{"id":32966,"date":"2017-02-03T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32966"},"modified":"2017-02-03T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T14:40:34","slug":"india-beat-south-africa-in-blind-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32966","title":{"rendered":"India beat South Africa in Blind T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32965\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1.jpg\" alt=\"blind Cricket1\" width=\"520\" height=\"344\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Mumbai: India registered their fourth consecutive win in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup for the Blind as the hosts trounced South Africa by nine wickets at the MCA BKC Ground here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a decent 158, the hosts rode on brilliant half centuries from Muhammed Farhan (59) and Jafar Iqbal (54) to romp home in just 13.5 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Farhan&#8217;s explosive innings came off just 35 balls and was laced with nine boundaries and a six while Iqbal was equally merciless to the Africans, consuming just 39 balls with a boundary to his name.<\/p>\n<p>Durga Rao&#8217;s 11-ball 19, including 3 boundaries was equally vital to the host&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/44145-bowlers-rule-the-roost-at-mushtaq-ali-t20-tourney\">Bowlers rule the roost at Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss, the visitors scored 157\/8 in their 20 overs. David Landry top-scored for the South Africans with an unbeaten 41-ball 42.<\/p>\n<p>For India, Ganesh Babubhai Mundkar returned with figures of 2\/14 to be declared man-of-the-match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32965\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1.jpg\" alt=\"blind Cricket1\" width=\"520\" height=\"344\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/blind-Cricket1-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Mumbai: India registered their fourth consecutive win in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup for the Blind as the hosts trounced South Africa by nine wickets at the MCA BKC Ground here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Chasing a decent 158, the hosts rode on brilliant half centuries from Muhammed Farhan (59) and Jafar Iqbal (54) to romp home in just 13.5 overs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[21118,4744,21121,466,21120,21119],"class_list":["post-32966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-blind-twenty20-world-cup","tag-cricket-news","tag-durga-rao","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-jafar-iqbal","tag-muhammed-farhan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India beat South Africa in Blind T20 World Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32966\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India beat South Africa in Blind T20 World Cup - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mumbai: India registered their fourth consecutive win in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup for the Blind as the hosts trounced South Africa by nine wickets at the MCA BKC Ground here on Friday. 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