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Santosh Saxena - A fairy tale story in real life

From selling vegetables to working in a tyre company, giving his mother the slip in between to play cricket and finally being discussed at national team selection meetings. Sounds like a Hindi movie script, but it isn't. This is the real life story of Santosh Ramesh Saxena, a tearaway fast bowler from Mumbai.The 24-year-old Saxena used to bowl quick in tennis ball cricket tournaments in a Bombay suburb, leading his team to victory. He was very much the hero of local cricket, but his mother felt he was wasting his time. [More]



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Santosh Saxena

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