2018 Blind Cricket World Cup

The 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8–20 January 2018 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.[1][2] In the final, defending champions India defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to secure their 2nd Blind Cricket World Cup title under the captaincy of Ajay Kumar Reddy.[3][4][5][6] Six teams, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia and Nepal played in the tournament,[7][8][9][10] with Nepal making their first ever appearance.[11][12]

2018 40 Over Blind Cricket World Cup

Dates	8 January 2018 – 20 January 2018
Administrator(s)	World Blind Cricket Council
Cricket format	40 Overs
Tournament format(s)	Group and Knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan  United Arab Emirates
Champions	India
Runners-up	Pakistan
Participants	6

India played all of their group stage matches of the tournament at neutral venues in the United Arab Emirates, after the foreign ministry of India blocked them from travelling to Pakistan.[13] It was later revealed that the Cricket Association for the Blind in India and Pakistan Blind Cricket Council had agreed to shift the Indian matches to the UAE.[14][15] Thus, only Nepal and Bangladesh were willing to play matches in Pakistan.[16]

Initially, Pakistan was selected as the main host nation to host the tournament, with the UAE later agreeing to host some of the matches. It was the first time that Pakistan had been selected to host the Blind Cricket World Cup since 2006, and marked the first instance where UAE also had hosted few matches as a part of the World Cup.[17]

Sharjah Cricket Stadium hosted the final between India and Pakistan on 20 January;[18][19] prior to the World Cup, Pakistan had originally been selected to host the final.[20] India and Pakistan were the only teams to play against each other in the finals of the Blind Cricket World Cup on three consecutive occasions.

In the final, Pakistan batted first and managed to score 308/8 after being put into bat by India. India chased down the target of 309 with 16 balls to spare to clinch the title. India thus maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament.[21][22]

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Venues

Gaddafi Stadium was the only venue to host the Blind Cricket World Cup matches in Pakistan. In the UAE, International standard cricket venues including Ajman Oval were chosen to host some of the matches.

Lahore Gaddafi Stadium hosted some of the matches as a part of the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup

Group stage

15 group league matches took place during the tournament.[23]

1st Match

January 8, 2018 report

Bangladesh 207/6 (40 overs)	v	Pakistan 208/1 (17 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

2nd Match

January 8, 2018

Australia 26/2 (3.1 overs)	v	India 0/0 (0 overs)

No result Ajman Oval

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat
• The match was cancelled due to wet outfield

3rd Match

January 9, 2018 report

Nepal 258/5 (40 overs)	v	Pakistan 259/1 (19.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets Gaddafi Stadium

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat

4th Match

January 9, 2018 report

Sri Lanka 485/7 (35 overs)	v	Australia 182 (29.4 overs)
Suranga Sampath 130 (85)

Sri Lanka won by 303 runs Ajman Oval

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

5th Match

January 10, 2018 report

Nepal 134/9 (40 overs)	v	Bangladesh 135/6 (33.3 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Gaddafi Stadium

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat

6th Match

January 10, 2018 report

Sri Lanka 358/8 (40 overs)	v	India 359/4 (32 overs)
		Deepak Malik 179 (102)

India won by 6 wickets Ajman Oval

• India won the toss and elected to field

7th Match

January 12, 2018 report

Pakistan 282/8 (40 overs)	v	India 285/3 (35 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Ajman Oval

• India won the toss and elected to field

8th Match

January 12, 2018 report

Australia 327/9 (40 overs)	v	Bangladesh 328/3 (38 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets Ajman Oval

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

9th Match

January 13, 2018 report

Bangladesh 226/8 (40 overs)	v	India 227/0 (18.4 overs)

India won by 10 wickets Ajman Oval

• India won the toss and elected to field

10th Match

January 13, 2018 report

Sri Lanka 494/5 (40 overs)	v	Nepal 154 (33.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 340 runs Ajman Oval

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

11th Match

January 14, 2018 report

India 563 /4 (40 overs)	v	Australia 169 (31.5 overs)

India won by 394 runs Ajman Oval

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• India's total of 563/4 is the highest team total scored by any team in Blind Cricket World Cup[24]

12th Match

January 14, 2018 report

Nepal 156/9 (37.5 overs)	v	India 160/2 (15 overs)

India won by 8 wickets MCC Ground

• Nepal won the toss and elected to bat
• With this victory, India became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament[25]

13th Match

January 14, 2018

Bangladesh 291/8 (40 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 292/3 (31.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Ajman Oval

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

14th Match

January 15, 2018 report

Pakistan 476/9 (40 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 317/5 (40 overs)

Pakistan won by 159 runs Ajman Oval

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

15th Match

January 15, 2018 report

Australia 298 (40 overs)	v	Nepal 299/2 (36 overs)

Nepal won by 8 wickets Ajman Oval

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Semi finals

1st Semi final

January 17, 2018 report

Bangladesh 256 (38.5 overs)	v	India 259/3 (23 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Ajman Oval

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat
• With this victory, India qualified for the final

2nd Semi final

January 17, 2018 report

Pakistan 489/8 (40 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 333/8 (40 overs)

Pakistan won by 156 runs Eden Garden Cricket Ground

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
• With this victory, Pakistan qualified for the final

Final

January 20, 2018

Pakistan 308/8 (40 overs)	v	India 309/8 (38.2 overs)

India won by 2 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium

• India won the toss and elected to field
• With this win, India won the 2018 edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup.

Sharjah Cricket Stadium was selected as the neutral venue to host the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup final

Broadcasting

PTV Sports, the Premier 24 hour Pakistani sport channel was awarded the rights to host the 40 overs Blind Cricket World Cup tournament.[2]

See also

• Blind cricket
• 2017 Blind T20 World Cup

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External links

• 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup schedule