Indian Women’s Blind Cricket Team Wins Historic Gold At IBSA World Games

The Indian girls’s blind cricket crew on Saturday scripted historical past as they received a gold medal after defeating Australia within the rain-curtailed finals of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games 2023 on the again of their scintillating present in Birmingham. The Indian girls’s blind cricket crew has received everybody’s hearts with their spectacular present within the World Games. The Women In Blue stay undefeated, having received all their league video games within the match. India restricted Australia at 114/8 within the allotted 20 overs after which chased down the revised goal of 42 within the fourth over.

Blind cricket in IBSA World Games made a debut final week with England and Australia taking part in the primary match. This was the primary ultimate within the World Games and India received the last word showdown beating Australia by 9 wickets.

Opting to bat first, Australia bought off to a foul begin because the facet misplaced the primary wicket within the 4th over. Feeling the stress of finals, Australia carried their innings slowly, scoring 29 runs within the powerplay.

India picked two wickets within the eighth and ninth over as Australia have been left reeling at 39/3. C Lewis and C Webeck then carried Australia’s innings stitching a 54-run partnership.

However, India got here again within the recreation choosing wickets at common intervals and decreased Australia to 109/8 in simply 3 overs. In the top, the crew from down below was simply in a position to rating 114/8 within the allotted 20 overs.

Chasing a paltry goal of 42 runs, India got here all weapons blazing on Australia bowlers. The Women In Blue by no means seemed off form because the facet chased down the goal in simply 3.3 overs.

In one other thrilling encounter, the Indian males’s blind cricket crew will meet arch-rivals Pakistan within the finals of the IBSA World Games. Pakistan had defeated India by 18 runs when the 2 groups started their World Games marketing campaign final week.

India will now look to take revenge on arch-rivals Pakistan as the 2 groups meet for the second time within the match.