India Deaf Cricket Team Wins DICC Champions Trophy

India Deaf Cricket Team has won the DICC T20 Champions Trophy 2022 and has turned out to be the only undefeated team in the tournament.

India Deaf Cricket Team has won the Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC) T20 Champions Trophy 2022 and has turned out to be the only undefeated team in the tournament. The tournament was played between 1st October & 9th October 2022 in the UAE. 4 teams participated in the tournament.India, Bangladesh, Australia & South Africa. The final game was played at  Malek stadium, Ajman in the UAE between India and South Africa. India scored 140 runs in 20 overs with the loss of just 4 wickets. While trying to chase the target of 141 runs, South Africa was all out for 101 runs. India defeated South Africa by 39 runs and secured the DICC T20 Champions Trophy. Meanwhile, Captain Virender Singh's perfect knock gave India the record winning win.

On winning DICC T20 Champions Trophy 2022 tournament, Roma Balwani, CEO of the Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) said, "It was a very special tournament as team IDCA was playing their first international tournament post the pandemic. The tournament required immense leadership by the captain Virendra Singh and dedication by the coaches M.P Singh & Dev Dutt. The ability demonstrated by the entire team to win all the league stage matches and the semi-final to emerge as the winner today is commendable.” Notably, the tournament was also watched by some of India's finest cricketing legends, including the former Indian batter Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj Singh, before the beginning of the tournament, wished the Indian with good luck and wishes and also congratulated the India Deaf team for representing India on the international stage. Not just that, after India won the tournament the cricketer again shared a tweet to congratulate the Indian side for defeating everyone in the tournament.

Meanwhile Sumit Jain, the President of Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) said, "We thank the DICC managing committee headed by Chairman Stefan Pichowski for efficiently arranging DICC T20 Champions Trophy 2022 tournament in Ajman, UAE” . Also recently Shikhar Dhawan posted a video on Instagram Encouraging people to learn signs for 5 words every day! Isn’t that interesting? ISH Shiksha already releases signs for words everyday! So share it with all and let's encourage everyone to learn Indian Sign Language!

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