India to host T20 Blind Cricket World Cup in Dec 2012

Updated at: 2326 PST, Thursday, May 19, 2011
ISLAMABAD: India will host the inaugural Twenty-20 Blind Cricket World Cup in December 2012.

This was told by Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), Chairman, Syed Sultan Shah here on Thursday.

The PBCC Chairman, Syed Sultan Shah said that the WBCC adopted new eye-sight classification rules.

The WBCC discussed and decided various matters in the meeting.

"Ten WBCC full member countries will take part in this event. The event will be inaugurated on December 3 (The international day for the disables)," Shah said.

The Chairman said that WBCC has invited the bids from the member counties to host conventional one-day Cricket World Cup 2014.

"WBCC will request the international Paralympics Committee (IPC) to recognise WBCC as a governing body of Cricket for the Blind and further to include the shorter version of T-20 Cricket for the Blind in Paralympics as a Medal sport.

Addressing a press conference here, Shah said that all the totally blind (B1) Cricket Players will wear dark glasses in the field.

Shah, who is also the first vice-president of World Blind Cricket said that the Pakistan-Indian series will boost up both the countries relations as well.

India blind cricket team will tour Pakistan in November for a 3 ODI and 3 twenty-20 matchs series.

Shah said that PBCC hosted the 15th AGM of WBCC at UAE on May 14-15.

Shah recalled that the International Olympic committee (IOC) recognised International Cricket Council (ICC) last year and T-20 version will be included in IOC events soon and as a prelude the Cricket was officially played in the 2010 Asian Games as a medal sport.