The organizers of the third T20 World Cup for the visually impaired on Friday introduced the 17-member Indian crew and Yuvraj Singh because the model ambassadors of the championship.
The World Cup will probably be held in India from 6 to 17 December. The different collaborating nations are: Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. I Ajay Kumar Reddy will lead the Indian crew, whereas Venkateswara Rao Dunna (each from Andhra Pradesh) was made the vice-captain. The inaugural match will probably be performed between defending champions India and Nepal in Faridabad on December 6.
Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh stated that he’s thrilled to be the model ambassador, and urged everybody to assist the initiative.
“I admire and applaud the visually impaired cricketers for their passion for cricket and their determination to fight everyday challenges,” he stated. The World Cup is an initiative of the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, which has been organizing the championship since 2012. Samarth’s sports activities wing, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) is affiliated to World Blind Cricket Limited (WBC).
Congratulations and greatest needs to the 17 CABI gamers who represented India within the third T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind!
We cannot wait to see these gamers on the sector! Matches are to begin from sixth to seventeenth December 2022!!@YUVSTRONG12 @SamarthanamTFTD @dcciofficial pic.twitter.com/4CRv9whJgz— Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) (@blind_cricket) 21 October 2022
The 17-member Indian crew has been chosen by the choice committee, stated Mahantesh GK, founder managing trustee of Samarthanam and chairman of CABI, at a press convention right here.
CABI Selection Committee Chairman and CABI Secretary General E John David stated {that a} whole of 24 matches will probably be performed in varied cities of India together with Bengaluru, Kochi, Indore and Cuttack within the World Cup. India had earlier gained the World Cup on two events, held in 2012 and 2017.
India crew: Players Category (B1 – Totally Blind; B2 – Partially Blind – 2 to three m imaginative and prescient; B3 – Partially – 3 to six m imaginative and prescient) – Lalit Meena-B1 (Rajasthan), Praveen Kumar Sharma -B1 (Haryana), Sujit Munda-B1 (Jharkhand), Nilesh Yadav-B1 (Delhi), Sonu Golkar-B1 (Madhya Pradesh), Sovendu Mahta-B1 (West Bengal), Ajay Kumar Reddy-B2 (Andhra Pradesh), Venkateswara Rao Dunna-B2 (Andhra Pradesh), Nakul Badnayak-B2 (Odisha), Irfan Dewan-B2 (Delhi), Lokesh-B2 (Karnataka), Tompaki Durga Rao-B3 (Andhra Pradesh), Sunil Ramesh-B3 (Karnataka) , A Ravi – B3 (Andhra Pradesh), Prakash Jayaramaiah – B3 (Karnataka), Deepak Malik – B3 (Haryana) and Dhinagar G – B3 (Puducherry)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
