Organisers of the third T20 World Cup for the Blind on Friday introduced a 17-member India squad and Yuvraj Singh as model ambassador of the championship.
The World Cup can be held in India from December 6 to 17. The different taking part nations are: Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. I Ajay Kumar Reddy would lead the Indian staff, whereas Venkateswara Rao Dunna (each from Andhra Pradesh) was named vice-captain. The opening match will likely be performed between defending champions India and Nepal at Faridabad on December 6.
Former India batter Yuvraj Singh stated he was thrilled to grow to be the model ambassador, and urged everybody to help the initiative.
“I commend and appreciate the spirit of visually impaired cricketers for their passion for cricket and determination to fight everyday challenges,” he stated. The World Cup is an initiative of the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, which has been organising this championship since 2012. Samarthanam’s sports activities wing, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) is affiliated with World Blind Cricket Ltd (WBC).
Congratulations and finest needs to the 17 gamers of CABI who will symbolize India on the third T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind!✨
We cannot wait to see these gamers on the sphere! Matches are to start from sixth to seventeenth December 2022!!@YUVSTRONG12 @SamarthanamTFTD @dcciofficial pic.twitter.com/4CRv9whJgz
— Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) (@blind_cricket) October 21, 2022
Founder Managing Trustee of Samarthanam and CABI President Mahantesh G Okay instructed a press convention right here the choice committee has chosen a 17-member Indian squad.
Chairman of CABI Selection Committee and CABI General Secretary E John David stated the World Cup will see a complete of 24 matches performed throughout a number of cities of India, together with Bengaluru, Kochi, Indore and Cuttack. India had received the World Cup on two earlier events held in 2012 and 2017.
India squad: Category of gamers (B1 – completely blind; B2 – partially blind – 2 to three metres of imaginative and prescient; B3 – partially sighted – 3 to six metres of imaginative and prescient) — Lalit Meena-B1 (Rajasthan), Praveen Kumar Sharma-B1 (Haryana), Sujeet Munda-B1 (Jharkhand), Nilesh Yadav-B1 (Delhi), Sonu Golkar-B1 (Madhya Pradesh), Sovendu Mahata-B1 (West Bengal), I Ajay Kumar Reddy-B2 (Andhra Pradesh), Venkateswara Rao Dunna-B2 (Andhra Pradesh), Nakula Badanayak-B2 (Odisha), Irfan Diwan-B2 (Delhi), Lokesha-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)
