Blind people's association to organize national championship for blind cricketers in November

Ahmedabad: It was Ketan Patel, a player from Gujarat, who had emerged as a hero in recent Asia Cup Cricket tournament for the blind earlier this year.
Patel, a totally blind cricketer, holds record of playing three consecutive World Cups for India and was even declared the best player of the world in 2014 and has been declared Man of the Series twice in World Cups.
Patel might not be as well known as his all-rounder counterparts in Indian cricket team but he has surely inspired other blind youth from the state to take up the sport and make it big.
"Now, we are looking at larger platform for the blind cricketers in the state with a slew of events in next nine months," said Vinod Patel, president of Cricket Association for the Blind, Gujarat, based in Valsad.
Patel told media on Thursday at the Blind People's Association (BPA) that in November there will be a national championship for the blind in Gujarat.
"We want to identify more talents like Ketan Patel and are launching a campaign from August for the purpose as we have a number of cricket experts and our players have performed consistently well at national and international levels," said Dilip Jogari, secretary of the association.