Trivandrum witnessed a historic moment on Monday as the Kerala Deaf Team won the IDCA 2nd Test National Cricket Championship, defeating Madhya Pradesh by six wickets in the finals. The tournament was hosted by the Kerala Cricket Association.
The teams were represented by their captains, Sumit Bidwal (Madhya Pradesh) and Jubil M P (Kerala). The President of IDCA, Sumit Jain expressed his gratitude to the State Association and Kerala Deaf Cricket Association for their support in organizing a successful championship.
"It was a wonderful experience to be in Trivandrum with the two teams from Kerala & Madhya Pradesh at the 'IDCA 2nd Test National Cricket Championship for Deaf'. Congratulations to the winning team Kerala and the runner-up team Madhya Pradesh. IDCA is grateful for all teams and officials' sporting spirit, who participated wholeheartedly in this championship," he said.
The Indian Deaf Team is coached by Dev Dutt, who is a BCCI NCA qualified coach, and M.P. Singh (Coach of M.S. Dhoni) and Vinod Kumar Matta (Coach). They provide coaching to the Indian Deaf Squad for all international tournaments.
Vinod S Kumar, Secretary of Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), congratulated the teams and emphasized that KCA is committed to supporting cricket in all forms and is always there to support differently-abled cricketers. This is the first time the IDCA National Championship was hosted by KCA. Earlier, the KCA has hosted Blind Cricket tournaments.
Minu Chithambaram, CFO & Interim CEO of KCA, stated that the association would provide all possible support to the Deaf Cricketers all the time and expects to host more events in Kerala.
"Our endeavour and aim are to promote our social campaign for disability sport, 'Cricket for a Cause'," said Roma Balwani, CEO, IDCA.
The event was sponsored by KFC, Hero MotoCorp, INOX cinemas, Impact research & Measurement, Kaizzen, LUDIZ and Era Fresh, the corporate partners of IDCA.