Going Beyond Cricket - The legacy of the man behind wheelchair cricket in India

02/14/23 • 26 min

After a major accident during his service in the Indian Air Force, Squadron Leader Abhai Pratap Singh, found himself at a unique juncture in his life where a disability caused by the mishap gave him the right push to take on the mission of empowering several people from the disabled community.

While most wheelchair bound individuals gravitated towards sports such as basketball, Abhai presented the community with a sport closest to Indians and laid the foundations of Wheelchair Cricket India Association (W.C.I.A.). The W.C.I.A has grown to be the apex body in India which promotes the legacy of the unique sport that is wheelchair cricket and plays a crucial role in platforming wheelchair bound gifted sportsmen.

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Go-Beyond Podcast - Going Beyond Cricket - The legacy of the man behind wheelchair cricket in India

Transcript

Speakers:

Akshay Kapur

Abhai Pratap Singh

Akshay Kapur

Welcome to the Sony Pictures Networks Go Beyond Podcast where we go beyond the surface and uncover the extraordinary. I'm your host Akshay Kapur. Today we have a man who has added a new dimension to India's most beloved sport a former fighter plane pilot who went to become a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force. He was forced into an unfortunate early retirement when a road acc