Lost Sight as a Child, Now Leading Indian Blind Women's Cricket Team | Captain Deepika EXCLUSIVE - video Dailymotion

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Captain Deepika TC, leader of India’s blind women’s cricket team, lost her eyesight as a baby, but never her vision for life. In this exclusive conversation, she shares her journey from humble beginnings and early struggles to representing India on the world stage. A singer, cricket lover, and Virat Kohli fan, Deepika opens up about battling social prejudice, her family’s support, and breaking barriers for blind women athletes in India. &nbsp;

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00:00It's a great honour for me to have with me today Dipika. She is the captain of India's

00:18blind women's cricket team and the international tournament for T20 women's cricket for the

00:24blind is going to start from tomorrow, that is 11th of November. Dipika, first of all,

00:28thank you so much for speaking with Aishanet News. How is the preparation? Do you think

00:32that India is going to win tomorrow? It's a match between India and Sri Lanka.

00:36Yes ma'am. It's very good. Our team is very good. All-rounder players. We started practice

00:49in one month. It's very good. Definitely, the match has been prepared.

00:56Okay. Dipika, I was studying about you and I got to know that you are from Tumkur in

01:01Karnataka and you partially lost your vision when you were only five months old. Can you

01:07talk to me about what exactly happened? How did you lose your vision partially?

01:12When I was five months old, I got to know that I got to know that I got to know that I got to know that I got to know.

01:22After my parents went to Bangalore and went to the doctor to see it. But she said that after 11 years of

01:28After 10 years, we can take care of it.

01:31But now we have a lot of problems.

01:37We will not take care of it.

01:39After 10 years, we can take care of it.

01:42Then we have a lot of financial problems in our family.

01:48Now we have not taken care of it.

01:53After 10 years, my father took care of it.

01:58We saw it in Narayana Netra.

02:01And they said that they did not come.

02:03They had their vision and their vision.

02:07But they did not come.

02:09But my father was completely upset.

02:14But I understood that they did not come.

02:18Some people don't see anything in society.

02:22I see one eyes and they are happy.

02:27You are in B3 category.

02:29So you have a little partial vision.

02:31Yes.

02:33This is good.

02:36Initially, I think agriculture was the sole primary income.

02:40But now you are working at the office of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Mumbai.

02:45As a multi-tasking staff, if I am not wrong.

02:48Yes.

02:49I have a lot.

02:50But after I joined in cricket, I have a lot of financial help.

02:54But now, I have a lot of money.

03:01And then, they can have money, and they can make a whole family.

03:04But, now, it is a difficult time to eat.

03:09It is a difficult time to eat.

03:12One time, we are a lot of happy.

03:17Especially rice, we are a whole brother.

03:19We will eat as a brother.

03:24After the cricket, Cabi, Samaritanam, Indescent Bank helped us.

03:34What problems we have in the family, Samaritanam,

03:42What help you have in the family.

03:51So, Samaritanam trust, you have a lot of financial help.

03:56I was also reading that your inspiration is Virat Kohli.

03:59Your favorite cricketer is Virat Kohli.

04:01So, was that a factor why you got into cricket?

04:05I play in school.

04:09I always say that.

04:11I stay on the ground, attitude and aggressive.

04:16I follow the same attitude and aggressive.

04:20I follow the same.

04:22My manager, Kshika ma'am, also says,

04:26If you follow Virat Kohli, you ask me,

04:33I like Virat Kohli.

04:35I really like Virat Kohli.

04:38Very, very.

04:40Drifika, you talked about your family challenges.

04:42But you gave your family support.

04:44Your father, your mother.

04:46But if you talk about society,

04:48what do you have to face?

04:50How do you have to face?

04:51All theinterpretation and other people?

04:52Just questions.

04:54We sometimes see the children,

04:57trying to say,

04:58And what do you know that to children?

05:01So, you have a question.

05:03They are asking us to situated in amateur families.

05:07But it also happens in my family,

05:09In my family.

05:10I have studied in elementary schools,

05:12and I know about four-thriebécole.

05:13After four-thousand academy,

05:14I have studied in blind school.

05:16I now have joined our parents to the kind Patanam friend.

