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INDIA DEFEAT ENGLAND IN BLIND T-20 WORLD CUP

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 10:50 -- geeta.nair

In the much-awaited T-20 World Cup for the blind, held at Holkar stadium here on Thursday, India inflicted a crushing defeat on England by winning the match with 10 wickets. Electing to bat first, England in 20 overs scored 158 runs.

In reply to this competitive total, Indian batsmen notched the victory in just 11 overs with brilliant half centuries by Ganesh and Sukhram who scored 78 and 67 runs respectively. Ganesh was declared man of the match. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan congratulated Indian cricket team for the Blind for this brilliant victory.

Thousands of school students from various city schools who had been especially brought to the stadium on the initiative of Indore collector P Narhari enjoyed every moment of the game and greeted Indian team with tumultuous clapping as and when the Indian players scored boundaries and sixes. Department of social justice, education department and the district administration along with a social worker Dr Anil Bhandari had played key role in organising this important T 20 world cup match between India and England.

Earlier the match had been inaugurated by Indore Mayor Malini Gaud, while state minister Gopal Bhargav was the chief guest at the award presentation ceremony. The district administration had made arrangement for free entry in this match. 
Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions//india-defeat-england-in-blind-t-20-world-cup.html

Month of Issue: 
February
Year of Issue: 
2 017
Source: 
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions//india-defeat-england-in-blind-t-20-world-cup.html
Place: 
Indore, Bhopal
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National

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