Sunil Ramesh

Sunil Ramesh, aged 19 years old, was born on 7th April 1998 in Guddaduru. His Father is Ramesh and Mother, Vanaja. They are daily wage labourers in Guddaduru. He has one sister, elder to him, and one brother younger to him. He was born a normal child with the usual interest in playing games, especially cricket. While playing cricket one day, a wire piece pierced his right eye. The damage was intensive and he lost his sight in that eye. His left eye was not hurt but the injury to the right eye did affect the performance of this eye to some extent. In the absence of sight in the right eye there is constant pressure on the left eye for sight. He feels that his sight in the left eye is slowly diminishing. He was eleven years old when this accidental injury occurred and he was told that it is better to join a school for the blind. His teacher, Kumar Naik, took him to the Asha Kiran Blind School in Chikkamagalur and admitted him. Sunil started playing cricket again in this school and his cricketing career took off. Initially he had problem sighting the ball but he soon overcame that. He was selected for the state team initially but rapidly progressed to the National team in 2016 for the Asia Cup. He played in the initial matches but did not play in the finals. He played in the T-20 World Cup, and got a memorable 3 wicket haul I the match against Pakistan. He was part of the 3rd T20 World Cup 2022 winning team and he recently took part in the IBSA world Games 2023 at Birmingham and won silver. He was the player of the Series at the 3rd T20 World Cup and has been performing well through his overall performances. He is now pursuing a degree in Mountain View College in Chikkamagalur, and is in the second year. His desire is to make a name for himself in Blind Cricket. Afterwards he would like to help in some way in the cause for Blind Cricket in India. He has applied for a job in the Karnataka government has not yet got any response. He hopes it will be done soon. For now, he is looking forward to playing in the World Cup and is very confident of the Indian Team winning.

• Hometown Alduru, Karnataka
• Category B3