Chandigarh, May 29
Defying all the odds and injustice, a visually impaired athlete Sunil Kumar made himself a metaphor of determination and grit.
The six feet two-inch tall, well-built Sunil Kumar of Mundh, a small village of Karnal
district, shone by clinching top honours in discus throw event during the Electrabel Paralympics Championship, held at Blankenberge-Flanders, Belgium, recently. And this is not the first time that he won honours for the country at an international level.
“Instead of learning odd tasks to sustain myself, I wanted to do something different So I adopted sports and at the moment, I was satisfied with my achievements. I will try to bring more glories to my country”, said Sunil confidently.
Giving credit of his success to his family, Sunil, a son of farmer and the youngest of three siblings, confided, “What I achieve today is just because of my family support. They never discourage me and instead, they fulfil every demand made by me”.
Showing grudges over the indifferent attitude of the government towards ‘special sportspersons’, Sunil was of the view: “Till date, no government agency or official has come forward to boost my morale and also there is no financial help from their side. The government should amend their ways while treating disabled players. We should be treated like normal sportspersons and should be provided with all kind of paraphernalia along with financial support”.
Fine knock by Gogian
Chandigarh, May 29
The Chandigarh team started their innings on a sound note with batting on 225 for 3 against the Patiala team during the Punjab Inter- District U-19 Cricket Tournament for Dhruv Pandove Trophy held at DAV School, Sector 8 here today.
Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat first. At the end of day’s play, Chandigarh was batting on 225 at the loss of three wickets. Naresh Gogian scored 88 runs and Gurkirat Singh 49 runs. Amitoj took two wickets at the cost of 54 runs and Tanmeet one for 20 runs from the Patiala side.
Brief scores: Chandigarh: Gurkirat Singh 49, Naresh Gogian 88, Sarul Kanwar 24 not out and Sumit Dhiman 15 not out. Amitoj 2/54 and Tanmeet 1 for 20.
In another match played at PCA, Mohali, the Ropar team was bundled out by the Mohali squad at 115 in 36.1 overs. Mohali won the toss and elected to field first.
Ropar scored 115 all out in 36.1 overs. Harmeet 4 for 48, Navneet 2 for 20 and Jaskarn 1 for 31 were the main wicket takers from Mohali. At the end of the day’s play, Mohali was playing at 86 for 6 in 56 overs. — TNS
