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Home / News / Sports News / India wheelchair cricket team to play its first international series
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India wheelchair cricket team to play its first international series

India wheelchair cricket team to play its first international series
Written by Rajdeep Saha
May 04, 2018, 12:35 pm 2 min read
India wheelchair cricket team to play its first international series

The Indian wheelchair cricket team has left for Bangladesh for a bilateral series between the two nations starting May 4. This is the first international event they will be participating in. The Wheelchair Cricket India (WCI) was founded by para-athlete Pradeep Raj in 2011. He drew inspiration from Bangladesh and Pakistan teams at a meet in Korea.

Inspiration
Raj hopes to draw inspiration from Paralympics

Pradeep Raj believes that when the Paralympics started not many from Indian knew athletes with disabilities. Now with Paralympians conquering the world, Raj believes that wheelchair cricket can gain similar popularity. India are already doing well in Blind Cricket, and gaining new grounds via this sport will help it get more recognition and love.

Food for thought
Issues cripple wheelchair cricket

There is serious issues impacting the wheelchair cricket team. According to reports, they have lack of basic facilities and infrastructure. Moreover, the government, national cricket bodies, sports ministry and the BCCI, nobody has come out and offered any assistance and help even after Raj wrote to them. Only Sachin Tendulkar replied with words of encouragement. But then where is the help?

New grounds
Wheelchair cricket gains ground in Asia

With the efforts in place, the Asian Wheelchair Cricket Council was formed that consists of five nations. Besides India, the other nations are Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Afghanistan. India is also set to host the first ever Cricket Asia Cup in October 2018, after a meeting was held in Bangladesh last year.

Key info
Know about the Indian wheelchair cricket team

The Indian wheelchair cricket team has 14 players from across India in its squad. The various states from which these players belong also have their respective teams. In 2017, there was the National Wheelchair Cricket Tournament which was held, with Uttar Pradesh emerging as the winner. A three-day camp was held in Haryana, where the national team was selected.

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Rajdeep Saha is a sports journalist at NewsBytes. He has an experience of over 10 years covering sports across print, online, broadcast, and freelance mediums. He has previously worked with Millennium Post, Zee News English, and NewsX. He has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Delhi and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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