July 31, 2019
The Indian Blind Cricket Team has won the one day international and
T-20 championships at Jamaica, defeating the hosts. The young team is riding
high on confidence and is hopeful of bringing home more laurels.
The Indian Blind Cricket team has brought home yet another
trophy, and this time it is from Jamaica. India beat Jamaica,
3-0 in the one day international(ODI) series at their home
ground. In all, the teams played three ODIs and two T-20 matches.
In the final ODI at Kingston, match, India beat Jamaica by nine wickets.
Jamaica won the toss and elected to bat. Deepak Malik struck
in the second over of the match removing Gregory Stewart for
three runs. From there on the hosts could never get a partnership together as
they were bowled out for only 105 in 23 overs. Deepak picked up two wickets,
while Ajay Reddy picked up three wickets.
Ajay Kumar Reddy, Captain of the Indian team says that the
team is now riding high on confidence.
We had dominated the entire series. Our team is working hard and pushing
themselves to do better, and eventually reach mainstream cricket. Our
efforts can be seen in all our matches as well. Our next tournament is not
finalised yet. But we are aiming for the T-20 world cup series in England.
We are confident of winning that too. Cricket is a passion to all of us. –
Ajay Kumar Reddy, Captain, Indian Blind Cricket Team.
Chasing a small total India lost Pankaj Bhue in the very
first over. But Venkateswara Rao got an astounding 84 runs
of just 51 balls as India chased down the target in just 9.4 overs. He became
the man of the match. With this win India head into the final game of the
tour. The team is now gearing up to face more matches.
Shekhar Naik, former vice-captain of the blind cricket team,
is all praise for the performance.
“I want to say congratulations to the Indian team for playing such a
remarkable game. I also appreciate the Jamaican team for putting up a good
show. I feel there is much to learn for the Jamaican team from these
youngsters. This is also a great initiative by the Cricket Association of
Blind for India. Every year they organise some international matches and it
is a great platform for our youngsters. This is also a great way to make
blind cricket popular”, says Shekhar.
Recently, an image of the Indian Blind Cricket team sharing the signatory
salute pose with West Indies cricket legend Sheldon Cottrell
had gone viral on social media. Even Cottrell tweeted the image and wished
the team good luck. The Indian team is back home already.
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Source: https://newzhook.com/story/indian-blind-cricket-team-beats-jamaica-win-series
