Pakistan marked a victorious begin within the Worldwide Blind Sports activities Federation (IBSA) World Blind Video games with an 18-run victory over India in Birmingham on Sunday.
Pakistan’s visually-impaired group was invited to bat first by the India VI group after successful the toss at King Edward’s College floor.
The Inexperienced Shirts scored 187 runs and misplaced eight wickets within the allotted 20 overs. Muhammad Salman scored 50 off 31 deliveries, whereas captain Nisar Ali scored 46 off 33 and Badar Munir added 37 from 24.
For India’s visually-impaired group, Ajay Kumar Reddy took 4 wickets whereas three Pakistani batters fell to Nakula Badanayak.
In reply, Indians had been restricted to 169 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. At one stage, they wanted 38 from the final three overs however Matiullah bowled an outstanding 18th over by which he conceded simply 4 runs.
India misplaced three wickets, together with one run out, to break down from 150 runs for 3 wickets to 154 runs for six wickets. India VI’s Sunil Ramesh scored 62, whereas Durga Rao Tompaki added 40 runs in opposition to his title.
Pakistan VI’s Matiullah bought two wickets. 5 Indian batters had been run out. Pakistan will play its subsequent recreation in opposition to Bangladesh on Tuesday.
