PANJIM: Goa will host 14 wheelchair cricket teams who will be part of the Goa Cricket League (GCL) to be held in  March, at Shiroda and Ponda . 

The All Goa State Cricket Cup will incorporate wheelchair cricket - albeit with different criteria compared to standard international cricket norms. 

Over 200 local teams will participate in both categories: U-18 and Open categories.

In addition to the visiting wheelchair cricket teams, there will be two blind cricket teams which will play an exhibition charity match in Panjim.

According event co-organiser and media spokesperson Flynn Remedios, “wheelchair cricket teams from Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Rajasthan and West Bengal have already confirmed their participation. Two blind cricket teams are also on the verge of confirming their participation in the series.”

Registration for the same have already begun and more than 32 teams from all over Goa have already registered for the tournament in the open category. Registration for the U-18 category will begin on February 21.

In addition to these matches, there will be special inter-state charity matches for the blind, differently-abled and wheelchair cricketers along with TV and Bollywood celebrities. 

The specially-abled teams will play exhibition matches only with the length of the pitch and the field being different.

The prize for the tournament will be Rs 5 lakh with several other prizes for the participating and winning teams.

 The grand prize for the wheelchair cricket team will be Rs 2.5 lakh with the 1st prize for the winning team being Rs 1 lakh.