Bengaluru: On Thursday afternoon, following their practice session, Team India captain Virat Kohli, Director Ravi Shastri, Rohit Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny and Varun Aaron spent some time with some of the Indian blind cricketers who were part of the triumphant 2012 World Cup winning squad.
The blind cricketers, connected with the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, had a memorable outing.
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Kohli was even sport enough to try out blindfold cricket to get a feel of what his blind counterparts go through.
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When asked about how it felt to spend the Diwali evening with India's visually challenged cricket team. there was smile in Kohli's face.
"It was lovely meeting cricketers, who are (visually) challenged, who don't have the privileges that we do in terms of physical ability but still have the passion and the hunger to play this wonderful game. It was lovely meeting them, especially knowing that we can make a difference to someone's life and inspire them even more to play the sport passionately and make the country win in their particular sport," Kohli said.
"It was a very satisfying moment for me yesterday and for the other guys who joined in as well knowing that our Indian team, which obviously has won the World Cup as well, and they were very excited to see us. They get inspired from us, and that only makes us want to work harder and keep inspiring them to do what we are doing for the country. It indeed was a very, very special Diwali."
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