In its first match on the second day of North Zone Blind Cricket Tournament (NZBCT) Uttarakhand won the match against Chandigarh by scoring 215 runs for five wickets in 28 overs. In another match against Jammu and Kashmir, the Delhi team won in 8.2 overs by scoring 94 runs and losing only one wicket. In the third match, Uttar Pradesh defeated Punjab by 143 runs.
Seven teams – Uttarakhand, UP, Punjab, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Haryana are playing in the tournament that has been organised for the first time in Uttarakhand. The finals will be held at Maharana Pratap Sports College on Thursday.
On the second day of the tournament, best performance came from Shaukat Ali from Uttar Pradesh. Ali a B1 category player scored 103 runs against Punjab. His team scored 314 runs in 40 overs. While chasing the score, Punjab team was all out for 171 runs. In another match between Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, the J&K team scsred 93 runs in 19.3 overs losing all the wickets. Delhi in its innings scored 94 runs in just 8.2 overs while losing a single wicket.
In the match played between Uttarakhand and Chandigarh, after winning the toss Chandigarh decided to bat first and scored 214 runs in 26 overs, losing all wickets. In reply, the Uttarakhand team scored 215 runs in 28 overs losing five wickets.
The matches are being played at the grounds of Maharana Pratap Sports College, Tula’s Institute and Tanush Cricket Academy.
According to the NZBCT general secretary Shailendra Yadav, the players are divided in three categories. The B1 category is one who is totally blind. B2 can see upto three meters while B3 can see upto six meters. The players bowl under the arm and the batsman gets eight runs for every boundary and 12 runs for every sixer.