The visually impaired Sri Lankan Cricket team currently representing the country at the inaugural Twenty20 Blind Cricket World Cup in Bangalore, recorded their first win against South Africa.
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The Sri Lankan team took over their South African counterparts on December 1, in the curtain-raiser encounter for both teams.
Winning the toss, the South Africans decided to take on batting first and at the end of 20 overs; they recorded a total of 239 runs for the loss of eight wickets.
Sri Lankans managed to reach the target of 240 runs in just 15 overs, with a loss of three wickets. Sri Lanka’s ChandanDeshapriyascored 49 runs from his bat. Sri Lankans beat South Africa by seven wickets.
The game also saw the South African team setting a record in the history of Twenty20 Blind Cricket World Cup, when visually-impaired South African cricketer Joe Schroeder set a record on the opening day of the Blind Cricket T20 World Cup, becoming the first player to make a century in the inaugural tournament.
Meanwhile, the opening day of this inaugural world T20 world cup for the blind also saw the Indians defeating the favourites: Australia by 215 runs.
Nepal recorded an easy win over Bangladesh when the former shielded a nine-wicket win.
Pakistan emerged victorious in their match opener against England and set a 166-run victory.
Brief scores are as follows:
Sri Lanka vs South Africa: SA 239/8 – SL 240/3: Sri Lanka win by seven wickets
India vs Australia: IND 341/2 – AUS 126/8: India win by 215 runs
Nepal vs Bangladesh: BAN 154/7 – NEP 155/1: Nepal beat Bangladesh by nine wickets
Pakistan vs England: PAK 329/1 – 163/7: Pakistan win by 166 runs
The Sri Lankans took over the Nepal team in their second match of the tournament. Await a detailed report on Sri Lanka vs Nepal on ThePapare.com.
