The Indian blind cricket team successfully defended its Twenty20 World Cup title in Bengaluru on Sunday, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final for the second successive edition.
With eight wins from nine matches, India had gone into the final as favourites and lived up to it with a comprehensive victory. For Pakistan though, it was their first loss in the tournament.
The two teams had clashed in the 2012 edition final as well with India emerging triumphant.
The victory was also a sweet revenge for the Indians, who had lost to Pakistan in the league stage of the current edition.
Tributes poured in for the #OtherMenInBlue for their impressive performance yet again.
Congratulations to India’s visually impaired cricketers on winning the World Cup. Delighted. They play our game too.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 12, 2017
Delighted that India won the Blind T20 World Cup. Congratulations to the team. India is proud of their accomplishment.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 12, 2017
Congratulations to our #OtherMenInBlue on winning the T20 World Cup for the Blind. They have lit up smiles for a billion people. pic.twitter.com/sEZiz2mXxU
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 12, 2017
Congratulations to the Indian team, world champions in Cricket for Blind.Your win will inspire all Indians who r differently abled.JaiHind
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 12, 2017
Congratulations on winning T20 world cup for the blind. Amazing. Hats off!
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) February 12, 2017
Congrats…👏👏👏👏👍👍
We are champion again….India beat Pakistan by 9 wickets to win T20 world cup for Blind.#IndvsPak#BlindWorldT20 pic.twitter.com/exUxviDm1t— Crazy Kanika 🇮🇳 (@Crazykanika) February 12, 2017
Congratulations Team India on winning the Blind Twenty20 World Cup, beating Pakistan in the final! 🙏💪👌
— ChaiBisket (@ChaiBisket) February 12, 2017
Congratulations to Defending champions India beat Pakistan by nine wickets to win T20 Blind World Cup 2017 #BlindWorldT20 👏👏
— Amit bhandari (@Amitbhandari110) February 12, 2017
India win the @blind_cricket World Cup for the 2nd consecutive time. Super!
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 12, 2017
Blind T20 World Cup: India beat Pakistan by 9 wickets. #OLDStory
— Fazeela Saba (@FazeelaSaba1) February 12, 2017
India beat Pakistan by 9 wickets to win the blind cricket T20 world cup.
Only format changes… Not Pak bashing.— ️ (@FarziCricketer) February 12, 2017
Congratulations Team #India for winning Blind T-20 World Cup by beating #Pakistan! Our hearts beat with immense pride at this feat!
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 12, 2017
Congratulations Team #India for winning Blind T-20 World Cup by beating #Pakistan! Our hearts beat with immense pride at this feat!
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 12, 2017
Many Congratulations to the Indian team for winning the Blind t20 World https://t.co/QroUrSoeAc have made us proud!Championssssss!!🏆🏆🏆
— Dhawal Kulkarni (@dhawal_kulkarni) February 12, 2017
#BlindCricket #BlindWorldT20 congrats to the entire team . In life nothing is impossible so let’s stop making excuses . #respect
— Sriya Reddy (@sriyareddy) February 12, 2017
#India win @blind_cricket T20 #WorldCup🏆 by decimating #Pakistan by 9 wickets! जीत लिया कप, जीत लिया दिल! बहुत बहुत बधाई💐✌!!
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) February 12, 2017
Congratulations to India for winning the Blind World Cup T20 final by a handsome nine-wicket margin over Pakistan
— Arun Venugopal (@scarletrun) February 12, 2017
With PTI inputs
