Pakistan to face India in final of IBSA World Games

Pakistan blind cricket team - IBSAPakistan will lock horns with India in the final of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) World Games in Birmingham today (Saturday). India defeated Bangladesh in the qualifier by seven wickets on Friday to qualify for the final. Pakistan had qualified for the final after winning all four games during the group stage. Earlier, Pakistan blind cricket team registered their fourth consecutive win after beating England by six wickets in Birmingham on Thursday.Pakistan, once again, played a dominant game and outclassed England both with the ball and bat.The Men in Green chased the target of 104 runs in the 10th over.Skipper Nisar Ali top-scored for the winning side with 35 runs, he was followed by Matiullah who scored 22 runs.In the first innings, England were all-out after scoring 103 runs in 18 overs. LJ Sigg scored 25 runs for his side. Surprisingly, the highest score in the English team's innings was 32 extras.Shahzaib Haider of Pakistan took four wickets while Mohammad Shahzaib grabbed two.In Pakistan’s third game, they defeated Australia by six wickets after chasing the target of 108 runs in the 15th over.Meanwhile in their second game, the Green Shirts beat Bangladesh by seven wickets and continued their impressive form.Bangladesh scored 137/6 runs while batting with Arif Hussain playing an important knock of 60 runs.But the target was chased by Pakistan without any problems in the 12th over.It must be noted that Pakistan had a brilliant start to the tournament as they beat India by 18 runs.The Men in Green scored 187/8 in 20 overs and were able to restrict the arch-rivals to just 169/7 in the allocated overs. Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News. Comments Submit مضمون کا ماخذ:مصری ڈریمز ڈیلکس