SL Blind Cricket Team felicitated

Sri Lanka’s Suranga Sampath was selected Man of the Series at the Twenty20 World Cup Cricket Tournament worked off in India recently.

The Sri Lanka Visually Handicapped Team entered the semi-finals with Sampath as the most outstanding player of the tournament.

Sampath scored 733 runs in the contest including five centuries and claimed four wickets as well.

This is the first time that a player had scored five centuries in a blind cricket tournament.

Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 214 runs with opening batsmen Ruwan Wasantha (170) and Suranga Sampath (126 n.o) being among the runs.this was a record stand in the tournament as well.

A felicitation ceremony for the team took place at the Ozo Colombo, co-sponsored by D. The Sri Lanka Blind Cricket Team at the felicitation ceremony

But we have had no official sponsor and we have to seek for sponsors when a tournament looms. The players in the current team are government and private sector employees. We went on this tour without obtaining prior approval leave

Samson and Sons (Pvt) Limited.

The Manager of the Sri Lanka Team Chaminda Pushpakumara said the Sri Lanka Blind Cricket Team is affiliated to the Sri Lanka Paralympics Committee and they should be absorbed into Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Speaking further Pushpakumara said they have no official sponsor to compete in international events.

“We have been participating in blind cricket tournaments since 1998. But we have had no official sponsor and we have to seek for sponsors when a tournament looms. The players in the current team are government and private sector employees. We went on this tour without obtaining prior approval leave.this is a sad part of our participation.”

A special gift was presented to Sampath for being adjudged Man of the Series. The gift was presented by Samson Group Chairman Nandadasa Rajapaksa.