Indian Blind Cricket Team: Rising Out Of All The Odds

The honorable Board of Cricket Control in India has stated to award a cash prize of whopping 1 crores to the Indian Blind Cricket Team. This is on account of their victory in the recently held T20 World Cup, where they defeated the Pakistani team by a margin of 9 wickets.

Though associated with the most famous sport in India, Indian Blind Cricket Team has not received a flashy support from the spectators and even the government officials. Though they surpassed all the odds to win the second consecutive T20 World Cup, they could not fight the political odds to encash their victory to prize money. Let us discuss a bit about the Blind Cricket that is trending these days and let us look at the journey of the Indian team, all through it came to be known.

Blind Cricket:

Blind Cricket is the form of game of cricket which encompasses players having vision impairment. The blind ones or those who have partial viewing ability are allowed to take part in it and this is governed by World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996.

Though, the art of Blind Cricket was invented way back in Melbourne in the year 1922 by two blind workers from a factory. Soon after this, it was the birth of ‘Victorian Blind Cricket Association’ in the same year and it also led to the commencement of first sports ground and clubhouse for the blinds at Kooyong in Melbourne.

The first Test Cricket Match for the blind was held between South Africa and Pakistan, where Pakistan won the match by a margin of 94 runs.

The Indian Blind Cricket team too is a part of WBCC and is run by Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI). The team takes part in all the One Day International and T20 matches.

The Blind Cricket World Cup (50 overs):

 Till now, there have been four seasons of 50-over Blind Cricket World Cup and Pakistan is in the lead with a couple of World Cup Victories.

Following is the list of World Cups and their Winners till now:

Year	Winner	South Africa	Venue
1998	South Africa	Pakistan	India
2002	Pakistan	South Africa	India
2006	Pakistan	India	Pakistan
2014	India	South Africa	India

 

T20 Blind Cricket World Cup:

Year	Winner	South Africa	Venue
2012	India	Pakistan	India
2017	India	Pakistan	India

 

T20 Blind Cricket World 2017:

The recently held Blind Cricket World Cup of 2017 was a huge success for the Indian Blind Cricket team. The team defeated Pakistan on the Indian turf by a margin of 9 wickets and thus grabbed their second T20 World Cup Title.

There was some unbelievable batting performance from the Indian side when opener Prakasha Jayaramaiah smashed 99 runs out of just 60 balls, hitting 14 fours in the same. Ajay Kumar Reddy, the other opener too hit 43 runs off 31 balls, including 4 fours.

As a result, India chased the huge target of 200 runs in just 17.4 overs and thus took the trophy for the Indian Pride. Subscribe us for latest sport news.