His name on Ben Stokes' pullover, Dr. Vikas Kumar of Indian inception is 'overpowered'

His name on Ben Stokes' pullover, Dr. Vikas Kumar of Indian inception is 'overpowered' 

TILL ABOUT 48 hours prior, the nearest that Dr Vikas Kumar had gone to his student fantasy about playing high level cricket was the point at which he was selected "Specialist on Duty" at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi for the India-Sri Lanka Test coordinate three years back. On Wednesday morning, the 35-year-old had his name on an England shirt. As global cricket continued in Southampton following a hole of 117 days, Kumar's name was among those included on the shirts of England's Test players to respect wellbeing laborers at the front line of the Covid battle. Kumar works at the basic consideration unit of a National Health Service (NHS) Trust clinic at Darlington in Durham, and was among those assigned by cricket clubs in England as a feature of their Raise The Bat battle. 

For him, the garnish on the treat was the point at which his name included on the shirt worn by England's skipper and World Cup star Ben Stokes. It was overpowering to see Stokes and others putting that message out. It's been hard for us all. NHS staff have made a great deal of penances. This acknowledgment is for the whole clinical club, remembering my PCP companions for India," says Kumar, a Delhi University graduated class who finished his post-graduate certificate in sedation from Maulana Azad Medical College. Kumar, who moved to England in 2019 with his better half and two-year-old child, plays cricket for Gilli Boys Amateur Club, shaped by Asian-starting point players, and Cowgate Cricket Club in close by Newcastle.

So I needed to turn into a specialist like my siblings," he says, giggling. Reviewing the main opportunity he approached universal cricketers, Kumar portrays that Delhi Test of 2017 as "the game where there was a ton of air contamination and players wore veils". Today, with Durham recording 3,310 Covid cases, Kumar has been occupied in two concentrated consideration units.

high-hazard airborne producing system. I was in self-disconnection at home, with my significant other Smita Rashmi, who is a clinical author, dealing with our child Viraaj who might pitch fits to invest energy with me," he says. The names of three other Indian-starting point wellbeing laborers — Dr Jamasp Kaikhusroo Dastur from Norwich, and Harikrishna Shah and physiotherapist Krishan Aghada from Leicester — were additionally included in the battle for the continuous arrangement against the West Indies. Dastur, whose name was displayed by Jos Buttler, moved to England from Mumbai in 2003 and at present works at Norwich University Hospital as a specialist.

I lost my dad Kaikhusroo a year ago and as a tribute, I requested that his name be included," says the 42-year-old. Shah's name highlights on the pullover worn by James Bracey. "We are together in this battle and every job is significant in this fight," says the 45-year-old who fills in as Emergency Health Coordinator at Leicester Royal Infirmary, another NHS office. Kumar, in the interim, wants to fund-raise for the NHS by unloading the pullover marked by Stokes. Up to that point, there's this endearing video message from the star to treasure: "Hello there Vikas, a major a debt of gratitude is in order for all that you have done all through this pandemic. I need to wish you an upbeat come back to cricket, all the best mate, get the same number of runs and wickets as you can." The specialist's reaction?