England to join West Indies in taking knee before T20 World Cup opener
Updated On: 23 October, 2021 08:55 AM IST | Dubai | PTI
Asked why England would be taking the knee along with the West Indies and not in other games, skipper Eoin Morgan said all players feel strongly about the cause
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England and West Indies will be taking the knee to show their support for the fight against racism before they face each other in their T20 World Cup opening match here on Saturday. England players had also lent their support to the Black Lives Matter movement in the home series against West Indies last year. Asked why England would be taking the knee along with the West Indies and not in other games, skipper Eoin Morgan said all players feel strongly about the cause.
"No, I think there`s two different points to that. Tomorrow we`ll join the West Indies in taking a knee to show our support in the fight against racism," Morgan said in the pre match media interaction. The second part of it is we`ve always felt that we need something that within our squad and our side that we feel a part of making a change, both locally and nationally and potentially globally." Explaining the reason behind the move, Morgan said, "Our moment of unity we have had at home for quite a period of time has been our piece of cultural development, education, raising awareness within that space, as well, and it`s worked for us, and it`s progressing nicely and guys are engaged and want to do more.
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