Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE saw another thrilling cricket match between arch rivals India and Pakistan yesterday. However, this time the heroes were not Virat Kohli or Shoaib Malik; the heroes were the Indian Blind cricket team, who defeated Pakistan in the finals for the second year running to win the match and the championship.
The Pakistani blind team set up a huge target of 308 runs for the Indian blind team to chase in 40 overs. India started their chase by cracking 111/1 in 15 overs, but lost two wickets in quick time to slip to 116/3 in 16th over.
However, Sunil Ramesh scored a brilliant 93 to anchor the innings and along with captain Ajay Reddy (62), took India to the win by 2 wickets in the penultimate over of the match.
The cricket fraternity was ecstatic after the momentous win by the Indian blind cricket team and shared their good wishes on Twitter.
Here are some of the tweets:
Extremely happy, proud and most of all.. really inspired! Many congratulations #TeamIndia ???????? on winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup. #MaukaMauka ???? pic.twitter.com/xIdRkGVXoI
— Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) January 20, 2018
Fantastic performance boys. That's sheer determination for you. Awesome #BlindCricketWorldCup #India pic.twitter.com/696CGnRShc
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) January 20, 2018
Congratulations Team India for winning #BlindCricketWorldCup
— Manish Pandey (@im_manishpandey) January 20, 2018
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Jahan chah wahan raah... As they rightly say, Determination will get you through everything. A big salute to our entire team. Hearty congratulations on winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup. #TeamIndia???????? pic.twitter.com/y9wfRH1JEP
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 20, 2018
Our boys make us proud again. Wonderful to beat Pakistan and win the finals. Proud of the wonderful group @blind_cricket #BlindCricketWorldCup pic.twitter.com/qR8StJvXIY
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 20, 2018
Congratulations Bhaaiyon. So very proud of you for winning the finals again and beating Pakistan. May you continue to shine and light our hopes. #BlindCricketWorldCup pic.twitter.com/32sATClb1k
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 20, 2018
When determination meets dedication this happens. Big congratulations to Indian Team for beating Pakistan in the #BlindCricketWorldCup ???? pic.twitter.com/J5iQRtWA0H
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup Chak De ???????? pic.twitter.com/BrdGGzi53r
— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) January 20, 2018
Extremely happy and proud of the Indian Cricket Team for winning the World Cup!???????????????????????????????????????????? #BlindCricketWorldCup pic.twitter.com/vYGnH69xdh
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the cup Jai hind ???????? #BlindCricketWorldCup
— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to each and every member of the Indian team for winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 20, 2018
What a win by #TeamIndia. Congratulations on winning #BlindCricketWorldCup
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 20, 2018
