IDCA is the Indian Deaf Cricket Association.
It was formerly known as Deaf Cricket Society (DCS) but was renamed to IDCA.
Sumit Jain - sign name - is the President, IDCA
and Ajay Kumar - sign name - is the General Secretary, IDCA.
IDCA has sent Indian teams to various International tournaments and hosted many games in India as well.
Let me tell you about them.
The Bangladesh Deaf Cricket Association in Dhaka,
hosted a Deaf T-20 Tri Series International Cricket from Sept. 2018 between India, Bangladesh & Pakistan.
IDCA had organised the Deaf-ICC T20 World Cup 2018 in Gurugram sponsored by Star Sports.
In the final Match, Sri Lanka beat India and won the World Cup.
From 11th to 15th November 2019 at Rohtak, Haryana
Haryana Deaf Cricket Association hosted the 4th T-20 National Cricket Championship League for Deaf.
The match was won by Maharashtra.
From 24th Nov to 5th Dec 2019 in South Africa, the Deaf Cricket South Africa hosted,
International Deaf Cricket Series. When South Africa won and India lost the final.
From 28th January to 3rd February 2020,
Sri Lanka Deaf Cricket Association hosted the International Deaf Cricket Series.
The finals were played by India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the match.
Women 2nd T-20 National Cricket Championship for Deaf
was held between 9th to 12th February 2020 in Hyderabad.
It was hosted by Telangana Deaf Cricket Association.
Various states participated but Maharashtra's women team emmerged victorious.
The IDCA is a full member of Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC)
and is working closely with them.
Stefan Pichowski - sign name - is the Chairman Deaf-ICC &
M. ZahirUddin Babar - sign name - is the CEO Deaf-ICC.
Many countries around the world are members of DICC. Have a look.
DICC also received new interest from Cricket Association for Deaf Qatar, to join DICC membership list.
The DICC Cricket ODI World Cup was going to be held in November 2020
but it has been postponed to February-March 2022 due to rising cases of COVID-19.
In 2016 the DICC held the DICC Championship in UAE. Pakistan beat England in the Finals.
In New Delhi from 1st - 5th March 2021 IDCA will host,
the "2nd ODI National Zone Cricket Championship League for Deaf".
Depending on players performance in the zonal tournament, selections will be made for DICC World Cup.
However, if another lockdown is imposed, the tournament will be postponed.
If there is no lockdown, the matches will be held.