IBSA World Games: Team India created history by defeating Australia in the final, won the gold medal

The Indian women's blind cricket team unilaterally defeated Australia in the final match of the International Blind Sports Federation World Games 2023 held in Birmingham. With this victory, Team India created history by winning the gold medal. The Indian team has become the first team to win gold. The Indian women's blind team has won everyone's hearts by performing brilliantly in the World Games. Let us tell you that Team India remained undefeated by winning all the league matches. In the final, Australia's team could only score 114 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. After this rain interruption, India got a revised target of 42 runs under DLS, which the Indian team easily achieved.

Australia's team came out to bat first, but its start was very bad. Australia lost the first wicket in the fourth over itself and could only manage 29 runs in the powerplay. When India lost two wickets in the 8th and 9th overs, Australia's score became 39/3. After this, C Lewis and C Welbeck took the innings forward by sharing a 54-run partnership.

However, the Indian team kept taking wickets at regular intervals and staged a spectacular comeback in the match. India took consecutive wickets in only 3 overs to restrict Australia to 109 for 8 wickets. Australia's team added five more runs in the last over and thus the team's score was reduced to 114 runs for 8 wickets.

Due to rain, India got a modest target of 42 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. The Indian women, who came out to bat, took the news of Australia's bowlers fiercely. India created history by chasing down the target of 42 runs in just 3.3 overs.