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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 thump India in World Blind Games

Birmingham: Pakistan defeated arch-rivals India by 18 runs in the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Blind Games at King Edward’s School ground on Sunday.

Indian blind team after winning the toss, invited the green shirts to bat first.

Pakistan’s blind team scored 187 runs at the loss of eight wickets in their allocated 20 overs to set a mammoth target of 188 for India.

Pakistan skipper Nisar Ali scored 46 runs, while debutant Mohammad Salman scored a brisk fifty to guide Pakistan to reach a commendable total.

Ajay Kumar Reddy topped the Indian bowling card with four wickets, while Nakula Badanayak picked up three Pakistani wickets.

While chasing a mammoth 188, India started off well with Sunil Ramesh scoring 62 runs, while Durga Rao Tompaki scored 40 runs.

However, Pakistan bowlers pulled them back in the final overs to restrict them to 169 at the loss of seven wickets.

Pakistani bowler Matiullah bowled brilliantly and picked two wickets to restrict the arch-rivals.

Pakistan will face Bangladesh in their next World Blind Games fixture on Tuesday.

Staged after every four years, the IBSA World Games, in a first, is hosting 11 sports competitions after World Blind Cricket Ltd and IBSA agreed to add Cricket for the Visually impaired men and women in this year’s mega event.

Pakistan’s Complete squad

B1 category: Zafar Iqbal, Riyasat Khan, Mohammad Shahzaib, Fakhar Abbas, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Asif

B2 category: Nasir Ali (c), Badar Munir (vc)

B3 category: Matiullah, Mohsin Khan, Kamran Akhtar, Akmal Hayat, Israr Hasan

Team management: Mohammad Jameel (head coach), Maher Mohammad Younus (coach), Tahir Mahmood Butt (trainer).

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Blind Cricket: Pakistan beat India by 58 runs, win Triangular T20 Tournament

SHARJAH: In the final of the Triangular Blind T20 Tournament, Pakistan Blind Cricket Team sealed a comprehensive 58-runs victory over the arch-rivals India Blind Cricket Team to lift the trophy, here on Saturday.

Pakistan Blind Cricket Team completed their unbeaten run in the Triangular series as they beat India in the final by 58 runs.

Batting first Pakistan scored a mammoth 216/3 in the allotted 20 overs, thanks to the fifties from Badar Munir and Nisar Ali in the final of the tournament.

Badar scored a quickfire 63 off just 25 balls with the help of five boundaries and a six, while the skipper Nisar top-scored with 69 runs.

Set to chase 217, India could only manage to score 158 runs in the allotted 20 overs as tight bowling from Pakistan’s bowlers did not allow the opposition batters to score freely.

For his outstanding knock of 63 runs, Badar was adjudged as the Player of the Final of the recently concluded Triangular Blind T20 Cricket Tournament.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan enjoyed an unbeaten run before beating India in the final as the green shirts beat the arch-rivals and Banglades twice each to storm into the final.

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