Amir Hussain Lone

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amir Hussain Lone

• He liked playing cricket since his childhood and often played with his friends in his village.

  

• On 21 September 1997, when he was studying in the 2nd standard, an accident happened to him in which he lost his arms.

• He went to serve lunch to his elder brother who worked on a sawmill machine and started playing cricket when his jacket got suddenly pulled inside the arms of the machine.

• Before he could realise the situation, his arms were pulled in and cut after which he was taken to the house.

• He was later taken to the Indian Army camp in Anantnag from where he was taken to Joints and Bone Hospital in Barzulla, Srinagar.

• He spent 3 years in hospital before his recovery. His father had to sell off their agricultural land and sawmill machine to pay off the expenses of his treatment.

• When he came back from the hospital, he did not want to go to school; however, his grandmother, Fazi, convinced him to attend school.

• When he was in 7th standard, he once went to his neighbour’s house to watch a cricket match between India and Pakistan; however, he was kicked out. He found a hole in the wall to watch the remainder of the match.

• He once went to a walnut orchard where he asked a man for some walnuts who refused. In anger, he threw a stone at a walnut tree due to which some walnuts fell. He sold those walnuts and bought pens for his studies; he wrote using his leg.

  

• In an interview, he credited his grandmother as his pillar of strength. He said that she devoted her life to his help and always told her to never be dependent on others.

• He was once returning from his school when his pants came off. He jumped into a nearby ditch and asked a passerby to help him who refused. He waited till evening after which he held his pants by his neck and came back to his home.

• When he was in his teens, he jumped into the Jhelum River and was about to drown before a woman rescued him. He later observed ducks and started swimming using his legs.

• He later learnt to eat using a spoon with his legs, use mobile phones, and shave with his legs.

  

• One of his college teachers was impressed with his passion for cricket and encouraged him to pursue a cricket career.

• Lone has played cricket in several para-cricket leagues in various cities across India including Delhi in 2012, Lucknow in 2015, Kerala, Mumbai, Gujarat, and Hyderabad.

  

• He has also played for Sharjah in Dubai Premier League and international matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh. He also captained the Jammu & Kashmir para cricket team.

  

• Many Indian cricketers have praised Lone for his determination. In 2016, Ashish Nehra invited him to watch the semifinal of the 2016 T20 World Cup between India and West Indies in Mumbai.

  

• One of the best moments of his cricket career came during a local match in Kerala when he scored 25 runs in 18 deliveries after which opposition players picked him up on their shoulders and shouted slogans in his praise.

• In June 2021, RAMKY Infrastructure employed him under their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on a monthly honorarium of Rs. 12,000 a month.

  

• In 2022, Rahim Greens, the social arm of Rahim Motors, appointed him as their social brand ambassador.

• A film production house named Pickle Entertainment announced in 2022 that they would make a biopic on the life of Amir Hussain Lone in Kashmiri and English languages for a worldwide audience.

• In January 2024, noted Indian industrialist Gautam Adani took to Twitter to praise Lone’s skills and talent and declared that the Adani Foundation would help him in every possible way.

• Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar visited him at his house in 2024 and also gave him a signed bat which was a huge moment for Lone as Tendulkar was his inspiration.

  

• Amir Hussain Lone made headlines in March 2024 when he played in the 2024 Indian Street Premier League (ISPL) T10 League. He played the first ball of the tournament after exchanging his jersey with Sachin Tendulkar.

  

• Amir plays by holding his bat between his left shoulder and chin. He bowls using his right leg, and his bowling action is modelled on Anil Kumble’s action.

  

• On 7 March 2024, Sachin Tendulkar took to X to praise Amir. He described him as a ‘real leg spinner’ and a source of inspiration.

• After becoming a successful cricketer, Lone said in an interview that other people used to tell his parents to give him poison and kill him. He said that he channelled his energy to become a famous cricketer as a way to give a reply to those people.

  

• In an interview, he said that the Jammu & Kashmir state para-cricket team does not have a coach. He gives training to 100 differently-abled cricketers.

  

• He also likes painting which he started after being influenced by M. F. Husain.

• He regularly shares videos of himself playing cricket and personal vlogs on his YouTube channel which had around 50 thousand subscribers in March 2024. ^[2]YouTube – Amir Hussain He has around 15 thousand followers on Instagram. ^[3]Instagram – Amir Hussain

• He said in an interview that he has never celebrated his birthday as he believed that every day is a new day for the person.