KARACHI
The ICRC Presents Shahid Afridi Foundation Natoinal Physical Disabled T-20 Cricket Championship organized by Pakistan Physical Disability Cricket Association approved by Pakistan Cricket Board will start from November 8 in Karachi.
Multan team will defend its title, in this regard PPDCA Secretary and Tournament Director Amiruddin Ansari said that this permanent event of PPDCA due to the last two years. It was getting late in the year but this time the schedule has been finalized and the National championship is being held in five cities of the country under a new format. Jamil Kamran (Multan) will be the tournament secretary while Raja Tahir (Islamabad) will be the joint secretary.
The matches of the first phase will start from November 8 in Karachi. In this phase, Karachi, Hyderabad, Quetta and Quetta Bolan are participating. The remaining matches will be played in Multan, Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad.
The first semi-final of the National Championship will be played in Islamabad and the second in Karachi, while the final is scheduled for December 3 on the occasion of World Disabled Day.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Shahid Afridi Foundation, as well as the Pakistan Cricket Board, have the full support of the 8th National Disabled T20 Cricket Championship. He said that the players of all the teams participating in the national championship have completed their vaccination process after which they have been given a place in the squad.
SOPs regarding covid-19 will also be fully implemented during the event. It should be noted that Multan team has been the winner of the last three national championships and it will defend its title for the third time in a row in this championship.
