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Bangladeshi cricket fan Islam's dream comes true after sight restored

Updated on: 10 October,2016 08:48 AM IST  | 
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Blind from his infancy, 19-year-old Bangladeshi cricket fan Samiul Islam finally had the opportunity to see his favourite team in action yesterday after his eyesight was restored following an operation funded by a reality TV show

Bangladeshi cricket fan Islam's dream comes true after sight restored

Dhaka: Blind from his infancy, 19-year-old Bangladeshi cricket fan Samiul Islam finally had the opportunity to see his favourite team in action yesterday after his eyesight was restored following an operation funded by a reality TV show.

Hailing from a poor labourer's family in northern Sherpur district, 180 kilometres (112 miles) from Dhaka, Islam was brought to Mirpur stadium in the capital to fulfill his dream of watching the Tigers play after his eyesight was successfully restored.


A reality show named Shwapno Dekhe Chokh (Eyes see the dream) funded Islam's treatment in cooperation with international charity Sightsavers.



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