Twitter Reacts as India Beat Pakistan in the Final of Blind World Cup

India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of the blind world by two wickets in Sharjah and win their second successive World Cup title. India won the toss and chose to field first. Pakistan scored 308 in their 50 overs setting India a daunting target of 309 in their quota of 50 overs. This is the second consecutive time India has defeated Pakistan in a Blind World Cup final. The last time India won the World Cup was in 2014.

The Indian innings rode on Sunil Ramesh’s and Ajay Reddy’s fantastic batting which helped the Indian team achieve the target with more than one more to go. Ramesh scored 93 and Reddy scored 63 to help India defend their World Cup title.

For Pakistan, Riyasat Khan and skipper, Nisar Ali, scored 47 and 48 to help their team reach a respectable total of 308 after being asked by the Indian team to bat first.

Twitteratis were jubilant after this fantastic victory by the Indian team and congratulated the team on their achievement:

Congratulations to our cricket team for winning the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup! They make the nation proud and inspire every Indian with their game as well as phenomenal attitude. True champions!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 20, 2018

What a win by #TeamIndia. Congratulations on winning #BlindCricketWorldCup

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 20, 2018

Congratulations to visually impaired Indian cricket team for winning World Cup cricket for the Blind. We are all so proud.U inspire us all

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 20, 2018

Congrats Team India! Fantastic win by 2 wickets over Pak in final of #BlindCricketWorldCup in Sharjah!

— Minhaz Merchant (@MinhazMerchant) January 20, 2018

India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in #Blindcricketworldcup

Deepak Malik played a terrific knock of unbeaten 179 off 103 balls to chase 358 in just 32 overs.#TheOtherMenInBlue #TheCupIsOurs #INDvSL @Cricket4Blind #BCW18 #LetSee pic.twitter.com/rPff92JnyL

— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) January 10, 2018

Congratulate our #MenInBlue on winning the #BlindCricketWorldCup. A proud moment for #India! https://t.co/X3h4vxDeJO

— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) January 20, 2018

Hard Luck team Pakistan, Congrats Team India on winning #BlindCricketWorldCup

— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) January 20, 2018

Congratulations to #TeamIndia for bringing the #BlindCricketWorldCup home. India is proud of your achievement! #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/FsqaZJDh7b

— B.S.Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) January 20, 2018

Congrats to all Indians! #TeamIndia brings home #BlindCricketWorldCup, beats #Pakistan in Finals.

— Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (@ShahnawazBJP) January 20, 2018