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BCCI recognition, but no funds for disabled cricketers

Updated On: 02 April, 2019 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure

However, it is only 'recognition' and AICAPC will still have to shoulder the financial burden and search for sponsors, which worries AICAPC President and Ajit Wadekar's younger brother Ashok

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Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar (centre) along with wife of late Ajit Wadekar, Rekha (left) and brother Ashok during a function to mark the birth anniversary of the former India skipper at Wankhede Stadium yesterday. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar (centre) along with wife of late Ajit Wadekar, Rekha (left) and brother Ashok during a function to mark the birth anniversary of the former India skipper at Wankhede Stadium yesterday. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Late India captain Ajit Wadekar fought with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for 30 long years to get due recognition for the All India Cricket Association for the Physically Challenged (AICAPC).

And yesterday, on Wadekar's birth anniversary (he passed away on August 15 last year), the disabled cricket fraternity got a shot in the arm as the Indian board allowed the Indian team to participate in the 2019 Physical Disability World Cricket Series which will be held in England from August 3 to 13.

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