Pakistani batsman Ahmed Shehzad had invited Sri Lanka player Tillakaratne Dilshan to convert to Muslim after their one-day International last Saturday. The issue had been now investigating by Pakistan Cricket Board.
Notify that the players were walking back to the dressing room in Dambulla while Sri Lanka, Shehzad was caught on camera telling Dilshan “if you are a non-Muslim and you turn Muslim, no matter whatever you do in your life, straight to heaven.”
Meanwhile the reply of Dilshan was not audible, and Shehzad went on to say, “Then be ready for the fire.”
Board general manager media Agha Akbar said that Shehzad had been summoned to PCB headquarters in Lahore on Wednesday and asked about his comments.
Akbar said, “Ahmed has informed the PCB that it was his personal chat with Dilshan, and there was nothing more to it… What we understand is that no Sri Lanka Cricket official or our own manager lodged any complaint.”
However, Akbar said the PCB was still investigating the matter.
Notify that Dilshan was born to a Muslim father and a Buddhist mother and was known as Tuwan Mohamed Dilshan.
He shed his Muslim name shortly after his International debut in 1999 and took up the name Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan with an ethnic Sinhalese-Buddhist identity.
Bureau Report
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