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Blind cricket: Pakistan, India set to resume ties

This is the first foreign tour for the Pakistan blind cricket team for the current year

Blind cricket: Pakistan, India set to resume ties PHOTO COURTESY: PCB

Despite the existing tensions between Pakistan and India, the blind cricket teams of both countries have once again started a journey towards friendship on the cricket field. The blind cricket teams of Pakistan and India will clash on April 4 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The players and officials involved with both teams were tested for the coronavirus and all members reported back negative.

This is the first foreign tour for the Pakistan blind cricket team for the current year. The Men in Green will depart from Lahore on Wednesday, under the leadership of Nisar Ali for the triangular Twenty20 (T20) series being played between Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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The first match of the series will feature India and Bangladesh and will be played on April 2. Pakistan will take on Bangladesh on April 3. Pakistan will then face India on April 4. Pakistan will clash with Bangladesh once more on April 6 whereas their second clash with India will occur on April 7. 

The best two teams will clash in the final scheduled to be played on April 8.