After seven months away, Akash Deep's 'ubad-khabad' journey reaches comeback point

Akash Deep has seen it all. Rejection, loss, sacrifice, fame and success—but the darkest chapter of his life came when his elder sister was diagnosed with cancer last year. Then he suffered a lower-stress fracture, which kept him out of action for seven months. The Indian pacer is now back, reflecting on the people and moments that shaped him, the risks he took for Bengal and his hunger to return to India colours.