Organised by the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), five countries --Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India and Pakistan --will battle for the tournament’s title from August 5-15 to mobilize support for the cricketers with disabilities.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is sponsoring the team while Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) extending its technical support since the formation of the team.
Drupam Patranab is named as the captain to lead the team, Masud Hasan remains as the team manager while Rashed Iqbal will coach the team.
The training camp of the physically Challenge cricketers is underway at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in Savar for the last few weeks to represent Bangladesh in the upcoming World Series.
With its long-standing partners, the ICRC has been organizing and supporting various sports activities since 2013 to transform community attitudes about them by highlighting their capabilities, including the organization of a multi-national cricket tournament in 2015, supporting disabled cricket teams to attend national & international tournaments in the UK and the UAE while allowing people with physical disabilities to be as active as non-disabled people.
“ The ICRC remains committed to promote social inclusion activities for people with physical disabilities through sports engagement together with the active support from all concerned stakeholders, including the BCB,” says Gérard Peytrignet, head of the ICRC in Bangladesh.
Earlier in April this year, a 10-over friendship match was held in Dhaka between national cricketer and cricketers with disabilities to raise awareness for people with physical disabilities in continuation of ICRC’s endeavor to promote social inclusion through cricket.
In partnership with the Center for the Rehabilitation for the Paralysed (CRP), the ICRC Physical Rehabilitation Program helps people with physical disabilities regain their mobility, so they can lead a dignified life and play an active role in the society.
BCB Physically Challenged team are:Md RaselSikder, Md. Manir Hossain, Md Kazol Hossen, Md Monirujjaman, Md Alam Khan, Md Javed Vuian, Akbar Hossain, Md Imran Mahfuzur Rahman, SM Shaharia Shamim (wk),Drupam Patranabish (captain), Shariful Islam, Apurba Kumar Paul, Tanvirul Islam, Md Jahid Hasan and Md Mahbubul Alam.