Physically challenged cricketers' World Cup hopes hang in balance with BCCI

Updated On: 27 February, 2018 07:31 PM IST | Mumbai | Harit N Joshi

Participation of physically challenged cricketers at the World Cup to be held in the UK during the 2019 English summer hangs on affiliation with Indian cricket board

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Physically challenged cricketers' World Cup hopes hang in balance with BCCI

Indias physically challenged cricketer Gurudas Raut bowls against Afghanistan in New Delhi last year. Pic/PCCAI
India's physically challenged cricketer Gurudas Raut bowls against Afghanistan in New Delhi last year. Pic/PCCAI

While India's blind cricketers have had the opportunity to play in five World Cups (50-50 and T20), the physically challenged players of the country could be robbed of a chance to represent the nation in the maiden World Championship to be held next year in England. The fate of physically challenged cricketers participating in the World Cup which will be hosted by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) between July 16 and 31, 2019, hangs on the affiliation with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).