New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) He covered his eyes with a handkerchief, tried to field a few balls, but failed miserably.
Having given up, Virat Kohli removed the piece of cloth after a few minutes, opened his eyes, and told a fellow India captain in 2017, “This is incredible. I can’t do it, what you guys do is unimaginable.” India’s visually impaired cricket team skipper Ajay Reddy fondly remembers the interaction with the then captain of the country’s able-bodied national team.
“Able-bodied” has been the most operative word in the 32-year-old Ajay’s life since the fateful night when an anxious four-year old, unable to find his mother by the bedside, ran towards the door and the iron door hook hit his eye to change his life forever.
It started getting blurrier and from normal school, he had to get transferred to a ‘school for the visually impaired’ after sixth standard. Then, love for cricket gave his life a new meaning and direction.
“I have no vision in one eye and in the other eye, I don’t have 75 percent vision and it gets worse by the day,” Ajay told
Source: PTI News
