India defeated Bangladesh in the final clash of the T20 World Cup for Blind on Saturday. They registered their third title of the tournament. In the match, India beat their opponents by a huge margin of 120 runs.
Captain Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sunil Ramesh guided India to win with their brilliant knocks. While Ramesh smashed 136 off 63 balls including 24 boundaries and one six, Reddy hit 100 off 50 balls.
The duo put on a 248-run unbeaten partnership for the third wicket to set a target of 278 runs after opting to bat.
Chasing the huge target, Bangladesh could only score 157/3 in 20 overs. Salman top-scored for Bangladesh with 77 not out.
Champions India, who remained unbeaten in the tournament, got Rs 3 lakh for the title, while Bangladesh received Rs 1.
5 lakh.
Bangladesh rocked India's top order with Salman giving a double blow in the fourth over.
He removed Venkareswara with a score reading just 28.
India suffered another blow in the same over as Salman castled Lalit Meena to reduce India to 29/2.
Thereafter it was all about Ramesh and Reddy's show as they took on the Bangladesh bowling attack.
The previous two T20 World Cup wins for India came in the years 2012 and 2017, respectively.
(Inputs from PTI