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Nepal won its first match in the Blind Cricket World Cup on Sunday as it thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets at the LD Srinatham Stadium in Bangalore, India. Nepal elected to field first and restricted Bangladesh to 154/7 in the allotted 20 overs. Surya Prasad Bhattarai, Ammar Oli and Ram Prasad Paudel took two wickets each while Bikram Bahadur Rana claimed a wicket for the Nepali team. Nepali batsmen then put up a brilliant performance and met the target in 7.3 overs losing only one wicket. Surya Prasad Bhattarai scored an unbeaten 78 runs while Bikram Bahadur Rana struck 54 runs before he was run out. Ram Prasad Paudel remained unbeaten on 12 runs. According to Cricket Association of Blind,… Read More

Pawan Ghimire, the chairman of Cricket Association of the Blind (CAB) Nepal, has been unanimously re-elected as the Asian Development Director of the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC). According to CAB general secretary Sugam Bhattarai, Ghimire was elected during the WBCC Annual General Meeting and Convention in Banglore, India. Ghimire was proposed by Pakistan and seconded by South Africa during the meeting for a two-year term. “Ghimire will work for another two years under Sayed Sultan Shah, the newly elected WBCC chairman,” CAB release added. Nepal was also chosen as the hosts of next WBCC Annual General Meeting in 2014. Banglore is hosting the first ever World T20 Cup for Blind Cricket in which Nepal is also participating alongside eight… Read More