One major difference in wheelchair cricket is how batsmen leave the bat behind in the crease when taking a run as they need both hands free to turns the wheels. “I discovered wheelchair cricket a year and half ago on YouTube. “Many of these boys have played wheelchair cricket just for three or four days before this tournament.”Captain Himal Aryal, though, was a veteran. “My first cricket match was in 2014 versus Pakistan,” he smiled, adding that he was a fan of Andre Russell and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “We hope people in Bengal who are confined to wheelchairs become aware of the sport and come forward,” said an official of the organisers, Wheelchair Cricket India.

Source: The Telegraph May 02, 2019 21:00 UTC