The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) president Buse Gowda has been following up with the Central government as well as the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) to ensure rewards for India’s blind women’s team, who beat Australia by nine wickets to win their maiden IBSA (International Blind Sports Federation) World Games gold in Birmingham last August. But Gowda revealed on Tuesday that he has got no response from the authorities. 

Request to BCCI 

“We requested them to felicitate our players with cash awards. But only state governments like Kerala, Odisha and Karnataka honoured their respective state players with a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh each,” Gowda told mid-day on the sidelines of the announcement of the Indian women’s team captain (Varsha U) at the Mumbai Press Club.