<p>Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif might have moved on from his playing days but the right-handed batsman still knows how to smack the bad deliveries out of the park. Far away from the cricket field, the 36-year-old hammered the bigots with a straight bat after they trolled him for posting a picture with his son while playing chess on the social media.<br /><br />Kaif, on Sunday, took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to share a long message in which he said that chess is a wonderful game and has taught him spontaneity, the presence of mind and how to strategize at an early age.</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">When u are playing a sport,its one of d best ways to break barriers of caste, creed,religion.Wish everyone plays more.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SportsBeyondReligion?src=hash">#SportsBeyondReligion</a> <a href="https://t.co/RSwkJMMoAB">pic.twitter.com/RSwkJMMoAB</a></p> — Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) <a href="https://twitter.com/MohammadKaif/status/891536731144466432">July 30, 2017</a> <p><br /> “Chess is a wonderful game. Passing on your learnings is not a crime, especially of a game which has been India's own invention and followed from centuries. Chess has taught me spontaneity, the presence of mind and strategize at an early age. It has made me come out the winner in many situations on the field and in life,” he wrote on Twitter.<br /><br />Hitting back at the trolls, Kaif wrote sport is one of the best ways to break barriers of caste, creed, religion. “When u are playing a sport,its one of d best ways to break barriers of caste, creed,religion.Wish everyone plays more. #SportsBeyondReligion,” read his caption for the image.<br /><br />Earlier, Kaif faced a lot of criticism after he shared a picture of himself with his kid while playing chess. The traditionalists came out all guns blazing against the former Indian cricketer.<br /><br />This isn't the first time Muslim cricketers have been harassed like this. Mohammed Shami faced backlash recently for posting 'un-Islamic' pictures of his daughters birthday. The premier Indian fast-bowler was also trolled for posting pictures of his wife wearing a sleeveless gown.<br /><br />One of India's finest all-rounders Irfan Pathan was hounded for sharing a picture in which his wife could be seen wearing nail-polish, while Kaif himself was once trolled for doing the Surya Namaskar.</p>