Team India sends anti-racism message; takes part in Barefoot circle with Australia

The Virat Kohli-led Indian ODI side took part in an anti-racism move by the Australian side by standing in a circle with their feet bare. The barefoot circle initiative has been started by Cricket Australia to acknowledge the role of the indigenous people of Australia and support the anti-racism movement across the world that started with the Black Lives Matter campaign.

Australian Vice-captain Pat Cummins had stated before the start of the series that his team were to celebrate the culture of their indigenous people in the cricketing season that started today in Sydney,

“In Australia, we think the most, I guess, the marginalised group is the first nations people and the indigenous peoples. And we think the barefoot circle’s a great way to celebrate them. Some people might want to take the knee, some people might want to show it in different ways and absolutely we’re all for that. But we’ve kind of come together as a team and think this is the best way we can demonstrate anti-racism as well as celebrating the indigenous culture here,” Pat Cummins had said.

Anti-racism movements began taking centre stage in Cricket with the West Indies and England team deciding to take a knee to show solidarity against the black people across the world in July this year.

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