Visually impaired cricketers from all parts of the country would participate in third visually impaired challenger National Cricket competition which is starting at Doon school here from Thursday. Informing about the event General Secretary of Blind Cricket Association (BCA), Manvendra Singh Patwal said that the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat would inaugurate the four-day challenger contest. BCA is organizing the event in which top players from 16 states would participate.
Patwal said that four teams, India Red, India Blue, India Orange and India Yellow would participate in the tournament. The event would be league based in which top two teams in league stages would fight it out in the final match on June 07, for championship. The players in a blind cricket match are divided into three groups depending on their visual impairment. In B-1 category totally blind players are included, in B-2 category players with 2/60 vision and in B-3 category players with 3/60 vision are included. In a team, four players each of B-1 and B-3 category are included while three players of B-2 category form part of the team.