05:18After joining blind school, we talk about the same thing.

05:23We have joined blind school, how do we study and how do we play?

05:27This is a question mark.

05:29Now we get a scribe for the board exam.

05:36I have a scribe for the 10th exam.

05:40I ask them to ask my question mark.

05:43How did that pass?

05:46No, I have a scribe for the whole exam.

05:52But after that, we won the IBAC World Games in 2023.

05:58We won the gold medal.

06:01After that, we spread the whole newspaper and social media.

06:08After that, I asked my father and my son.

06:14My son did something good.

06:16He also did something good.

06:18He also encouraged me.

06:20Especially my mother.

06:22He said, why are you going home?

06:24You're a girl.

06:25How are you playing?

06:26Don't play at all.

06:28It was so much fun to go to cricket and I helped them to understand them.

06:37But it was a whole family, a whole village.

06:41That's why I had time to understand them.

06:45They helped me a lot. They encouraged me a lot.

06:49I think there are questions that people ask about how to go to school.

06:53The lack of awareness is that they are not aware of our society.

06:58That's why they ask questions.

07:00Deepika, you are also captain of the team.

07:03How do you bond your team ahead of these cricket matches?

07:12I tell that I'm proud of my team.

07:17But they were very good players in our team.

07:21They were all-rounders.

07:23But they were all senior players.

07:27They were all national and state captains.

07:32They were all captains.

07:34And it was very important, and I was worried about them.

07:48But I wasn't sure about them.

07:50However, I was very proud of my team.

07:53I am really proud of my team.

07:57Right, so communication is very good in the team.

08:01The communication is good in the team.

08:03Deepika, now we have seen that the national women's team clinched the victory in the World Cup ODI.

08:09And your manager told us yesterday that you guys have been following the cricket religiously.

08:15You were following each match, you were following each cricketer.

08:19So those are also sharing you.

08:21First of all, how are you feeling about the World Cup win and what do you feel?

08:25Can you manifest that you are also in the same place and what are you taking the World Cup?

08:29Definitely, ma'am.

08:31Our head is one of them.

08:33Yes, they have won our women's team already.

08:37We will definitely win the match.

08:41I don't know what happens.

08:43How will I play this?

08:45I tell everyone about your country.

08:49Think about your mother and father.

08:53Think about your mother and father.

08:57We will definitely win the match.

08:59We will definitely win the match.

09:01We will definitely win the match.

09:04There are a lot of visually impaired girls and women who have a dream to get into sports.

09:09To involve themselves.

09:11To be active in their social lives.

09:13So how will you give that message for those people?

09:15Because from a very early age, when you were only 5 months old.

09:19You have faced these challenges.

09:21So what is your message for those people?

09:23What is your message for those people?

09:25Yes.

09:26Yes.

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10:00Yes.

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10:02Yes.

10:03Yes.

10:04I think my father and mother said to me that I don't want to talk to you.

10:09You are also a good singer.

10:10Do you want to sing a little bit?

10:14Okay.

10:34Beautiful.

10:43I mean, I can't believe your voice is so melodious.

10:47Deepika, you also like football.

10:49Any particular team or any player that is your favorite?

10:57I don't know.

10:58I follow a lot like Virat Kohli, Roi Sharma, MS Dhoni and the women's team.

11:05I like the Smriti Mandana.

11:08Okay.

11:09Last question.

11:10What is a request from the Government of India from the Government of India?

11:12Because yesterday I talked about your coach.

11:14She was telling me that in training there will be more help from the Government of India.

11:18So, it will be more beneficial for the players to train to avail those facilities.

11:23So, what is your request from the Government of India?

11:26What more do they can do to help you guys?

11:30What do I make of the Government?

11:33We can practice it for us.

11:38But my character played 3 or 4 World cup stuff.

11:43They didn't have a job at the top.

11:46They didn't have a job at all.

11:49But if they give a job, they can help us with a whole family.

11:56I request that too.

11:59But how do people support normal cricket?

12:03I request that too.

12:07Thank you so much, Deepika.

12:10I wish you all the best for tomorrow's match.

12:12And hope that you guys will win the World Cup all together.

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