Cricket Australia (CA) have agreed to let Muslim leg spinner Fawad Ahmed compete without a beer brand logo on his shirt out of respect for his “personal beliefs.”Ahmed, a former Pakistani refugee who received his Australian citizenship in July, had requested to be excused from wearing the ‘VB’ logo because it conflicted with his religious beliefs and CA executive general manager Mike McKenna said the governing body had approved it.
AustraliaÂ’s international touring teams have competed with the logo of Victoria Bitter, a locally-brewed beer, on their shirts for years.
South AfricaÂ’s Muslim batsman Hashim Amla has also been excused from wearing a beer brand logo on his shirts.