The Second World Cup Cricket for the Blind is scheduled to be held at Chennai from December 3-14, 2002. Seven teams including England, South Africa, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and hosts India have confirmed their participation.

India have announced the 44 Indian probables for the World Cup. The names of the players are:

Name of the Players       Belongs to (Place/State)

Vision category - B1
-----------------------------
S Pushparaj (Andhra Pradesh)
G Murumu (Bengal)
Pradip Jha (Bengal)
Inder Singh (Delhi)
Pratap Singh Bisht (Delhi)
Rajesh Singh (Delhi)
Karsan Zala (Gujarat)
Shankar Nayak (Gujarat)
Sanjeev Kumar (Haryana)
Satbir Singh (Haryana)
Virender Singh (Haryana)
Chandrashekar (Karnataka)
Mallikarjun (Karnataka)
Gurpreet Singh (Punjab)
Rajendra Verma (Rajasthan)
Madan Bonarj (Tripura)

Vision category - B2
--------------------
Ravi Shastri (Jharkhand)
Manvinder Singh (Delhi)
Sushil Gourd (Delhi)
Vinod Kunvarji (Gujarat)
Sadhu Ram (Haryana)
Mahesh (Karnataka)
Alok Deb (Tripura)
Sanjay Pardesi (Madhya Pradesh)
Manish Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
LN Adhikari (Bengal)
Shabab Hussain (Uttar Pradesh)
Amandeep (Uttaranchal)

vision Category - B3
-----------------------------

B Nanaji (Andhra Pradesh)
T Maity (Bengal)
Ramesh Kumar (Delhi)
Ramkaran Sharma (Delhi)
Sunil Kadyan (Gujarat)
Purushottam Patel (Gujarat)
Ramesh Bhola (Gujarat)
Sandeep Patil (Gujarat)
Manjunath (Karnataka)
Shekar Nayak (Karnataka)
Vishal Kumar (Karnataka)
Ashok Dafi (Madhya Pradesh)
Dyaneshwarji (Hande) (Maharashtra)
Pravin Shindhe (Maharashtra)
Anand Ram Cho (Rajasthan)
Nirmal Kumar (Rajasthan)

A training -cum-selection camp is being organised at Delhi/Gurgaon between the first and the second week of October. The final Indian team to be made up of 17 players and six standbys is likely to be announced by the end of October.

Sincerely yours,

George Abraham Chairman Mobile: 98100 01181

© AICB