FULL NAME: Nakula Badanayak
GENDER: Male
BORN: 20th December, 1998 (Facebook date)
PARENTS: Father (), Mother ()
HOME ADDRESS: Pipalput, Koraput, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Not known
PROFESSION: Not known
TYPE OF PLAYER: Allrounder
CATEGORY OF BLINDNESS: B2 (Partialily blind)
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Chandra Sekhar Patnaik
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha Blind Men, Indian Blind Men

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

ZONAL:
*     He was part of the Odisha team that won the sixth successive title in the East Zone Cricket Tournament for the Blind, held at Kolkata from Oct 20-22, 2017.

NATIONAL:
*     He was part of the Odisha team that reached semifinals in the 24th National Cricket Tournament for the Blind, held in Mumbai from Oct 29 to Nov 3, 2017.
*     He was part of the Odisha team that emerged champions in the National Cricket Tournament for the Blind at Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad on May 8, 2016.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     He was part of the Indian team that made a clean sweep of Mens Bilateral T20 Cricket Series for Blind 5-0 against Sri Lanka, held at Karnail Singh Stadium in New Delhi from 11-15 March 2024. Also bagged the player of the series award in B2 category.
*     He was part of the Indian Mens Team that won the 3-match Friendship Cricket Series for the Blind 2-1 against Pakistan, held at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai from 22-25 February 2024.
*     He was part of the Indian visually challenged men cricket team that won the Silver medal at the IBSA World Games in Birmingham, England on 26 August 2023.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     On 8 September 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik  felicitated him with a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh for being part of the Indian mens team that won the silver medal at the IBSA World Games 2023 in Birmingham, England.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 10 May 2016
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 17 March 2024