In Panchkula’s Tau Devi Lal Stadium, there is pin drop silence as the ball rattles across the pitch. The blind batsman hits it. Fielders roll desperately on the ground in the direction of the sound of the ball.
Incredibly, one of them gets hold of it, preventing a boundary. As the match goes on, spectators from a local school watch quietly, for in the game of blind cricket, the only way players can locate the ball is by the noise of the rattles inside. Six other teams from across India are waiting for their chance on the field, a chance to win the national-level tournament ...
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First Published: Fri, May 11 2018. 21:09 IST
