One of the main reasons for the Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association’s popularity across the country in just ten years is its media-friendly attitude. As a sports journalist, I found the PDCA to be the best in this regard. All the people associated with A not only value sports journalists wholeheartedly, but also do not resent their legitimate criticism, but try to correct themselves with this criticism.
Despite the fact that big names in Pakistan cricket have been associated with the PDCA and now Pakistan’s sports icon Shahid Afridi is also associated with them, the media across the country, including Karachi, have given the PDCA great importance apart from them. Of One of the obvious reasons for this is that as a sports body, the PDCA has made a name for itself in Karachi’s journalistic circles, which is why serious sports journalists from all over the country, including Karachi, cherish it. In their news, analysis and articles, they call it the second largest organized cricket organization after the Pakistan Cricket Board.
It is also commendable that from its first National Championship to its last Championship, the PDCA has worked hard to cover each of its events, providing media updates for each match. Facilitate access to information for or media. Similarly, during the international tours of the Pakistan Disabled Cricket Team, the PDCA continued to provide timely information to the media across the country, including Karachi. For electronic media, footage and news would be different, while for newspapers, detailed news with headlines and sub-headings would be sent. Not only that, but before the report of the match, all the media would be sent to the tickers by the PDCA at the same time.
When the Pak-India match took place during the Bangladesh and England tournaments, the PDCA endured the pressure of the national media with a smile and tried its best to provide all the information regarding the match to the media in a timely manner. I was also successful. Muhammad Nizam, who has been associated with PDCA since day one and is a world-renowned organizer, has taken charge of the media from day one and continues to do so to this day. In fact, it was Mohammad Nizam who introduced Pakistan Disabled Cricket to the media. His hard work and media-friendly attitude helped him to do his job in the best possible way. This is the quality of Disabled Cricket. Saleem Karim, the founder of the party, and Amiruddin Ansari, the secretary of the party, are also present.
Pakistan’s first private sports channel, Geo Super, had the honor of broadcasting matches of several disabled cricket tournaments in response to the PDCA’s call. Invited PDCA officials, players, coaches and team officials to its programs. While Geo Super has a role to play in making sports circles across Pakistan aware of disabled cricket, it is also the role of all these TV channels, Urdu and English newspapers that have covered every activity of PDCA. Highlighted the style but also effectively published and highlighted the sponsors of Disabled Cricket.
It is also worth mentioning here that in the early days of its formation, the Karachi Disabled Cricket Team played several cricket matches with the Karachi Media Team and this series continued from time to time. There was also an opportunity to understand and get closer to the people associated with them. The Karachi Disabled Cricket Team also plays Karachi City Cricket Association tournaments regularly. The Karachi media also gives importance to the news of disabled cricket in the news of local tournaments. (to be continued )
The Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) is responsible for the promotion and expansion of the game through its associate and affiliate members throughout the country for all the Physically Disabled Cricketers of the country and PDCA is also recognized by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) who is the governing body of cricket in Pakistan.