2 matches of T20 cricket world cup for the blind to be played in Ahmdabad on Feb 3-4

Ahmedabad: Two matches of the T 20 cricket World cup for the blind which underwent today with defending champion India beating Bangladesh in the opening encounter in New Delhi, will be held in Ahmedabad for which several local organisations were trying to pull more and more crowd to buck-up and cheer the blind cricketers.

Altogether 10 teams including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England, West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa and Nepal are participating in the tourney and play with each other in the league round. The first semifinal will be played in Hyedrabad on February 10 and second one on February 11 in Bangalore while the final will be played Bangalore on February 12.

The two encounters in the league round to be played in the Sardar Patel Stadium, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad are Sri Lanka V/S England on February 3 and India V/S Sri Lanka on February 4.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will remain present during the second match here. The Gujarat tourism is also a co-sponsor of the tourney for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed his well wishes.

Interestingly, the India Pakistan encounter in the league round will be held at Firoz Shah Kotala stadium in New Delhi. India today defeated Bangladesh by 129 runs in the opening encouter at the IIT ground in New Delhi.

DeshGujarat