Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings in Smart City Park along with the President of MP Blind Cricket Association Dr. Raghavendra Sharma and 29 players of the Blind World Cup. Chief Minister Chouhan planted saplings of Kachnar, Badam and Maulshree.
President Sharma told that the Blind Cricket World Cup is going to be held in the coming December. Selection trial is going on for this. 29 players from 15 states have come to Bhopal for team selection. The Blind World Cup match between India and Australia will be held in Indore on December 7. Chief Minister Chouhan was invited by the Association for the inauguration of the match.
Chief Minister Chouhan got introduced with all the players. The players presented a special blind cricket ball to Chief Minister Chouhan. Chief Minister Chouhan encouraged the players and wished them good luck for the upcoming world cup.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan with Shri Praveen Kumar Sharma, Shri Sujit Munda, Shri Mukesh Kumar Rawat, Shri Anka Venkateswara Rao, MD Shri Zafar Iqbal, Shri Omprakash Pal, Shri Lalit Meena, Shri Nilesh Yadav, Shri Sovendu Mehta, Shri Sonu Golkar, Shri Ajay Kumar Reddy, Shri Venkateswara Rao Dunna, Shri Manish A, Shri Nakul Badnayak, Shri Gambhir Singh Chauhan, Shri Deepak Singh Rawat, Shri Irfan Dewan, Shri Lokesh, Shri Surjit Ghara, Shri Deepak Malik, Shri Sunil Ramesh, Shri Tompaki Durga Rao, Shri Prakash Jai Ramaiah, Shri Sukhram Manjhi, Shri Amit Ravi, Shri Deepak, Shri Mohammad Azeem, Shri Ghevar Rebari, and Shriji Nagar planted saplings. Among these players Sonu Golkar and Om Prakash Pal are from Madhya Pradesh.