12.12.2015, Life has repeatedly thrown Imran Sheikh for a googly. A decade ago, he was an international cricketer who helped the Indian deaf and mute squad to World Cup victory. A few years later, his strong game saw him promoted to captain, and the then-25-year-old got to do what he loves best, play a sport that he has been part of for 15 years.
“Cricket is my passion,” the 30 year old said. Unable however to make ends meet, he quit his cricketing career. The Baroda native has now resorted to selling kachoris by the street with his wife, Roza. The batsman says there is ‘not much money’ in deaf and mute cricket – in stark contrast to the cricket Indian spectators have come to know and love, which has insrmountable amounts of money associated with it in terms of incomes, endorsements, rights and telecasts.
Sheikh is a man of modest means. With a stall on Old Padra Road in Vadodara, Gujarat, Sheikh and his wife sell snacks all day to locals and visitors.
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