Karnataka on Friday lifted the IndusInd Bank Nagesh Trophy after defeating Andhra Pradesh by nine wickets in the finals of the Men’s National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2023-24 in
Following 71 days of relentless cricket, featuring fiery batting and bowling performances, Karnataka claimed the coveted Nagesh Trophy. Sunil Ramesh was named as the Player of the Match. Andhra Pradesh, a formidable team that dominated the tournament for a significant duration, emerged as the second-best team.
In the B1 category, Naresh Tumda (Gujarat), in B2 Dunna Venkateshwara Rao (Andhra Pradesh) and in B3 Sunil Ramesh (Karnataka) won the Player of the Series award. The winning team received the cash prize of INR 1,04,000 while the runners-up got INR 80,000. The Player of the Series got INR 10,000 each. The player of the match received INR 3000.
Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), Cricket Association for the Blind in Vidarbha and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled organised the knockout matches at Nagpur.
Justice Vinay Deshpande, President VCA, Shri Mohan Mate, MLA Government of Maharashtra Mr Shailender Yadav, General Secretary CABI, Mr Yogesh Taneja, Chairman of Nagesh Trophy, Dr Anup Marar, CEO Health of Shalinitai Meghe Hospital and Research Center, Mr Anjanappa Muttappa – CFO, Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled and Mr Chandrashekar, Founder Member of CABI graced the Nagesh Trophy final.
Put into bat first, Andhra got off to a good start by informing batters T. Durga Rao and D Venkateswara Rao to start the innings from where they left the other day. However, Venkateswara’s stint was cut short in the 7th over.