that he will follow Javed wherever he takes him.

Peshawar were the only team of the PSL whose whole roster of foreign players agreed to playing the PSL final in Lahore.

COMMENTS (19)

Mohammed | 7 years ago | Reply Have any of you ever been to Raiwind Marcus. Do you have no clue whatsoever what the effort of dawat is all about.

Saman | 7 years ago | Reply Darren Sammy hopes Javed Afridi will convert to Christianity.

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anil sahu | 7 years ago | Reply ha ha it reminds me that incident ahmed shehzaad ak pak kohli telling dilshan to convert to islam.

Parrot | 7 years ago | Reply Please, let's leave it at cricket!!

Pakistani | 7 years ago | Reply what is wrong with us just focus on your self javed afridi and let him be

RK Singh | 7 years ago | Reply mix politics and religion , Science and religion. Now sports and religion. What next?

Shahid | 7 years ago | Reply and why is that important?? Time to grow up as a nation.

Khan | 7 years ago | Reply Javed Afridi should be removed from PSL .. Cricket as a game is a profession and mixing it with anything else is corruption PERIOD.

Dr. Asad Sadick, Germany | 7 years ago | Reply Is this Afridi chap gone nuts? Do we Pakistanis have anything else in our head than religion? Sammy will be loved in Pakistan for being Sammy Darren, not because of his religion. Please for Heavens sake, leave religion where it belongs and not in cricket.

rich | 7 years ago | Reply sammy is a staunch catholic infacy all carribean players, more then the others catholics in the world except maybe latin american try converting him, probaly he must have said yes i will read the koran, bec he wanted to be polite to javed saab, and out of curiosity too

Khawaja Fahad | 7 years ago | Reply I do not condone Javed's publicly discussing a private matter between him and Sammy.It should not have been made public as it sets the wrong precedent. Saying that I think people do not even read the article or either have very poor language skills it clearly states that

I pray that he accepts Islam as his religion

was what Javed said and praying/hoping for something is not coercion in any form.

Ahson | 7 years ago | Reply Lets force him to convert according to our culture folks........what else could be better. after all we have to show the world how we truly feel inside about non muslims?........yeah....?.....excellent!

Victor | 7 years ago | Reply This Javed guy needs to shut up!! He recently came out of a controversy.

HASAN ARIF | 7 years ago | Reply We should pray for ourselves rather praying for Sammy. In any other western country J.Afridi would have been sacked and kicked out. Remember Imran Tahir displaying JJ portrait during jubilation.

Junaid | 7 years ago | Reply Its all good and great that Sammy has learnt about the religion/culture of his hosts. However, Jawed should refrain from seeking publicity from something that is a very private affair.

TooTrue | 7 years ago | Reply FFS. No. Leave the poor man alone. Don't bring your religion into everything. Makes you look really pathetic.

Amer | 7 years ago | Reply Everyone needs to understand the 'Hidayah' is from Allah and no man can make another man accept Islam by 'convincing' him.

Sam | 7 years ago | Reply Love Darren Sammy. Hope this is mutual concent. However, professionalism should not be mixed with anyones personal affiliations. That is one of key items of Islam that most of us forget these days.

Usama | 7 years ago | Reply This is the problem with us we feel so pride as preachers of Islam and morals while we do exactly the opposite in our daily lives.

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