West Indies’ T20 World Cup-winning captain Darren Sammy — is the first cricketer to openly talk about facing racist remarks on the cricketing field. He had opened up that he was addressed as ‘Kalu’ during the Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). However, he hadn’t clear who and at what time around he faced that remark.

But, as Darren Sammy raised his voice, several other cricketers and his teammates Chris Gayle came forward to talk on the racism in cricket. Especially, cricketers from South Africa, who has a history of discriminating people based on skin colour, were the one who mostly participated in the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.

Darren Sammy: I don’t care if you are a superpower or not…

While talking to TOI, Darren Sammy has thrown light on his claim of facing racist remarks during the most-watched T20 League. He revealed that he had talked with several of SRH players and had moved on. However, the Windies said that he would not stop raising his voice against anyone either it’s a superpower.

“I think on that matter, as you have seen not many people came out and spoke about it, that’s on them. But I did have conversation with a couple of the players. I heard what they had to say and have moved on from that particular time. But I won’t stop talking about the potential racism talk that’s going around; it’s real. I don’t care if you are a superpower or not, there is no time for that in this,” Darren Sammy said.

The injustice against black people raised around the world after the tragic death of George Floyd. The 46-year old black American was died because of suffocation after a white police officer kneeling on his neck for over almost eight minutes. The video of which went viral on social and it kick-started the #Blacklivesmatter movement worldwide.