Pakistan national blind cricket team

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Pakistan blind cricket team
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CaptainNisar Ali

The Pakistan blind cricket team is the national blind cricket team of Pakistan. Running and organised by the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) which is affiliated with the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC). The team participates in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Tournament History

40 Over Blind Cricket World Cup

  1. 1998 Blind Cricket World Cup – runners-up [4] [5]
  2. 2002 Blind Cricket World Cup – Champions [6] [7] [8]
  3. 2006 Blind Cricket World Cup – Champions [9] [10]
  4. 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup – runners-up [11]

Blind T20 World Cup

  1. 2012 Blind World T20 – runners-up [12] [13]
  2. 2017 Blind World T20 – runners-up [14] [15]

Blind T20 Asia Cup

  1. 2015 – runners-up [16] [17]

IBSA World Games

  1. 2023 IBSA World Games – Champions [18]

Key Milestone

Pakistan and South Africa played in the inaugural Blind cricket test match in 2000 and Pakistan recorded a 94 run victory over them. [19] [1]

Current squad

Below is the list of current squad with their position category.

World Records

Achievements in Brief: (Pakistan Blind Cricket Council) [25]

  1. Here is a table on other world records set by Pakistan National Blind Cricket Team [26]
PlayerAwards and AchievementsOpponents and Date
Zeeshan AbbasiAwarded with Pride of Performance Award by the President of PakistanAugust 2013
Abdul RazzaqAwarded with Tamgha-i-Imtiaz by the President of PakistanAugust 2011
Muhammad Akram264 runs in T-20 International, The highest score by an individual in Twenty-20 International CricketWest IndiesBangalore, India Dec 2012 [27] [28]
Masood Jaan262 runs not out, The highest score by an individual in limited over Cricket (ODI) and entered his name in Guinness Book of World records.South AfricaDelhi INDIA 1998
Ashraf BhattiFastest Century on 37 Balls in ODINew ZealandDelhi INDIA 1998
Abdul RazzaqFastest fifty on 17 Balls in ODIAustraliaDelhi INDIA 1998
Amir IshfaqBest Bowling figure in ODI's, he took five (5) wickets for 4 runsNew ZealandIslamabad 2006

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