Four Jamshedpur boys with disabilities have found place in the 28-member Indian team for the inaugural Asia Pacific Unified Cricket T20 tournament to be held in Dhaka from May 27 to June 2.
The participants were announced by Special Olympics Bharat (SOB) at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on Friday. Ruchi Narendran, handed over kits to the selected players. Tata Steel sports department chief Farzan Heerjee, head Charles Borromeo, Jharkhand Special Olympics assistant area director Satbir Singh Sahota were among those present on the occasion.
Md Sajid and Vivek Vishal have been selected in the India A side while Rohit Nag and Ritik Raut have made it to the India B squad. Sajid is also from Asha Kiran while Vivek hones his skills at Sidheshwari School for Dead and Dumb. Ritik is from School of Hope. Asia Pacific Unified Cricket Tournament will be held at Dakka, Bangladesh from May 28 to June 2.Teams from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Sri lanka, Bangladesh along with India will participate in this T20 format cricket.