5 Cricketers who have played international cricket with physical disabilities
These players have shown insane commitment and will to play at the highest level even with physical disability.
1. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi or Tiger Pataudi, was a Nawab and son of former England and India cricketer Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. He was known for galvanizing players to play for India, and not for their state teams. He is also India’s youngest Test captain at 21 years old. Pataudi went on to play 46 Tests, scoring 2793 runs with 6 centuries.
However, all his career, Pataudi played with only one good eye. On 1 July 1961, he was a passenger in a car that was involved in an accident in Hove. A shard of glass from the broken windscreen penetrated and permanently damaged his right eye. Despite doctors’ best efforts, they were only successful in saving his one eye.
Pataudi experienced double vision but trained himself to play with one eye. He found it easiest to play with his cap pulled down over his damaged right eye. And 6 months after losing his eye, Pataudi made his Test debut for India.
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