By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 28th November:- Team Silent Heroes emerged
victorious and lifted the 5th Usha Divyang Cricket League 2019
trophy by beating team Beas XI in the finals. Supported by Usha International,
one of India’s leading consumer durables company, this sporting event was
organized by the All India Cricket Association for the Deaf (AICAD) and Deaf
Cricket Federation.
In the finals, played earlier
today, Silent Heroes won the toss and chose to bat. Harshal Yadav from Silent
Heroes played a fabulous innings of 119 runs (not out) and helped his team
reach a total of 181 runs in 20 overs. Surinder from Beas XI took 3 wickets in
4 overs. Chasing the target, Ravinder from Beas XI scored 11 runs in 9 balls.
Harshal from Silent Heroes also took 4 wickets in 4 overs leading his team to
victory. Harshal Yadav was selected as the Man of the Match and the Man of the
Series. K.K. Yadav, Secretary
Sports, UT Administration, and Saurabh Baishakhia, President–Appliances, Usha International,
graced the closing ceremony as chief guests and gave away the prizes.
The 5th Usha
Divyang Cricket League was a three-day tournament, played between 26th and
28th November 2019. In its 5th edition, the
League included participation from four wheelchair cricket teams, two visually
impaired teams, along with eight hearing impaired cricket teams with players
from across the country. This year officials from USA, UK, Korea and Germany
also attended the event in order sign up for their players to participate in
the next edition of the League.
Addressing the audience at the
closing ceremony, Komal Mehra, Head – Sports Initiatives and Associations at Usha
International, said that the
spirit and energy he has seen here today is inspiring and infectious. All the
players displayed true sportsmanship. Events like this that make us, at Usha,
continue staying invested and support initiatives that provide a platform to
ensure inclusion in sports. Sporting events such as this align perfectly with
the Usha brand ethos of “play” promoting a healthy and active lifestyle.
Padam
Passi, CEO, All India Cricket Association of Deaf said
that we are delighted to see such
great participation and highly competitive spirit amongst the teams. We are
optimistic that this kind of league will evoke more interest and set a platform
for the upcoming players. We are grateful to Usha for their continued support
since inception and we look forward to growing in our journey in making this
platform bigger and better in the future.
The names of the teams that
participated in the 5th Usha Divyang Cricket League 2019 are
Silent heroes XI, Deaf Warriors, Satluj, Chenab, Beas, Ravi, Jhelum and Aicad
XI. Many of the participating players have also represented India as a part of
the Indian Deaf cricket team and various other international tournaments.
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