India scripted history after beating Pakistan by two wickets to lift the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup title in Sharjah on Saturday.
Batting first, Pakistan amassed 307 for eight in 40 overs, courtesy some useful contribution by Badar Munir (57), Risayat Khan (48) and captain Nisar Ali (47).
For India, Deepak Malik and Rambir picked up two wickets, while Sunil Ramesh took one. Sunil Ramesh then blasted a scintillating 93 off just 67 balls and skipper Ajay Reddy scored 62 off 60 balls guiding India to reach the target with an over to spare.
Team India has now retained the trophy that they had won in 2014 after beating the same opponents at Cape Town in South Africa.
CHAMPIONS #TeamIndia 🇮🇳🏏🏆 #BlindCricketWorldCup pic.twitter.com/P9ptcuL7Lk
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 20, 2018
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
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
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
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
🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳@blind_cricket pic.twitter.com/IxWVOmNdyw— Manish Pandey (@im_manishpandey) 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
The loss of sight does not impair the qualities of mind and individual. This has been rightly proven by our visually impaired Cricket team by lifting the World Cup once again by beating Pakistan. Congratulations to the champions.. 👍🏻 #BlindCricketWorldCup #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/TEAz81KqlT
— Bhuvneshwar Kumar (@BhuviOfficial) January 21, 2018
What a win by #TeamIndia. Congratulations on winning #BlindCricketWorldCup
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the cup..Very well done!!Jai Hind 🇮🇳 #BlindCricketWorldCup
— Dhawal Kulkarni (@dhawal_kulkarni) January 20, 2018
Many Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup 🏆🏆🏆😊😊 pic.twitter.com/ctk95aeP4s
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) January 20, 2018
Congratulations to every member of Team India on winning a thrilling final against Pakistan to lift the #BlindCricketWorldCup trophy. pic.twitter.com/OQwvq6AUM5
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) 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
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
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
