T20 World Cup For Blind: India Defeat Bangladesh By 120 Runs

Chennai: India defeated Bangladesh in the final clash of the T20 World Cup for Blind on Saturday.

They registered their third title of the tournament. In the match, India beat their opponents by a huge margin of 120 runs.

Indian captain Ajay Kumar Reddy won the toss and was elected to bat. In-form batter Sunil Ramesh was joined by vice-captain D. Venkateswara Rao to open the innings.

India faced a double blow in the same over as Salman castled Lalit Meena’s stumps to put India at 29/2.

The batters put on a 248-run unbeaten partnership for the third wicket to take the final score to a mammoth 277 in the 20 overs.

Sunil scored 136 of 63 balls with the help of 24 boundaries and one six. Ajay scored 100 of 50 balls that consisted of 18 boundaries.

Chasing a huge target, the in-form Bangladesh openers Salman and captain Md. Ashiqur Rahman started the innings well but couldn’t find boundaries.

Bangladesh could only manage 157/3 at the end of 20 overs but will return after showing some fighting spirit.