VADODARA: The city hosted its first ever cricket tournament for deaf-and-mute girls on Sunday. Girls from five different districts from the state participated in the tennis ball cricket tournament that was organized at Vadodara Cricket Academy on Bhayli Road. Imran Sheikh, who is one of the members of the Indian Deaf Cricket team, had organized the tournament.
“The idea was to encourage more women to participate in the sport. There is a lot of talent in our state but they don’t get enough opportunities. We will keep organizing such tourneys to motivate more deaf-and-mute women for taking up cricket as a sport,” said Sheikh, who runs Deaf Cricket Club of Baroda. The five districts that participated in the tourney include Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Himmatnagar, Nadiad and Palanpur.
Ahmedabad girls beat Palanpur to pick up the champions trophy. Vadodara MP, Ranjan Bhatt, attended the event and gave the awards. Sheikh has been making efforts to promote deaf-and-mute cricket in the city over the last few years. He has been the skipper of the Indian Deaf Cricket team and Gujarat team as well.
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