New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, who went on a tour of South Africa, is longing for a win, but country’s blind cricketers have given a great gift to us. Indian players have named the Blind Cricket World Cup title. Interestingly, the Indian team has captured the title of World Cup by defeating its arch-rivals Pakistan by two wickets in an exciting encounter. Indian Blind Cricket Team has won the title for the second time in a row. Pakistan had earlier scored 307 runs, losing eight wickets while batting first. The Indian team, chasing the target, won the match with two wickets in 38.4 overs.
Let us tell you that In the blind Cricket World Cup, defeating Nepal, the Indian team entered the semi-finals.
Sunil Ramesh beaten the Pak ballers
After this, the Indian team scored 93 runs in 67 balls with 67 balls and captain Ajay Reddy’s 62 in 60 balls, with the goal of getting an over the target to capture the trophy. The Indian team won the title in 2014 in the Cape Town of South Africa defeating the same opponent. Chasing this goal, Prakash and Venkatesh started a splendid start. Both of these continued to score at the rate of 10 runs per over. Venkatesh scored 35 runs in 32 balls while Prakash played 44 off 42 balls.
Pakistan, though, had already made three consecutive wickets and pressured India and India had little trouble but after reaching the boundary of a wide ball, they bowed to the Indian team. India had beaten Pakistan on January 13 in the group stage also. The defending champion had won Bangladesh by seven wickets in the semi-finals.
Congratulations for the Indian team was started. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian team for this achievement. “Congratulations to our cricket team for winning the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup! They make the nation proud and inspire every Indian with their game as well as phenomenal attitude. True champions!” PM Modi posted on his Twitter account.
Experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh also praised the team. He wrote, “Team India has won a great victory. Congratulations on winning the blind World Cup title. ”
Former stylish batsman VVS Laxman wrote, “Congratulations to every member of the Indian team to win blind cricket world cup. ”
In the first semi-final, India had beaten the Bangladesh by 7 wickets and finished the final. At the same time, Pakistan reached Sri Lanka in the final by defeating Sri Lanka by 156 runs. Earlier, in the group match, India had defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets.
Blind Cricket World Cup winners
1. 1998: South Africa (beat Pak in final)
2. 2002: Pakistan (defeated South Africa in final)
3. 2006: Pakistan (defeated India in final)
4. 2014: India (beat Pak in final)
5. 2018: India (beat Pak in final)
CAB congratulates the Indian team for winning the blind World Cup
The Bengal Cricket Association (CAB) congratulated the Indian blind team to win the Blind Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan by two wickets in Sharjah. CAB’s joint secretary Abhishek Dalmiya said, “It’s never easy to get any world titles continuously. “He said,” We hope that BCCI will consider taking steps to encourage and promote such talented cricketers. “
