Pakistan hindu cricket players

Cricket is a sport that brings together people from all religions and tribes into its exciting events. The sport continues to see improvements in acceptance of diversity across competitions, but evidence proves cricket has always been welcoming. For instance, Pakistan has had a couple of Hindu players and cricketers from other religions don their national team colours.

Let’s see the top Pakistan Hindu cricket players and star Falcons who made fans proud with their performances ahead of religious beliefs they hold.

How Many Hindu Have Played for Pakistan Cricket Team?

Only two Hindus – Anil Dalpat and Danish Kaneria – have ever featured for Pakistan at the senior level. It is noteworthy that these cricketers gave impressive performances for their teams, earning the respect of fans across formats for over 100 Test and ODI matches between them.

Pakistan Hindu Cricket Players

1. Anil Dalpat

Anil Dalpat is Pakistan first-ever Hindu cricketer and featured for the Men in Green at Tests and ODIs. Dalpat was born into a Hindu family and retained devotion to the religion as an adult. He went on to feature in 9 Tests for Pakistan, snatching a half-century and score of fours in those encounters.

Dalpat also got 22 catches and 3 stumpings for his team throughout his wicketkeeping duties. In total, he scored 254 runs for Pakistan in Tests and ODIs as a senior international.

Anil Dalpat Career Stats

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	9	12	1	167	52	15.18	507	32.93	0	1	20	0	22	3
ODIs	15	10	3	87	37	12.42	136	63.97	0	0	7	0	13	2
FC	137	181	37	2556	92	17.75	–	–	0	9	–	–	307	123
List A	53	30	6	303	40	12.62	–	–	0	0	–	–	48	25

2. Danish Kaneria

Kaneria is Pakistan’s second and most-recent Hindu pakistan cricketer, helping the cricket team achieve massive success in ODIs and Tests throughout his career. He was one of Pakistan’s wicket-taking machines as a player, snatching 276 wickets in 130 innings. Kaneria is also the only non-Muslim Pakistani cricketer to take more wickets across his appearances for the national team.

Danish recently got on the wrong side of Pakistan cricket fans, claiming he was targeted for his religious beliefs as a player for the national team. His comments didn’t go down well with many sets of fans, but he is still on record as one of the team’s top non-Muslim players of all time.

Danish Kaneria Career Stats

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	61	112	17697	9082	261	5/77	12/94	34.79	3.07	67.8	8	15	2
ODIs	18	18	854	683	15	3/31	3/31	45.53	4.79	56.9	0	0	0
FC	206	–	53849	26791	1024	8/59		26.16	2.98	52.5	–	71	12
List A	167	–	8280	5948	262	7/39	7/39	22.7	4.31	31.6	9	8	0
T20s	65	63	1350	1634	87	4/22	4/22	18.78	7.26	15.5	2	0	0

Other Non-Muslim Pakistan Cricketers

3. Sohail Fazal

Fazal was a Christian cricketer for Pakistan, only being able to feature for a couple of games for his national side. He couldn’t get off to a flying start for the Men in Green and fell off the pecking order quite quickly.

Sohail Fazal Career Stats

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	2	2	0	56	32	28	59	94.91	0	0	2	3	1	0
FC	33	43	7	742	87	20.61	–	–	0	4	–	–	21	0
List A	51	48	7	938	89	22.87	–	–	0	1	–	–	17	0

4. Mohammad Yousuf

Yousuf Youhana converted to Islam from Christianity after featuring for the Pakistan international team. He took the name Mohammad Yousuf before going on to become one of Pakistan’s best-ever batsmen. He snatched 17,250 runs for Pakistan as a senior cricketer in Tests and ODIs combined. Yousuf also scored 39 centuries, 97 half-centuries, 1,742 fours, and 161 cross-boundary strikes in Tests and ODIs for Pakistan.

Mohammad Yousuf Career Stats

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	90	156	12	7530	223	52.2	14372	52.3	24	33	957	51	65	0
ODIs	288	273	40	9720	141	41.7	12942	75.1	15	64	785	90	58	0
List A	338	322	47	11026	141	40.0	–	–	15	75	–	–	70	0
T20s	27	22	3	368	57	19.3	337	109.1	0	1	37	8	11	0