Pakistan’s blind cricket team which is currently in Sri Lanka to play a bilateral cricket series comprising three ODIs and three T20 matches with their Sri Lankan counterpart visited the High Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday.
Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan, Janbaz Khan congratulated the team members for winning all the ODI matches against Sri Lanka. He expressed the hope that the team will perform well in the coming T20I matches.
He emphasized that blind cricket helps the blind community and individuals to gain confidence. He further added that sports activities are moving from strength to strength in Pakistan with wider training facilities.
The Deputy HC also briefed the blind cricket team about Pakistan-Sri Lanka ties which both countries are enjoying since the inception of diplomatic relations.
Pakistan blind cricket team has reached the final of all five editions of Blind Cricket World Cup (One-day International in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018) and won the two World Cups consecutively in 2002 and 2006. The team also finished runners-up in the two editions of the T20 World Cup Cricket of the Blind (2012, 2017).
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