Tushar Paul
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 March 1983 Malda, West Bengal, India |
| Batting | Right-handed Wicketkeeper-Batsman |
| Role | Wicket-keeper |
| Relations | Mukti Paul nee Hazra
(wife) (m. 2007) Turya Paul (Son) |
| International information | |
| National side | |
Tushar Paul[2](born 17th March 1983) is an Indian international cricketer and the wicketkeeper-Batsman of Indian Cricket Team for the physically challenged founded by Ajit Wadekar. [3][4][5]
Early life[edit]
A teacher in a school and father of a nine-year-old, Tushar Paul lost his right leg in a road accident in 1993. He had his right ankle amputated when he was 10 and has been using a prosthetic leg ever since.
Playing career[edit]
First Tour of Pakistan[edit]
In his first tour to Pakistan in 2012, he impressed many players who claimed Paul was a player with natural talent. At that year he was invited as a celebrity guest in Dadagiri Unlimited season 3 hosted by Mithun Chakraborty. Paul is playing many years as India's physically challenged teams most successful wicket-keeper,
ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament for people with physical disabilities[edit]
Tushar played as a team member in the ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament for people with physical disabilities which was held from 2–10 September 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Bangladesh Cricket Board, and Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, it is the first multi team tournament of its kind.[6] Its slogan was ‘We Can Do It Too’. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was the brand ambassador[7] The competing teams were Bangladesh, India (All India Cricket Association for the Physically Challenged), Pakistan (Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association), Afghanistan and England (ECB);[7] all the teams but India's were recognised by their national cricket board.
T20 international series[edit]
Tushar has been playing physically handicapped cricket since 2003 (Domestic cricket)(International cricket 2012), Tushar, always needs a substitute runner, but now he is a leading team member in the Indian Cricket Team for the physically challenged (a non profit organization).[8] The team for the physically challenged do not receive as much popular support or recognition as the other team receive. Last year [9]they won a World Disability Series [10]in England (India win the T20 Physical Disability World Series, bin Blackfinch, Worcestershire ). India remained unbeaten throughout the six-nation tournament, [11] including the warm-up games. In the final, they beat hosts England by 36 runs. [12] As a wicketkeeper-batsman, Paul featured in four matches in the tournament, including the final, effecting eight dismissals — four catches and four stumpings. [13] Paul had earlier toured South Africa, Bangladesh [14] [15] [7] [16] [17][18] [19][19] , Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of the India.
Teaching career[edit]
He has been teaching English in Raniganj KC High School in Malda since 2006.
References[edit]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books/about/Sport_Development_in_Action.html?id=NLJqDwAAQBAJ
- ↑ "5-nation int'l cricket tournament for disabled from 2 Sept". NTV. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sarker, Md. Abu Talha (September 11, 2015). "International T20 cricket starts for the disabled". The Independent. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ [10]
- ↑ "ICRC T20 Disabled Cricket Tournament - Bangladesh [Pictures]". www.pakpassion.net. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ↑ "5-nation int'l cricket tournament for disabled from 2 Sept". NTV. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ICRC tournament a landmark event for physical disability cricket globally, says ECB official". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
- ↑ "England PD in ICRC T20 title triumph". England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Physio helps England physical disability cricket team become world champions". The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Disability not a difficulty". The Daily Star. September 2, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
This article "Tushar Paul" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Tushar Paul. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
