2017 Blind T20 World Cup
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| Dates | 30 January 2017 – 12 February 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | World Blind Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | T20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group and Knockout |
| Host(s) |
 India |
| Champions |
India(2nd title) |
| Runners-up |
 Pakistan |
| Participants | 10 |
| Player of the series | Suranga Sampath |
| Most runs | Suranga Sampath 733 most runs |
| Most wickets | Ajay Kumar Reddy 9 most wickets |
The 2017 Blind World T20 is a T20I tournament held for the blind cricketers in India for the second time from 30 January to 12 February.India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets in the finals to win their second ever Blind T20 World Cup.[1][2][3] Ten teams such as hosts India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka,England,Bangladesh,West Indies,South Africa,Nepal,Australia and New Zealand played in 48 matches.Each team had to play against all the teams which are competing for the title.
India went onto host the T20 World Cup for the Blind for the 2nd time after the inaugural edition in 2012.India were the defending champions and were the favourites to win the title.cricket
The finals of this tournament held in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangaluru between arch rivals India and Pakistan and it was a high scoring final.Pakistan batted first and scored 197/8 in their entire 20 overs and in reply India lost only one wicket and chased the mammoth total of 198.[4]
Format
All the teams played against each opponents and it was decided that the teams which finishes in top four would progress to the semi finals.
Venues
About 20 Stadiums went onto host the matches.
Delhi IIT Ground,[5][6]Sardar Vallabhbai Stadium,Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,Delhi Dwaraka DDA Ground,[7] Delhi Siri Fort,[8] Faridabad Nahar Singh Stadium,[9] Delhi Saket DDA Ground,[10]Holkar Stadium,Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai Ground,[11] MIG Cricket Club, Bandra (East),[12]Brabourne Stadium,Pune PYC Ground,[13] Rajagiri College Ground - Cochin,[14] Karnataka State Cricket Association Ground, Alur.,[15] KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar,[16] Rural Development Trust Stadium, Anatapur,[17] Mulapadu cricket Ground(Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground),[18][19]Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium and M. Chinnaswamy Stadium were some of the stadiums which were given the permission to host the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup matches.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad also hosted some of the matches of the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup
Group stage
A total of 48 matches were played between 10 teams[20]
Round 1
1st Match
| New Zealand 112/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Pakistan 117/0 (7.2 overs) |
| Marquele McCaskill 27 (47) Muhammad Jamil 2/11 (3 overs) |
Badar Munir 92* (35) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
2nd Match
| India 279/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Bangladesh 150/7 (20 overs) |
| Ketan Patel 98 (50) Shahadat Hossein 1/14 (1 over) |
Mohamad Hosen 31 (32) Deepak Malik 2/20 (2 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat
Round 2
3rd Match
| India 305/5 (20 overs) |
v |
West Indies 165/5 (7.2 overs) |
| Sunil 113* (49) Canil Graham 1/10 (1 over) |
Dennal Shim 40 (34) Deepak Malik 1/12 (2 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field
4th Match
| Pakistan 296/4 (20 overs) |
v |
England 199/6 (20 overs) |
| Muhammad Akram 105 (47) Matthew Dean 1/19 (1 over) |
Peter Blueitt 71* (41) Badar Munir 2/18 (4 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field
5th Match
| Nepal 143/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Australia 145/0 (12.4 overs) |
| Sunil Chhetri 34* (36) Mark Haskett 2/19 (4 overs) |
Matthew Cameron 68* (43) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat
6th Match
| Bangladesh 223/3 (20 overs) |
v |
South Africa 151/5 (20 overs) |
| Mohammed Abdul Malek 90(64) Asher Jonathan Hattingh 1/32 (4 overs) |
Ephraim Mathabo 47(53) Mohammad Mahmud Rashid 1/20 (3 overs) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat
7th Match
| Sri Lanka 334/0 (20 overs) |
v |
New Zealand 120/7 (20 overs) |
| Ruwan Wasantha 170* (69) |
Marquele McCaskill 30 (37) Saman Kumara 1/18 (4 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
- Suranga Sampath and Ruwan Wasantha (SL) set the record for the highest ever partnership for any wicket in Blind T20 history(334*)
Round 3
8th Match
9th Match
10th Match
11th Match
| Sri Lanka 281/2 (20 overs) |
v |
West Indies 151/8 (20 overs) |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field
12th Match
Round 4
13th Match
14th Match
15th Match
16th Match
17th Match
| West Indies 195/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Bangladesh 196/2 (19.4 overs) |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
See also
References
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- ↑ "IIT Ground | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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- ↑ "MIG Cricket Club, Bandra (East) - Making cricket even better". CricHQ. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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- ↑ "Rajagiri College Ground - Cochin - Making cricket even better". CricHQ. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "Karnataka State Cricket Association Ground, Alur - Making cricket even better". CricHQ. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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- ↑ "CricHQ - Making cricket even better". CricHQ. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "Dr. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Cricket Ground, Mulapadu | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ "Live Scores - Blind Cricket World Cup 2017". Blind Cricket. Retrieved 2017-03-15.