The third day of the T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind witnessed plenty of more excitement and the most interesting match was between the defending champions Indusind-India and its neighbour Pakistan Blind Cricket Team. However, the home favourites India suffered a seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Pakistan.
Man of the Match -Moh.Zafar
India CAB after chosing to bat first and managed to score 205/5 in 20 overs. Prakash J scored 90 (56 balls) and Venkateswara Rao D scored 53 (45 balls) for India.In reply, Pakistan Blind Cricket Team chased the target successfully in 15.3 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. Muhammad Zafar of Pakistan scored 88 not out, and Deepak Mallik and Ketan Patel each picked up one wicket.
In another match, Sri Lanka CAB defeated West Indies WICCB by a comfortable 130 runs. West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first, and Sri Lanka was able to put up a score of 281/2 at the end of the first innings. From Sri Lanka Suranga Sampath and Chandana Deshapriya showed good batting skills with scoring 116 not out and 108 not out respectively. Gregory Lee Stewart of West Indies took a wicket. In the second innings, West Indies WICCB suffered the loss of 8 wickets with Leroy Orin Phillips coming close to a half century with a score of 44. Bowlers of Sri Lanka Dinesh Maduwantha Herath Sekage, Upul Sanjeeva Kankanam Gamage, Pathum Saman Kumara and Dimuthu Ravindra took 2, 1, 1, and 1 wickets respectively.
The third match of the day saw Bangladesh BBCC playing against Nepal CAB in which Bangladesh CAB won by 59 runs. In the first innings, Md Mohsin Hosen Joy scored 88 (70) and Md Abdul Malek scored 83 (54). At the end of the first innings, Bangladesh was 203/2. In the second innings, Kritan Shrestha Duwal of Nepal contributed with his 55 not out performance; however the Nepal team still suffered a loss of 8 wickets and managed to put a score of 144/8 at the end of 20 overs. Md Faisal and Tanzjlur Rahman picked up 2 wickets each of the Nepal team.
The fourth match was of New Zealand Blindcaps against England BCEW. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first but England BCEW won by 8 wickets. In the first innings, New Zealand lost 9 wickets but they were able to put up a score of 128 at the end of 20 overs. JH Dunn scored 35 (48) and Deacun Dunn scored 11 (20) for the New Zealand team. In the second innings, England BCEW chased the score of 128 in with Nathaniel Gerard Foy contributing 28 (12) runs and Matthew James Page being 38 not out. England was able to score 128 in 8.2 overs for the loss of 2 wickets.
In the match between South Africa SABC and Australia BCA, the Australia team won the match by 7 wickets. In the first innings, South Africa SABC took to bat and was able to put up a score of 174 for the loss of all wickets at the end of 19.3 overs. Henry Tiishetjo Masha and Sonwabile Bidla of South Africa scored 23(24) and 24(20) respectively. Raymond Stephen Sutton Moxly of Australia picked up 3 wickets by giving just 27 runs. In the second innings, Australia BCA chased the target with ease by completing the target in just 15.4 overs. Australian batsmen Stephen Leo Palmer and Lindsay David Heaven scored 79 (46) and 47 (40) not out respectively. Doctor Wiilliam Malinga and Israel Jacques Hattingh of South Africa were still able to take 2 and 1 wickets of Australia respectively.