Published 11:34 IST, November 15th 2019
Ind vs Ban: Meet the Indian cricket team's new superfan who hails from Indore
Ind vs Ban: During Day 1 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, another ardent fan of the Indian cricket team was spotted. Read to know more about him.
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Indian cricketers have maximum fan following in world of cricket. Many fans literally worship ir favourite cricketers as demi-gods. Millions of m express ir love for ir favourite player or Indian team in general in different ways.
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Sudhir Gautam, die-hard Sachin Tendulkar fan continues to be extremely famous whereas Chennai's Hari Saravanan is an MS Dhoni fan. Both are often spotted in stadiums waving tricolour and cheering Indian team even when both cricketers are t playing in match.
During Day 1 of first Test between India and Bangladesh, ar ardent fan of Indian cricket team was spotted. His name is Shahzad Ali, who is a member of Indore wheelchair team and a cricket fanatic.
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Cricket has been my life: Shahzad
For Shahzad, cricket was t merely an escape from daily ordeals of life, but it has been his life. He is a fervent supporter of Indian cricket team, who makes it a point to be in attendance whenever Indore hosts an international or an IPL match. However, while it's easy for rest of crowd to get into stadium, Shahzad has to crawl his way into stadium.
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Speaking to a leading media network, Shahzad said that he put his slippers on his hands and n drag himself across road and enters stadium. He claims that on Thursday, he was lifted by security staff and a couple of policemen into ground. He claimed that when you get to see game, everything seems worth effort.
He has been a part of Madhya Pradesh wheelchair cricket team since 2017 but said that re was absolutely support from state association. So much so, y do t even have a ground to play.
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Shahzad, who works as a secretary in a private company for a living, said that y had to clamour to get any attention. ir team was registered in 2017, but receive funding eir from government or association. y raised ir own funds, went and played matches and n distributed prize money amongst mselves.
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He said that y expect a few wheelchairs to be present in ground as y loved game and always wanted to be present for games, but y cant enter ground because re were wheelchairs, making m feel left out. Shahzad concluded that people helped him but he cant expect m to do so every day
11:15 IST, November 15th 2019