ACA’s gesture to blind cricketers

May 24, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:57 am IST - VIJAYAWADA:

Andhra Cricket Association (ACA), in its endeavour to promote other sports and games, has sponsored three visually challenged players from Andhra Pradesh — Ajay Kumar, Venkateswara Rao and) Durga Rao — who are the members of Indian blind cricket team by meeting their travel expenses to England.

The trio from the State were selected for a twin tour to England and Bahrain and they will be leaving for London on Sunday after a coaching stint at Valsad in Gujarat.

Mr. John David, secretary, Cricket Association for the Blind in India, thanked the ACA’s for its gesture.

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