Indian women’s blind cricket team wins historic gold at IBSA World Games
In the allotted 20 over, india held australia to 114/8 before chasing down the new goal of 42 in the fourth over. Last week saw the debut of blind cricket at the IBSA World Games, with england and australia playing the inaugural match. india defeated australia in the World Games' inaugural final by a margin of nine wickets.
Australia made the poor decision to bat first, and the team lost its first wicket in the fourth over. australia played their innings slowly under the strain of the finals, accumulating 29 runs during the powerplay. In the eighth and ninth overs, india took two wickets, leaving australia struggling at 39/3. Then, C Lewis and C Webeck carried Australia's innings by combining for 54 runs. india, on the other hand, returned to the match and quickly reduced australia to 109/8 by taking wickets at regular intervals. The Australian team ultimately only managed to score 114/8 in the allowed 20 overs.
India attacked Australia's bowlers with all of its might after setting a meagre goal of 42 runs. As the team completed the task in just 3.3 overs, the women in Blue never appeared out of shape. The finals of the IBSA World Games will feature another dramatic match between India's men's blind cricket team and pakistan, their bitter rivals. When the two teams started their World Games campaign last week, pakistan had trounced india by 18 runs. As the two teams data-face off against one other for the second time in the competition, india will now want to get revenge on its bitter enemy Pakistan.