Though Anjan Bhattachary was deaf (失聪的), he earned a good name in cricket(板球). Hewas born on October 15, 1951, in West Bengal. When he did not speak or respondto sound, his family members were very sad.
Anjan was strong and very active. He startedplaying cricket at an early age. The fact that Anjan was neither able to talknor hear did not affect(影响) his performance. Very soonhe was chosen in the state team of school- children. He showed excellentperformance in the matches one after another.
At the age of 13, he was chosen in the schoolteam of the East Zone. At the age of 15, Anjan was chosen in the national(国家的) team of schoolboys. In 1966, he played two test matches with theschool team of London. In 1969, he went to Lucknow to take part in the SirFrank Warred Cricket Tournament. The 18-year-old boy had much success in thismatch.
Anjan was so popular that not only his teammatesand club members but even the members of the opposite team admired(钦佩) him.
