Pathan's remarks come in the wake of a debate around racism in the sport that kickstarted after Windies all-rounder Darren Sammy alleged racism during the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL).
Former Team India cricketer Irfan Pathan has opened up about how sometimes, players from South India face racial taunts when they come to northern or western states to play domestic cricket.
During an interview with ANI, Pathan claimed that in some first-class matches, there can be people in the crowd who try to create a nuisance just to look funny.
"I have seen that in domestic cricket, some of our brothers who come from South India, when they come to play domestic matches in North or West India, they do sometimes get taunts, generally in first-class matches, you see a smaller crowd and when there is a smaller crowd, there is always one guy who is trying to be a joker, who is trying to be famous, he will just want to direct jibes at players and as a result, he crosses the line," Pathan told ANI.
"I believe in the society we need to educate everyone, elders and family should teach what is right to say and what's not, we need to value faith and beliefs of others, we can do better by education kids of our generation," he added.
On Saturday, former West Indies T20 World Cup-winning skipper Darren Sammy lost his cool when he learnt the meaning of the word 'Kalu', a remark which was addressed towards him during his IPL stint with SunRisers Hyderabad.
"I just learnt what that word kalu meant when I played for Sunrisers in the IPL. They called me and Perera by that name. I thought it meant strong Stallion. My previous post tells me something different and I am angry," Sammy had written in his Instagram story.
"If there was something like that, it would have come under our notice, there was no team discussion as such during 2014 IPL, we are not aware of that," Pathan said.
Both Pathan and Sammy played together for SunRisers Hyderabad during the 2014 IPL.
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