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A Sikh in Pakistan camp ! - ketchim - 01-23-2017 First there was Danish Kaneria, a Hindu : http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40043.html The tiny 20,000-strong Sikh community in Pakistan found itself on the sports news pages when the doctor's son Mahinder Pal Singh, 20 a medium-pacer, was one of 30 players selected for the PCB's National Cricket Academy training and skills camp in Multan last year in October. Mahinder became the first Sikh in Pakistan's history to join the mainstream of cricket's second-largest country. Re: A Sikh in Pakistan camp ! - ketchim - 01-23-2017 "Four of our boys tried their luck in the last ten years, but none of them went as far as Mahinder. We have a desire to see our boys in cricket" Balwant Singh, head of Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib Re: A Sikh in Pakistan camp ! - ketchim - 01-23-2017 http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1078835.html He grew up in the heart of the Sikh community in Pakistan, Nankana Sahib : the birthplace of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak