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Pakistan triumph over India to become World Blind Games champion

BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan blind cricket team continued their undefeated streak in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Blind Games and crushed arch-rivals India in the final by eight wickets to win the Gold medal on Saturday.

This was Pakistan’s fifth consecutive victory in the tournament, after kicking off the tournament with a victory over the same opponents.

India blind cricket team opted to bat first and started the innings in a dominant manner with a 65-run opening stand between VR Dunna (20) and DR Tompaki before Mohammad Salman bowled the former in the seventh over.

Tompaki then stitched a solid partnership of 41 with NB Tumda (22) to help the team breach the 100-run mark, however, Matiullah ran out Tumba to give Pakistan its second wicket.

S Ramesh then joined Tompaki and dominated Pakistani bowling with a quick 65-run partnership to help India post a total of 184 in their allocated 20 overs.

Tompaki scored a 76 runs innings off 57 balls, laced with 11 boundaries, while Ramesh remained unbeaten at 48 off 29 with the help of eight boundaries.

Pakistan team in response raced to 78 runs in the seventh over before captain Nisar Ali departed after scoring 36 off 30. Meanwhile, the other opening batter Matiullah (18) also departed two overs later reducing Pakistan to 96-2 inside nine overs.

However, this proved to be the last success for the Indian side in the game, as Badar Munir and Mohammad Salman knitted an unbeaten 89-run partnership in 32 deliveries to finish the game in the 15th over to hand India an eight-wicket defeat.

Badar Munir scored a brisk 41 off 16, laced with seven boundaries and one six, while Mohammad Salman accumulated 48 runs off 25 balls.

India gave away 42 runs in extras, with 28 wide balls.

Notably, Pakistan kick-started their World Blind Games campaign with an 18-run victory over arch-rivals India before handing a seven-wicket thrashing to Bangladesh.

Pakistan blind cricket team then booked their spot in the final of the tournament with a resounding six-wicket victory over Australia before handing a six-wicket defeat to England in their final group stage match.

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Pakistan blind cricket team to partake in World Games 2023

ISLAMABAD: The national blind cricket team will participate in this year’s International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games, scheduled from August 18 to 27 in Birmingham.

According to the details, the blind cricket team’s participation in the global event will mark an end to a 16-year hiatus.

The Chairman Syed Sultan Shah of the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) confirmed that the cricket governing body will be sending a 20-member side after selecting the deserved players on merit.

“A 20-member Pakistan team will be sent in the extravaganza after full preparation and selection on merit,” said Shah.

“Pakistan team will feature in the mega event after a gap of 16 years. Prior to it, Pakistan chipped in the event two times in 2002 and 2006. Pakistan team could not participate in the World Games after 2006 as some visa issues had popped up time and again.

“But now we are in contact with IBSA and hopefully, our team will go in the World Games this year.”

Meanwhile, Shah further shared that besides Pakistan, India, England and Australia have also confirmed their participation in the mega event.

The PBCC chairman was hopeful that the strong Pakistan team will make the nation proud by winning as they did in the past.

“Pakistan team is very strong and has already won many laurels for the country. I’m hopeful that the Pakistan team will make the country proud in the extravaganza,” he concluded.

It is worth mentioning here that the IBSA World Games is the largest high-level international event for athletes with visual impairments, which features more than 1000 competitors from more than 70 nations.

Staged every four years, the World Games are the pinnacle of the international sporting calendar outside of the Paralympic Games. With three Paralympic and eight non-Paralympic sports, for some athletes, it is the highest level they can compete at.

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