A Kashmiri Boy Dreamed of Playing Cricket Even After Losing His Arms. Today, He Plays for His State.

Amir Hussain Lone was eight year old when he lost his arms in an accident with a bandsaw when he visited his father’s sawmill to deliver lunch to his brother.

Today, at the age of 26, he is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir state para-cricket team.

“I was taking some food for my brother who worked at my father’s sawmill. I used to play with the sawmill machine, but on this occasion both of my arms got entangled in the machine,” he told Mail Online. Ironically, the sawmill used to manufacture cricket bats.

Amir never let his misfortune come in the way of his dreams. Cricket has been his passion since childhood, and he worked extremely hard to make himself capable of playing. But the journey till here was not an easy one. Amir’s father had to sell his sawmill to arrange the money for his treatment, and the society started treating him like someone who would not be able to achieve anything in life. His treatment took three years and when he resumed school after that, his teachers told him to stay at home. This was when Amir started his journey of becoming self-reliant by selling walnuts to purchase books and by practising his sport. He holds the bat between his neck and shoulder and bowls with his toes.

“When I tried to play cricket for the first time after the accident, people used to make fun of me. Now they are very supportive,” he says.

He wants to play like Sachin Tendulkar one day. Watch Amir’s inspiring journey here:

The video was originally published here.

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