Pakistan's national cricket academy gets 1st Sikh cricketer
Mahinder Pal Singh has become the first Sikh cricketer from Pakistan to join the country's National Cricket Academy. As per Pakistani media reports, Mahinder, belonging to Lahore, has been named among the top 30 emerging cricketers in the country. In Pakistan's cricket history, only seven non-Muslim cricketers have represented the country.
Pakistan cricket has seen Christians and Hindus represent the country at home and abroad, but for the first time a Sikh has secured a place in the National Cricket Academy.Mahinder Pal Singh, who hails from Nankana Sahib (Lahore), is among the list of top 30 emerging cricketers in the country, Geo News reported.