Maharashtra Wheelchair Cricket Team won the National Wheelchair Tournament’19

Held from 8th March 2019 to 10th March 2019 at Nagpur,Maharashtra. This tournament was organised by Sankalp Association & Paul Divyang Welfare Foundation with the support of Wheelchair Cricket Association Maharashtra & Disabled Sporting Society India. Around 80 wheelchair cricketers having physical disability upto 60% to 90% had participated in this tournament from across the country. All the 4 teams Gujarat, Uttarkhand, Delhi & Maharashtra fought well.

After winning the first match against Uttarakhand by 48 runs, Maharashtra team defeated Gujarat by 8 wickets & won 3rd match against Delhi by 9 wickets as they entered the finals of the tournament.

In final match of the tournament Uttarkhand won the toss & selected to bat first. In 20 overs match, Maharashtra team’s bowlers had cleaned up Uttarkhand team line up in just 18.1 overs and allowed them to score only 91 runs. Maharashtra team managed to chase the target of 92 runs in just 8.3 overs with loss of just 2 wickets. Maharashtra won the final match one sided by 8 wickets & bagged the trophy.

Maharashtra Wheelchair Cricket Team celebrated their “Hat Trick” of winning the national championships. They have previously been Winners of Indian Wheelchair Premier League held in June 2018 at Delhi. They have also won National Tournament in Uttarakhand in Dec. 2018. & now the “hat trick” by winning the The National Wheelchair Cricket Tournament held at Nagpur.

Maharashtra Wheelchair Cricket Team – Ramesh Sartape (Captain), Rahul Ramugade (Vice Captain), Shahid Ansari (Wicket Keeper), Parshuram Desle, Vishwanath Gurav, Santosh Ranjagane, Raju Patil, Vinod Gavande, Sahil Sayyad, Santosh Ghodake, Nikhil Kadgoakar, Hafeez Ansari, Nilesh Rathod, Dilip Kamble (Team Manager), Manish Sharma (Coach)

Maharashtra Wheelchair Cricket Team likes to thank their supporters Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation, Payyade Sports Club & Global Advertisers.

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