Shekhar naik biography of barack
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A true Indian sporting hero : Shekhar Naik
Shekhar Naik's story is one of grit, determination and perseverance: a will to win against all the odds and in the face of a million hurdles. Apart from disability, Shekhar was also forced to contend with poverty and extreme hardship, when he lost both of his parents by the age of 12.
The 29-year old who hails from Shimoga had his first tryst with cricket started when he started playing in 1997. He has not looked back since then. His India debut came in 2002. Shekhar is very clear as to why he plays cricket, "I started playing cricket to be happy. I did not play cricket to earn money. That was never my aim. Only after winning the World
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Blind cricket struggles for recognition in India
Despite recent successes, including winning the T20 World Cup, visually impaired players are not getting the backing that could turn them into professionals
19-Apr-2014
Shekhar Naik:" If the BCCI recognise us, we could get more sponsors. We have 40,000 blind cricketers right now and given some help it could double, even triple" • Samarthanam
It looked like any other game. The two sides were in the mittpunkt of last-minute practice. The batsman was hitting throwdowns, and catches were being gobbled up effortlessly. If not for the metallic clang the ball produced, and closer scrutiny, one might well not have known it was blind cricket.
Shekhar Naik, the India captain, was in high demand. His family and friends mobbed him with wishes. He completed a 2-0 whitewash in a T20 series against the touring Australians this past week in Bangalore. The school boy who cut classes
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Blind cricket struggles for recognition in India
Alagappan MuthuApr 19, 2014, 05:45 PM
It looked like any other game. The two sides were in the middle of last-minute practice. The batsman was hitting throwdowns, and catches were being gobbled up effortlessly. If not for the metallic clang the ball produced, and closer scrutiny, one might well not have known it was blind cricket.
Shekhar Naik, the India captain, was in high demand. His family and friends mobbed him with wishes. He completed a 2-0 whitewash in a T20 series against the touring Australians this past week in Bangalore. The school boy who cut classes to pursue his passion rose through the ranks to break into the national side for the 2002 World Cup, and fulfilled a life-long desire in 2010 when he took the reins on a tour to England.
"I'm in cricket because of my mother. She was also blind and she died in 1998," Naik said. "She always used to say I had to achieve something in life, and I took that as a challen