Blue Tigers’ exceptional performances in India a ray of light in country beset by problems
The wicketkeeper used to be a cattle farmer. The fast bowler laboured building mud walls to buy his first bat. The all-rounder was once a refugee in Pakistan.
Over the past five weeks, all three have been part of a cricketing fairytale that has captured global attention and brought joy to one of the world’s most repressed countries.
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