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India registered their second consecutive win of the ongoing 3rd T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind, defeating Australia by a comprehensive nine wickets, at the Khalsa Cricket Ground in Indore, early on Saturday.Riding on a whirlwind 73 off just 30 balls by Prakash Jayaramaiah, a B3 category Blind cricketer, India overhauled Australia's total of 144/6 in 20 overs, with over a staggering 11 overs to spare. India finished with a score of 145/1 at the end of nine overs, as per a press release from Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI).Australia had a good start to the game with openers Cameron Matt (44 off 35) and Stubbs Oscar (56 off 57) putting up a century opening stand, before Matt departed in the 12th over with the score reading 101. Wickets started tumbling after that in regular intervals, thanks to some tight bowling by the Indian unit. Sunil Ramesh was the pick of the bowlers, picking up two for 23 in his four overs, while Sonu Golkar and captain Ajay Reddy chipped in with a wicket each, to stem the Australian run flow.India replied more than in kind with a century opening stand of their own, but at an even more heady pace. Irfan Diwan remained not out with 20 off 16 balls, but it was his opening partner Prakash, who really took the Australian attack to the cleaners. His sparkling innings before retiring hurt had 15 hits to the fence and one huge six.The Aussie bowlers in fact could not get any Indian wickets with the only wicket to fall, that of Sonu Golkar, being a runout. G. Dhinagaran helped close out the match along with Irfan.Over in Mumbai, at the MCA Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Sri Lanka overcame Bangladesh by eight wickets, to go on top of the points table with their third consecutive win in as many matches. Bangladesh after batting first had put on 146/7. In reply, the Islanders reached 147/2 in the 16th over of their chase.Opener Damith Sadruwan top scored for the victors with 53 off 48 balls, while Chandana Deshapriya also registered a half-century to and remained unbeaten with Damith, finishing with 53 runs off 29 balls. Murugan Mohanraja and Upul Sanjeewa were their most successful bowlers with two wickets apiece. For Bangladesh, keeper Mohammad Hasan top-scored with a fighting 39 off 44 balls.In the day's third match at the DDA Vasant Kunj Sports Complex in Delhi, South Africa registered their second win in four games, beating Nepal by 26 runs.Riding on a 49-ball 65 by captain Buhle Bhidla, the Proteas scored 185 for eight wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Nepal in reply could only manage 159/4 after playing out the full quota of overs. Bharat Chaulagai is top-scored for Nepal with an innings of 66 from 55 deliveries.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Cricket :India down Australia by nine wickets, register 2nd win in T20 World Cup for Blind

India registered their second consecutive win of the ongoing 3rd T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind, defeating Australia ... ...