Diversity in Indian team

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No other cricket team in the world would be as diverse as the Indian Cricket Team.

Melbourne, Dec 26 - ‘I think that the diversity is a special part of our team, and it sends a good message to people in our country. There is no problem, and everybody respects the others’ beliefs,’ interim coach Lalchand Rajput, a Hindu, was quoted as saying in The Age, Melbourne.

The Indian cricket team is made up of players from various religions - Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism.

‘Everyone is very respectful of each other’s religion. Whether it is Diwali for the Hindus, Eid for the Muslims or Christmas for the Christians, we all make an effort to observe the holy days,’ said Rajput.

On Tuesday morning, Christmas Day, the Indians gathered to wish their logistics manager Russell Radhakrishnan, before heading to the home of local doctor Uma Pathy for Christmas lunch, said the paper.

While most of the players in the present team are Hindus, there are three Muslims (Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and Wasim Jaffer), one Sikh (Harbhajan Singh) and one Christian (Russell).

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If you were to include supporting staff, then Pakistan team would be almost as diverse. Muslims, Hindus, Christians, maybe even agnostics and athiests.

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diversity doesn't mean the diversity of religion alone.it encompasses different regions,languages,cultures,food habits way of living etc etc.and thats for sure no country in world is as diverse as india is. and same holds true for team india.

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^ You forgot the US. No other country is as diverse.

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Are NBA /NFL teams diverse?

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The Canadian cricket team is more diverse than any cricket team in the world.

As for test playing nations, how about the English team? They have Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims etc. It's a shame that they don't seem to have many, if any, black players anymore. On the international level, they seem to have been replaced by desis.

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I wasn't talking about sports. Anyway, not a lot of foreigners play American sports. So that is one reason. NBA have many players from Europe and a few from other countries as well btw.

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LOL, why is the guy comparing a national team with professional franchises anyways?

And yeah, NBA and the NFL are quite diverse actually. In the NBA, you can find African-Americans, Africans, Europeans, Asians, Central Americans, South Americans etc.

As for the NFL, even though its a lot less diverse, you can still find lots of races and nationalities, especially a significant amount of players from Australasia and Polynesia.

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Talking about diversity, I think many players in the Indian team trace their lineage to the following tribal community: http://tinyurl.com/3bkekk

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rofl

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