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Armless Indian cricketer plays in national level

Xinhua, March 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Amir Hussain Lone, a 26-year-old Indian cricket player, proves where there is a will, there is a way.

Lone is an armless cricketer who bowls with his feet and plays with his neck and shoulder.

Lone lost both his arms in an accident when he was just seven years old while working at his father's sawmill. His father had to sell out everying to take care of his medical expenses and treatment.

However, he never lost hope. Lone loves cricket and practiced his cricket skills with his grandmother.

"My earliest cricket practice started with my grandma who used to bowl to me," he said. "I wish she was alive today to see me representing J&K at national level."

He has played at national level in a tournament of differently abled. Now he is the captain of Kashmir's para-cricket team. Endit