The 23-year-old Hallam batsman said a field set by his captain in a recent A grade game typified racial acceptance on and off the field.

"Nine of the 11 players in the team were Indian or Sri Lankan. During the game our skipper, Jeff Smit, set a field with him and another guy on the leg side, and all nine Indians and Sri Lankans on the off side.

"Jeff looked at his field and jokingly said to me, 'Look at the way I've set my field. I've just discriminated totally, haven't I?', and we all cracked up laughing.

"There are so many Indians I've spoken to who say they love playing cricket here and haven't experienced any form of racism. That's the beauty of the game. Everyone comes together in a common bond that is cricket. I go to the city at night ... You don't have to be Indian to be bashed. The Indian media has hyped up things a lot Australia is probably the most accepting of all other countries."

Singh and his family experienced firsthand the acceptance of Indians in the community when his father Gurmit sang the Indian national anthem before the Boxing Day match at the MCG.

Singh has been chosen as the Journal's Senior Cricketer of the Week for his career-high, club record 234 not out against Endeavour Hills. "It was one of those days that from ball one you felt good and everything came out of the middle," he said.