Former Test cricketer Ajay Jadeja made a sensationalclaim on Monday, saying Indian players were being ill-treated by foreign staffof the beleaguered Kolkata Knight Riders in their own domestic IPL, going on inSouth Africa.

Jadejahinted that a member of the KKR foreign coaching staff had racial overtones tohis language used for an Indian player during the tournament, which has notseen the team winning barring in one match where they triumphed viaduckworth-Lewis method.

"You don'tneed blogger (to know this)," he said in an apparent reference to the FakeIPL player's blogsite."I can assure you that there is definitely a divideand Indian players are (being) treated very badly." Jadeja told.

"I am anIndian player. I know so many players in the team (Kolkata Knight Riders Team).One player was asked to come off the field and when he came off the field heasked "Why did you want me to come off the field? One of the coaches inKKR says 'You Indian, you do what I ask you to do'," he said.

Jadeja insistedhis claims were true, saying he had the information from horse's mouth and thatthe team was not more than a divided house. "So there is definitely adivide. I know it from the source himself. So the players are not feelingcomfortable."

"There isa divide between Indian and foreign players and there is a divide betweenthought processes. I mean Sourav Ganguly has a different thought process andyou can see that. So this team is divided. There is no doubt about it," headded.

The KKR teamhas been dealing with controversies way before the start of the tournament whentheir coach John Buchanan proposed the multiple-captain theory. They have losteight of their 10 matches so far.

There is also a tell-all blog onteam's activities, adding insult to its injuries, although the authenticity ofthe blog is still in doubt.