A girl stands in the middle of a large field grasping a cricket bat.  She listens intently as her opponent hurls a large rattling ball at her.

This is cricket for the visually impaired - a modified version of South Asia's most popular game that's giving many blind people in Nepal a new lease on life.

And it's all thanks to Pawan Ghimire, an army captain who was blinded in an ambush by Maoist guerillas.

After overcoming shock and depression, Ghimire attended a cricket training camp in Pakistan.

It changed his life, and now he's promoting the game in Nepal.

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