I came to know about wheelchair cricket in 2006 while there was a selection for the Indian wheelchair cricket team in Agra. Babu is the first player with disability from Tamil Nadu to play for Indian wheelchair cricket team and is part of the SAHAI Para Sports Academy’s wheelchair cricket team, which was formed on June 30 in Coimbatore. The SAHAI Spine Injury Rehabilitation Centre through their efforts to help people with spinal cord injury and polio, launched the Academy in May this year. After some research, Palanisamy discovered that there were no strong wheelchair cricket teams from Tamil Nadu, and thus began recruiting players for the team. The Academy invited people with spinal cord injury and polio to begin their training at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 04, 2019 00:22 UTC