KOLKATA: Bengal's Shuvendu Mahata has been selected in the Indian cricket team for the visually impaired T20 World Cup to be held in India from December 6 to 17, 2022. The Cricket Association for the Blind in India also roped in former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh as the brand ambassador for the 3rd edition of T20 World Cup.
The India squad list was announced with I Ajay Kumar Reddy B2 (Andhra Pradesh) leading the team. Along with India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will also participate in this World Cup. The opening match will be played between defending champions India and Nepal on December 6 in Faridabad.The World Cup is an initiative of the Samarthanam Trust for the disabled, which has been organizing this championship since 2012.
The squad: Category of Players (B1 - Totally Blind, B2 - Partially Blind - 2 to 3 Meters of vision, B3 - Partially Sighted - 3- 6 meters of Vision)
1. Lalit Meena - B1(Rajasthan)
2.Praveen Kumar Sharma-B1 (Haryana)
3.Sujeet Munda - B1 (Jharkhand)
4.Nilesh Yadav - B1(Delhi)
5. Sonu Golkar - B1 (Madhya Pradesh)
6.Shuvendu Mahata - B1 (West Bengal)
7. I Ajay Kumar Reddy - B2(Andhra Pradesh) CAPTAIN
8. Venkateswara Rao Dunna - B2 (Andhra Pradesh) - Vice Captain
9. Nakula Badanayak - B2 (Odisha)
10. Irfan Diwan - B2 (Delhi)
11. Lokesha - B2 (Karnataka )
12. Tompaki Durga Rao - B3 (Andhra Pradesh)
13. Sunil Ramesh - B3 (Karnataka)
14. A. Ravi - B3 (Andhra Pradesh)
15. Prakash Jayaramaiah - B3 (Karnataka)
16. Deepak Malik - B3 (Haryana)
17. Dhinagar.G - B3 (Pondicherry)
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