27/07/2015
A delivery boy invented the international Roll Ball game, making India proud. Raju Dabhade used to deliver newspapers on roller skates. He rose through the ranks in roller-speed skating and after retiring from competitive skating, became a physical education teacher. However, the competitive edge never left him. He set his sights on creating an all-new sport, something that would “make a name for India, a game born in India that will be the pride of India’s sports identity.”
The idea for Roll Ball came to him one afternoon in 2003 when an errant basketball interrupted his skating instruction. on old school quads is still popular in India and ball sports are always well-liked. Therefore, he decided to combine the two. The game is a combination of roller-skating, and . It is the only sport in the world that has reached the World Cup stage after being around for only 12 years. It is, in short, a perfect “Made in India” sports model.
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