From obscurity to stardom
In the Hindu Vijay Lokapally writes on a promising seamer from Bijni, a sleepy village in Bongaigaon in Assam.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
25-Feb-2013
In the Hindu Vijay Lokapally writes on a promising seamer from Bijni, a sleepy village in Bongaigaon in Assam.
Youngest among three children, having lost his father at three, [Sujay] Tarafdar symbolises the story of a young sportsman from remote corners, striving for recognition and opportunity despite possessing talent. His love for cricket grew from reading exploits of his heroes in newspapers and sometimes watching them on television.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is a former assistant editor at Cricinfo