Published: Dec 08, 2014, 04:18 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 25, 2014, 04:52 PM (IST)
Dec 8, 2014
Sachin Tendulkar congratulated Indian team for winning blind the World Cup. He used the social media site Twitter to convey his congratulation message. Earlier on December 7, India defeated defending champions Pakistan to win the fourth Cricket World Cup for the Blind. In reply to Pakistan’s 389, India scored 392 with two balls to spare.
Except for their initial match against Pakistan, India won all games in the league, in which other participating countries were Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh and England and hosts South Africa. Pakistan beat England in the semi-finals, while India ousted Sri Lanka. South Africa won the inaugural edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup in 1998, but the game has been in decline since then due to a lack of support from most national cricketing authorities, a fact lamented by Indian captain Shekar Naik as well.
(Inputs from PTI)
Congratulations to Indian Visually Impaired Cricket team on winning the World Cup. Should inspire the potential world beaters in the country
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) December 8, 2014
