Back to back wins for Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat at National T20 Cricket Tournament for Visually Impaired
Pune, 17th February 2026: Rahul Soren,Anil Gariya, Abhijeet Shirod, Krishna Sonavane, J Yogesh scored centuries for their respective teams at the National T20 Tournament for the Visually Impaired which is being supported by HCLFoundation and jointly organized by The Poona Blind Men’s Association (PBMA) and the Blind Cricket Association (BCA) and played at Deccan Gymkhana Ground and Tembekar Ground, Padmavati.
Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat scored their second wins on a trot
Anil Garia (138runs & 5-13) who took hattrick for Gujarat was the man of the moment as he took Gujarat to a big 338 runs win over Rajasthan., Karnataka also scored a 112 runs win against Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra also registered a 176 run win over Uttar Pradesh, while West Bengal won by 153 runs against Chandigarh.
Results: Group League Round:
Group B: Deccan Gymkhana Ground:
West Bengal: 257/4 in 17Overs(Rahul Soren not out 100(54, 12×4), Subhas Haldar 79(37,10×4), Chandan Maity not out 10, Rishabh 2-34) bt Chandigarh: 105 for all out in 16.1Overs(Manish Shukla 33, Sunny Chauhan 13, Sumant Poddar not out 16, Rahul Soren 2-9, Joydec Mahata 2-10); MOM – Rahul Soren; West Bengal won by 152 runs;
Gujarat: 368/2 in 19Overs(Anil Gariya 138(40,30×4), Ganesh Bhusara 78(31,13×4), Ganeshbhai Ganvit 64(26,12×4), Maji Bharat 54(18, 7×4,3×6), Amit Tailor 1-74) bt Rajasthan: 30for all out in 5.3Overs(Lokesh Kumar 8, Vijay Bati 5, Anil Gariya 5-13, Maji Bharat 2-13); MOM – Anil Variya; Gujarat won by 338runs;
Group A: Tembekar Ground, Padmavati
Maharashtra: 343/2 in 20Overs(Abhijeet Shirod not out 156(65,30×4), Krishna Sonavane not out 111(57,18×4)) bt Uttarpradesh: 167/7 in 20Overs(Abhinav Yadav not out 44(34, 4×4), Omprakash 34, Rajat Bihania 10, Abhijeet Shirod 2-15); MOM – Abhijeet Shirod; Maharashtra won by 176 runs;
Karnataka: 250/4 in 18Overs(Yogesh J 121(55,23×4,1×6), Ranga B 60(29,13×4), Manoj M not out 32(23,4×4), Sonu Gupta 3-36) bt Madhyapradesh: 156/8in 18Overs(Mukesh Rathod 29, Satish Kanade 28, Shyam Bahadur 28, Manoj M 2-3, Yogesh J 2-13); MOM – Yogesh J; Karnataka won by 112runs.
