Mumbai: The Cricket Association for the Blind
in India (CABI) today sought support from the BCCI regarding
infrastructure and financial security for its players.
Last month India defeated Pakistan by two wickets to lift
their second Blind Cricket World Cup title in Sharjah.
"Cricket grounds are one of our major challenges and we
have requested for that also. Some of the major support we
requested Rahul ji (was in terms of) infrastructure, we don't
have grounds and it is difficult and during coaching camp we
had to hire grounds, we have requested BCCI to allow us to
practise in BCCI infrastructure.
"The second one is security to the (visually-challenged)
players who have played in the past, someone of them could not
get jobs and the players are great fan of (Indian) cricketers
and we requested Rahul ji to organise a meet and greet
session. And financial support to CABI," Mahantesh explained.