Karnataka to clash with Gujarat in finals at National T20 Cricket Tournament for Visually Impaired
Pune, 18th February 2026: Karnataka will clash with Gujarat in the finals of 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.
In the semifinal Karnataka carved out a 32 run win over Maharashtra. batting first Karnataka scored 220 runs for loss of 6 wickets in reply Maharashtra could only make 188 runs for loss of 6 wickets going down by 32 runs
Gujarat continued their dominance in the tournament registering a 65 runs win over West Bengal. Thanks to 105 runs by Sanjoy Darwada Gujarat put on 225 runs for loss of just 3 wickets, in reply West Bengal was bowled out for just 160 runs going down by 65 runs. The finals between Gujarat vs Karnataka will be played at 9.30am on Deccan Gymkhana Ground.
Results: Group League Round:
Group A: Deccan Gymkhana Ground:
Karnataka: 220/6 in 19Overs(Prabhu Haliyal 62(42,8×4), Ranga N 48(38, 5×4), Yogesh J not out 35(19,6×4), Abhijeet Shirod 3-47, Krishna Sonavane 2-27) bt Maharashtra: 188/6 in 19Overs (Abhijeet Shirod 66(45,5×4), Sumeet 34, Sanket Sharma not out 28, Akshay B 1-34); MOM – Abhijeet Shirod; Karnataka won by 32 runs;
Group B: Tembekar Ground, Padmavati
Gujarat: 225/3 in 20 Overs(Sanjoy Darwada not out 105(57,16×4), Ganeshbhai Ganvit not out 79(51, 11×4), Ganesh Bhusara 12, Akshoy Gore 3-16) bt West Bengal: 160 for all out in 18.4Overs(Arindam Mondal 69(43,12×4), Rahul Soren 53(43,5×4), Ramabhai Pare 3-15, Ganesh Bhusara 2-24, Akshay Patel 2-32); MOM – Sanjoy Darwada; Gujarat won by 65runs;
Rajasthan: 148 for all out in 15.3Overs(Amit Kumar Tailor 47(38, 5×4), Radhe Shyam 24, Nirmal Kumar 10, Vinay 2-9, Sunny Chauhan 1-26) lost to Chandigarh: 149/6 in 15.5Overs(Sumant Poddar 35(23, 2×4,3×6), Sunny Chauhan not out 34(24,3×4), Vinay 22, Amit Kumar not out 14, Ganesh Kumar 3-21, Shantilal 2-35); MOM – Sunny Chauhan; Chandigarh won by 4 wickets.
