Mumbai’s Ravindra Santan to lead India’s mixed disability team on England Tour. Cricket news

Exeter: The journey of Ravindra Gopinath Saint is a remarkable example that can inspire cricketers with disability across India – proves that dreams can really come true. A paralyzed right hand since childhood, including a reputed Kanga League and Times Shield in the top local tournaments in Mumbai, where he competed and organized his own against Saksham-Sheer cricketers, some of whom went to represent Mumbai and India. In his early days, Santte will travel 116 km daily by local train from Dombivali to Veerar for training under the Assistant and Fielding Coach Ravindra Patil of the Indian mixed Indian disability team. It is a long journey from both on the field and today, and today, he actually stands at the top of something special. From Saturday (21 June), in Tuntan, 36 -year -old from Kolegon village in Dombivali, 36 -year -old will captain India’s mixed disability team in a seven -match T20I series against hosts England. A attraction of tour at Lord’s on 25 June will be T20I – a rare and proud opportunity for India’s mixed disability cricketers in the prestigious home of cricket. Bristol is determined by another standout stability for 1 July, where the team will play a double-header, in which the Indian women’s team was carrying it to England later that evening. The match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, while all matches will be strengthened on Sony Live in India, which is also covering the tourism of Indian men and women of England.

“This is a proud feeling to lead India’s mixed disability team,” Sante said Mumbai Mirror On Thursday. “This will be a new and different experience because there were separate teams for different disabled. How far the ecosystem has reached, shows that Saint said: “When I started, we will travel in unreserved train coaches, often sat near the toilet on the way to the national tournament. But things have improved a lot, thanks to the tireless work of people like Ravi Chauhan (General Secretary, separate different cricket council of India). For example, this tour has the support of ECB, ICC and BCCI. We have performed well against the England Lions mixed disability team in Warm-up and are convinced to win the series. ,Quiz: Who is that IPL player? Saint was just six months old when two defective injections by a doctor made their right hand paralyzed. Picked up in a modest house, he discovered cricket relatively late. “I started playing leather-ball cricket representing KV Pendaharkar College. Growing in Dombivali, we don’t have facilities like today. During a college match, I scored a half-century, and the umpire was so impressed with the opposing team and where my journey was actually started. My father, who died a decade ago, always supported me. Like many parents, he never insisted that I clung to a regular job, ”he remembered. Santte, now a central railway employee and father of two, said: “Then, I did not know that disability cricket exists. One day, a local corporator hosted an exhibition match for different players. This is where I met Ravi Patil Sir. After that for two to three years, I to travel daily. Patil proudly said, “We were less one player, so I added him to the Maharashtra squad in the Maharashtra squad. And now look at him.” Saint currently plays for the Garware Club House at the Kanga League and Cosmopolitan Shield, and a team under the Central Railway in The Times Shield ‘C’ Division for the Mumbai Sports Association. After removing personal adverseness, it is no surprise that Santte takes inspiration from Yuvraj Singh, the 2011 World Cup hero of India. “I loved his fielding, his fighting spirit, and his incredible performance during the 2011 World Cup, even struggling with cancer. I will always meet Yuvraj Sir at his home in Gurgaon, just before our visit in Afghanistan in 2016.”