While Slumdog Millionaire may have induced a sense of introspection and there are comments being made to find out the millionaires in every field of life from these lives, when the expectations come from the former greats of sports it indeed is a cause worth pondering for. Allan Border, the former Australian Cricket Captain has been so much enamored by the movie, and it has touched him so more that he has expressed the desire that it would indeed be a proud moment if Indian Cricket gets a millionaire who has emerged from slums.

Allan Border along with his former teammate Damien Flemming is in India and he has been involved with children who have been rescued from being child labour, and while working with them to inculcate in them the value of sports, Border expressed the hope. It is not that the world of cricket did not have person from the slums that made a mark for him and created a terror in the world of cricket, and more so against Australia. The man was Harold Larwood, the fast bowler from England, who while playing against Australia under Douglas Jardine really created havoc against Australian batsmen. He was from such a poor background that he could afford even proper cricketing shoes to bowl, but he had a conviction in his heart and he made the name for himself.

Even in India Vinod Kambli was the man who rose from the slums, under the shadow of his friend Sachin Tendulkar and used cricket as a tool for social mobility. It is thanks to his association with cricket that Kambli is now going to initiate his political innings as well.

The thoughts that Border has expressed are noble, and let us hope he would be thee top provide guidance to facilitate the same and see his dreams getting realized.

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