To mark 75 Years of Indian Independence, the Differently-Abled Cricket Council of India (D.C.C.I.) is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by organizing Sardar Patel National Divyang Svayam T20 Cup, 2022 at Talkatora Cricket Ground, Delhi, from 4th May 2022 to 6th May 2022.
D.C.C.I. is an umbrella body to promote cricket among the Differently-Abled Community i.e. Physically Challenged, Deaf, Blind, and Wheelchair Users in the country. The unified body for the differently-abled cricketers is recognized by the B.C.C.I. (The Board of Control for Cricket in India).
The six teams in the Physically Challenged section are participating in the Three-Day T20 tournament.
Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh are in Group A, while Baroda, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi are clubbed in Group B.
The tournament will be played in the league-cum-knockout format.
Apart from the tournament for the Physically Challenged Cricketers, there will be an Exhibition Match of Wheelchair Cricketers on 5th May, to be played at the same venue.
“The country’s top physically challenged cricketers will be seen in action in the T20 Tournament and we are organizing a number of other tournaments across the country under the banner of D.C.C.I. to promote Differently-Abled Cricket. Inspired by the Iron Resolute of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and his role in uniting princely states into one country, we have dedicated the tournament to the memory of the country’s one of the tallest leaders. Our aim is to achieve social integration, inclusion, and mainstreaming of differently-abled through cricket,”
Ravikant Chauhan, General Secretary, D.C.C.I
The tournament is supported by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
“We, the entire Differently-abled Cricket Fraternity of the country, are thankful to B.C.C.I. Secretary Jay Shah, for playing a pivotal role in getting B.C.C.I. recognition for D.C.C.I. Since B.C.C.I. has taken disability cricket under its wings, the public awareness towards our cricket (referring to disability cricket) is increasing day by day,”
Ravikant Chauhan
Last year, the B.C.C.I. Apex Council had decided to recognize the D.C.C.I. as the only body to promote cricket among Physically Challenged, Deaf, Blind, and Wheelchair Participants. The BCCI recognition has played an important role in streamlining the differently-abled cricket in India
