Tag: Blind Cricket

Bhubaneswar: When we talk about the differently-abled people making the state proud, we certainly talk about the Odisha visually impaired cricket team. Led by international all-rounder Md Jafar Iqbal, this team has won the national championship last year and are East Zone champions for six consecutive years. Apart from Jafar, Odisha has also produced two […]

Bhubaneswar: Both India and New Zealand blind cricket teams arrived in Bhubaneswar for their T20 Blind Cricket World Cup tie which is scheduled to be held in the KIIT Stadium at Bhubaneswar tomorrow. The defending champions, India are led by captain Ajay Reddy while James Dawn will be captaining the visitors. The Indian team is […]

Bhubaneswar: Three players from Odisha have been selected in the India squad for Tri- Nation Blind T-20 Cricket Tournament to be played in Bangladesh in April. The players are Kalia Pradhan, Mohammed Jafar Iqbal  and Pankaj Bhue. While Pradhan and Iqbal have been selected in B1 category (totally blind) Bhue is placed in the partially […]