From two years of hitch-hiking across the country with no money to finally finding some financial aid and eventually being nationally recognised as one of India’s most devoted cricket fans, Dharamveer has come a long way.
The permitted size of the bat is now defined, with the width and length unchanged, but with added restrictions on the thickness of the edges (40mm) and the overall depth (67mm). Umpires will be issued with a new bat gauge, which they can use to check a bat’s legality.
Ridiculing someone over their complexion is not new to India and Abhinav hopes his message will help change the mindset and prove #Fairisnttheonlyhandsome.
Kainat Imtiaz, pacer in the Pakistan team, shared a heartening post on Instagram about how an Indian cricketer has been her major source of inspiration.