I really needed something – Jyoti
Jyoti Singh is battling stage 3 intestinal cancer. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy. As soon as Jyoti learned that her brother Akash Deep had dedicated the Edgbaston Test victory to her, her eyes welled up with joy. Jyoti told Mid-Day, “I didn’t expect him to talk about me on such a big platform, but when he said this achievement is for me, I felt very good. This is his biggest achievement and it came at a time when I really needed something to hold on to.”
Jyoti watched the match with her mother
Jyoti said that she watched every ball with her mother, Laduma Devi, who had lost her husband and elder son several years ago and was therefore most saddened. She said, “We watched the match on TV. We were all very happy.”
A career-changing Test for Akash Deep
Akash’s 10 wickets (10/187) are now the best ever performance by an Indian fast bowler in England. But for Jyoti, those wickets meant much more. As she was undergoing 12 grueling rounds of chemotherapy, with two already completed, her brother’s heartfelt tribute provided a kind of solace that even the best medicine cannot always offer.