LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, Nov 1: Sujeet Munda, who has been selected in the 17-member squad to represent the Indian team in Blind T20 World Cup from December 4 to 17, met Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday evening.
This is the first instance when Sujeet met the CM in person and was congratulated by him over his selection in the national team for the upcoming world cup. CM Soren also tweeted a picture with Sujeet along with a congratulatory note.
कोई भी लक्ष्य इंसान के हौसले से बड़ा नहीं। इसी को चरितार्थ किया है अपनी मेहनत और लगन से दृष्टिबाधित टी-20 क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड कप खेलने वाली टीम इंडिया में चयनित रांची के युवा खिलाड़ी सुजीत मुंडा ने। आपको अनेक-अनेक बधाई, शुभकामनाएं और जोहार।
आप आगे बढ़ते रहें, आपका भाई आपके साथ है। pic.twitter.com/24S40VBn8q— Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) November 1, 2022
Notably, Sujeet started playing cricket in 2014. In the last 8 years, Sujeet has been a part of many bilateral and tripartite series and will finally participate in the World Cup.
Sujeet, who lives in a temporary house built on HEC land in Dhurwa, comes from a very poor family. There are four brothers in the family including Sujeet out of which three are daily wage workers.
In his career so far, he has participated in the bilateral series against South Africa in the year 2018, the trilateral series played between India-Pakistan-Bangladesh in 2020 and the triangular series played between India-Pakistan and South Africa in Dubai.
Sujeet’s selection trial for the world cup was organised in 3 phases. A total of 56 players were selected from across the country in the first phase. In the second phase, 29 players were selected out of these 56 and in the third phase, 17 players out of 29 were selected to play in the World Cup.
