BANGALORE: Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has announced that former Indian cricket team captain and IPL player Saurav Ganguly will be the brand ambassador for the forthcoming T20 World Cup tournament for the blind to be held in December 2012.
CABI also announced that the IPL franchise Kings Xi Punjab will be formally endorsing the event on 29 April at Bangalore.
CABI said that as the event‘s brand ambassador, Ganguly, will now inspire the millions of visually impaired Indians in particular and the world in general. He has promised to be active in all the promotional activities after IPL5 is wrapped up.
Earlier, former captain of the Indian cricket team and BCCI selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth had endorsed the India- Pakistan bilateral Blind Cricket Series that was held in Chennai from 10-17 March.
