Which Pakistani leg spinner was tempted to eat a dosa at Bangalore to pose stomache ache to affect cricket?

Question

There was a leg spinner of Pakistan cricket team visiting India in 1979 who was badly tempted by a catering staff member in the hotel(where the whole team stayed)to eat a dosa which the player was not willing to eat because of the smell of decomposed food but after flattering description of the same to taste once the player ate it. Afterwards his stomach was so much upset that it affected his game very badly that he was removed from the team after third test in that six test series and had to struggle badly for next two years for comeback . Who was he ?

Answer 1

Abdul Qadir

Answer 2

Following players were the member of Pakistan team which toured india in 1979. Sadiq Muhammad, Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Mushtaq Muhammad, Asif Iqbal, Javed Miandad, Wasim Raja, Intikhab Alam, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Wasim Bari, Imran Khan Abdul Qadir and Sikander Bakht .Out of all above players only Wasim Raja (Late) and Abdul Qadir were leg spinners so it must be Abadul Qadir as Wasim Raja was a part time bowler.

Answer 3

D Kaneria

Answer 4

A very unfortunate event in his life.
Did he become popular later?

Answer 5

i think that pakistani cricketer was Danish Kaneria.