New Delhi: In an incident holding a mirror at the sorry plight of Indian athletes, an Indian squash player Ravi Dixit, who won gold at the 2010 Asian junior championship, is struggling to fund his campaign for next month’s South Asian Games, to the extent that the player has offered to sell his kidney.
Bogged down by lack of support and financial paucity, the 20-year-old posted on FB that he was willing to sell his kidney for Rs 8 lac in order to support his career.
“I have been playing squash for the last 10 years. Even after winning so many medals and representing India so many times, I do not get any support to take my squash to the national and international levels. Next month, the games are starting in Guwahati and I am representing India. To prepare, I am training in Chennai but I have not been able to arrange enough money to fund my campaign. I have lost my determination. I am ready to sell my kidney. If anyone needs a kidney, they can contact me.
The price of my kidney is Rs 8 lakh,” Dixit wrote in a post on Sunday.
Dixit’s father Ramkailash Dixit is worried about his son’s plans and stated that Ravi’s squash winnings had helped him to get his daughter married.
Speaking to a national daily, Ramkailash Dixit said that Ravi could hardly utilise what he bagged for himself because he has responsibility of the family.
“Together we will figure a way out, but it is sad that a player had to think of such means to support himself.” Ramkailash said.
