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Madurai student selected to play for India in international cricket
tourney for blind
MADURAI: An alumnus of Thiagarajar Arts and Science College, S Maharaja
has been selected to the Indian men’s cricket team, who will participate
in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games in
Birmingham 2023, which will be held from August 18 to 27.
S Maharaja, hails from Duraisamy Puram village in Ottapidaram taluk in
Thoothukudi district. He had partial vision till he was in Class 3.
After he lost his eyesight completely, he studied at the Anne Jane
Askwith Higher Secondary School for the visually impaired in
Palayamkottai, where he was encouraged to take part in blind cricket
when he was in Class 4.
As his journey continued into the later years, he was selected into the
Indian team and became the first person from Tamil Nadu to represent
India under the ‘fully blind’ category of B1. Speaking to TNIE, S
Maharaja said he started practicing cricket in his childhood and got
selected into the Tamil Nadu team while he was studying in Class 11.
In Class 12, I secured 521/600 and joined BA English at the Thiagarajar
Arts and Science College, where I was encouraged to pursue my sports
career. For the past four years, I have represented Tamil Nadu and
showcased my best performance, which even helped my team bring home the
Nagesh trophy,” he said.
“I used to practice four hours regularly. College authorities encouraged
visually impaired students by allowing them to torch the light at sports
events, providing them with travelling allowances, and exempting them
from classes for practice,” he said.
“I faced a lot of challenges in getting sponsorship in sports events.
Though I have now been selected to represent World Games for Blind, I
have to arrange the necessary kits, including food and other things on
my own. People need to support visually impaired cricket players on par
with normal cricket players,” he added. He requested Chief Minister MK
Stalin and Minister for Sports Udhayanidhi Stalin to extend support to
visually impaired cricket players and offer them government jobs as an
encouragement, and to help them continue their sports career.
“Maharaja is an excellent left-arm bowler and he is an expert in batting
too. He has brought laurels to our college at many national events, and
won the ‘Man of the Match’ award in many games,” Thiagarajar College
Physical Education Director R Selvakumar said.
Source:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jun/26/madurai-student-selected-to-play-for-india-in-international-cricket-tourney-for-blind-2588607.html
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