Pakistan beat India by 7 wickets in blind World T20 Championship

Published February 1, 2017
Pakistan's blind cricket team celebrates match win. ─ Photo Courtesy: Pakistan Blind Cricket Council
Pakistan's blind cricket team celebrates match win. ─ Photo Courtesy: Pakistan Blind Cricket Council

Pakistan's blind cricket team on Tuesday beat India by seven wickets during a match played in Dehli in the blind World T20 Championship 2017.

With India's defeat, the Pakistani team has earned their third consecutive win in the tournament.

India won the toss and chose to bat first and managed 204/5 in the allotted 20 overs.

Openers J Parkash and Venkateswara Rao provided an excellent start to the team and built a strong opening partnership of 140 runs.

Venkateswara was the first go after scoring 53 runs.

After the fall of the first wicket, Pakistan bowlers and fielders made a great come back and restricted the Indian team to 204 for the loss of 5 wickets.

In response the Pakistani team chased down the target in just 15.3 overs.

Muhamamd Zafar, who entered the ground to bat after the loss of the first wicket, played a vital hand and scored 88 runs that were vital in Pakistan's win.

Opener Nisar Ali made a useful contribution of 45 runs.

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