One of Indian Cricket Worldcup Winner Now Forced to Work as a Labourer for livelihood

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown that was announced has forced several people across the country to lose their livelihoods. Now, even as the country seems to be limping back to normalcy, there are people that are still struggling to restore any semblance of normalcy into their lives.

One among them is visually-impaired cricketer Naresh Tumda from Gujarat. He was part of the Indian side that won the Blind Cricket World Cup in 2018. Now, only three years after this victory, Tumda is working as a labourer in Gujarat’s Navsari to earn his livelihood.

Tumda was part of the team that beat Pakistan at Sharjah in the 2018 World Cup final. He had applied for a number of government jobs, but could not elicit any response from any agencies. He has now asked the government to provide him with a job to make ends meet.

“I earn Rs 250 a day. I urge the government to give me a job so that I can earn my livelihood," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Tumda, 29, was selling vegetables during the lockdown last year. However, this was not able to cover the expenses of the family and so he started to work as a labourer.