India thrash New Zealand in T20 World Cup for Blind

Continuing their dominance in the ongoing T20 cricket World Cup for the Blind, defending champions India registered their seventh win of the tournament by defeating New Zealand by 9 wickets at the KIIT Stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing a run target of 136, India rode on two half-centuries by captain Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sukhram Majhi. Reddy displayed extraordinary batsman skills with a score of 75 not out off 28 balls while Sukhram Majhi helped him set the score with his 56 runs off 25 balls.

M.L.K. McCaskill took the sole wicket of Jafar Iqbal. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. With his brilliant knock of 52 runs off 51 balls, B.D. Wilson helped New Zealand to score 136 in 20 overs, losing six wickets.