Indian girls’s blind cricket gamers have a good time after profitable gold at World Video games 2023, in Birmingham, on August 26, 2023.
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The visually challenged Indian girls’s cricket workforce, on August 26, scripted historical past profitable a gold medal beating Australia by 9 wickets on the IBSA World Video games.
India restricted Australia for 114/8 within the allotted 20 overs after which chased down the revised goal of 42 in 3.3 overs. Cricket for visually challenged made its debut in Worldwide Blind Sports activities Federation World Video games this 12 months. This was the primary closing within the World Video games and India received the last word showdown beating Australia by 9 wickets in a rain-affected closing.
PM Modi lauds workforce
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the visually challenged Indian girls’s cricket workforce on profitable a gold medal on the IBSA World Video games, saying the nation beams with delight at their success.
Cricket for the visually challenged made its debut on the Worldwide Blind Sports activities Federation World Video games this 12 months in Birmingham. India restricted Australia for 114/8 within the allotted 20 overs after which chased down the revised goal of 42 in 3.3 overs.
“Kudos to the Indian girls’s blind cricket workforce for profitable the Gold on the IBSA World Video games! A monumental achievement that exemplifies the indomitable spirit and expertise of our sportswomen. India beams with delight,” Modi mentioned on ‘X’ (previously Twitter).