New Delhi, May 5
Sumit Jain has been re-elected as the Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) president for 2025–2029 term in the internal elections conducted here at the India Habitat Centre, where the new executive committee was elected to lead the organisation's efforts in promoting deaf cricket all over India and overseas.
Sumit Jain, who is also Vice President and member of the Differently-Abled Cricket Committee of BCCI (DCCI), established IDCA in 2020 with a one-point agenda - to establish a dedicated forum for hearing-impaired cricketers in India. In all these years, IDCA has emerged as a strong national organisation advocating the cause of inclusive sport and has achieved recognition as a member of the Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC) and works closely with the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The newly elected Executive Committee for the 2025–2029 features Sagarkanta Senapati as vice president, Rohit Saini as general secretary and Sonu as joint secretary and Arun Goel as treasurer. The committee also includes two dedicated lady executive members, Jyoti Jain and Shagun. K.Gopinadh, Ankit Agarwal and Asheesh Bajpai are elected as executive members of the committee.