Akash Deep ‘sister and his mother at the inhabitants of Lucknow. (Toi) Lucknow: His wrestling-playing 10-bridging against England on Sunday made him Indian the latest cricket hero. But only after Akash Deep was hugging his heart about his older sister suffering from cancer, did the world learn how his best hour also came in an emotional emergency.In her residence in Lucknow, sister Akhand Jyoti Singh, 36 years, rays with joy, even if she looks fragile. “Akash played for Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2025 when I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a knot in my intestines that required surgery. Akash attended me every day in a hospital.
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Jyoti, who was diagnosed with the third colon cancer in April 2025, lives in Lucknow with his husband, who works for a public bank.
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Every time I had the ball in my hand, her thoughts disappeared, ”she told me the emotionally stunned Akash deep and dedicated her performance in Edgbaston to her sister.” I want to tell her, “Si, we are all with you,” said the cricket-time-tv-TV-TV after the match.Akash Deep lost his father, school teacher and his older brother during the months, years before he made his debut in July 2024.“My father was a teacher and wanted Akash to study hard and excel, but my brother was only interested in cricket. He would inform us before he left for the tournaments and borrowed money from us to return from us.Mother Akash Deep Ladom Devi said that her son showed exemplary courage in the face of the numerous personal tragedies that the family went through, but he always managed to gather and be on the cricket playground every day of his life.On Sunday, the family watched the match on television and was pleased with the performance of Akasha.“He bowed to the same bravery as he exposed during his debut match in Ranch, where he managed to take three goals. After the match he called us and I told him to play this way and make the country proud,” Ladom Devi said.
