New Delhi : The second day of the T20 World Cup for the Blind began on a thrilling start with five matches in one day. The defending champions, IndusInd India CAB took on the West Indies WICCB with West Indies winning the toss and choosing to bowl first. The Indian team put up a splendid score of 305/5 on the scoreboard in 20 overs and won the match by 142 runs. Sunil of Team India displayed good batsman skill with a score of 113 not out and Deepak Malik helped him set the score with his 80 runs. Gregory Lee Stewart, Kevin Andrew Douglas, Caneel Wayney Graham each picked up one wicket of India. West Indies put up a score of 163/5 in 20 overs. Dennal Deboya Shim of West Indies WICCB scored 40 (34) and Deepak Malik, Ajay Kumar Reddy and Dunna Venkatesh of the India CAB each picked up a wicket to lead India to its victory.
Australia BCA secured its win in its first match in T20 World Cup for the Blind 2017 against CAB Nepal by 10 wickets. Nepal won the toss and chose to bat and put up a score of 143/8. In the 1st innings, Sunil Subedi Chhetri scored 34 runs while Kritan Shrestha Duwal scored 29 runs. However, Nepal suffered a loss of 8 wickets and Raymond Stephen Sutton Moxly and Mark Ashik Hasket took 2 wickets each. In the 2nd innings, Stephen Leo Palmer and Matthew James Cameron finished off the match with their opening partnership as they scored 48 (39) and 68 (43) respectively. Australia won the match with 145/0 in 12.4 overs.
In another match with Bangladesh BBCC Team against South Africa SABC Team, Bangladesh won by 72 runs. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first and set the score of 223/3 in 20 overs. The opening batsmen of Bangladesh scored well with Mohammed Abdul Malek coming close to a century with his score of 90 (64) and Md Mohsin Hosen Joy scoring 62 (42). South African bowler Asher Jonathan Hattingh picked up one wicket for the team. South Africa SABC suffered 5 wickets in the second innings and put up the score of 151 in 20 overs. Ephraim Mathabo of South Africa SABC came close to scoring a half century with 47 (53). Md Faisal and Mohammad Mahmud Rashid picked up 1 wicket each
In the match of Sri Lanka CAB against New Zealand Blindcaps, Sri Lanka won its first match of the 2017 Cup against New Zealand by 214 runs. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first and put up a score of 334/0 in 20 overs. The openers of Sri Lanka displayed an exemplary partnership in which Ruwan Wasantha scored 170 in just 69 balls and Suranga Sampath scored 146 in just 53 balls. In the second innings, New Zealand suffered a loss of 7 wickets. MLK McCaskill of New Zealand scored 30(37) and Dinesh Maduwantha Herath Mudiyan Sekage and Pathum Saman.
