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Ajay Kumar Reddy

Ajay Kumar Reddy is an Indian blind cricketer who has represented India in international cricket for the visually impaired. He is best known for captaining the Indian blind cricket team and leading the side in major international tournaments organised under the framework of cricket for the blind.

Key facts

Name Ajay Kumar Reddy
Nationality Indian
Sport Blind cricket
Role Cricketer; captain of the India national blind cricket team
Country represented India

Background

Blind cricket in India is administered by the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI), which works under the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled. The game is played with a modified ball that contains ball bearings to produce sound, allowing players with varying degrees of visual impairment — categorised as B1 (totally blind), B2 (partially blind) and B3 (partially sighted) — to participate together within a single team.

Players from Andhra Pradesh have featured prominently in Indian blind cricket, and Ajay Kumar Reddy emerged through this domestic structure to earn selection to the national side.

Career

Reddy has been part of the Indian blind cricket team during a period in which India established itself as one of the leading sides in the format. As captain, he has led India in bilateral series and in international tournaments organised by the World Blind Cricket Council, including World Cup and Asia Cup events for the blind, in which India has had sustained success.

Significance

As a senior player and captain in Indian blind cricket, Reddy is part of a generation of cricketers who have raised the public profile of disability sport in India. His career highlights the role of organisations such as CABI and the Samarthanam Trust in providing competitive structures, coaching and international opportunities to visually impaired athletes.

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