T. Durgarao

Durga Rao is from Bobli Village. Bobli is in Vijayanagar District in Andhra Pradesh. He stays with his Mother and brother. His father is no more. They are from an agricultural family. Durga Rao was born on 11th November 1996 in Bobli. How did his blindness come about? He says that when he was a kid, a wooden piece pierced his right eye. The doctors treated him but the damage was irreversible. The damage progressively spread to his left eye and he was losing sight in that eye also. He was declared blind and was placed in B3 Category. He was inducted into a School for the Blind. Young Durga Rao developed a liking for cricket and this spread to a passion for cricket when he discovered that he could play cricket too, albeit Blind Cricket. He performed well in the matches he played and soon got noticed for selection to the State Team initially and then to the National team. As an international player he has played in the World Cup in 2014, the Asia Cup in 2016 and the T-20 in 2017. His most memorable moment is being in the winning Indian team that won the World Cup in 2014. 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. Durga Rao has a degree in Arts and he wants to pursue his studies to obtain an MBA. He wants to continue associating with Cricket in some form or other and continue to contribute to the glory of cricket. We wish him the Best in his endeavours

• Hometown Andhra Pradesh
• Category B3