The Pakistan blind cricket team is the national

blind cricket Blind cricket is a version of the sport of cricket adapted for blind and partially sighted players. It has been governed by the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996. So far, five Blind World Cups have been held: New Delhi, India (1998 ...

team of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. 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 A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...

and

Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...

cricket matches.

Tournament History

40 Over Blind Cricket World Cup

# 1998 Blind Cricket World Cup – runners-up # 2002 Blind Cricket World Cup – Champions # 2006 Blind Cricket World Cup – Champions # 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup – runners-up

Blind T20 World Cup

# 2012 Blind World T20 – runners-up # 2017 Blind World T20 – runners-up

Blind T20 Asia Cup

# 2015 – runners-up

Key Milestone

Pakistan and

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played in the inaugural Blind cricket test match in 2000 and Pakistan recorded a 94 run victory over them.

Current squad

Below is the list of current squad with their position category. * ''Ali Murtaza'' – B2 * ''Amir Ishfaq'' – B2 * ''Anees Javed'' – B2 * ''Arfan Majeed'' – B2 * ''Gulab Khan'' – B1 * ''Iftikhar Hussain'' – B3 * ''Masood Jan'' – B2 * ''

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'' – B3 * ''Muhammad Ayaz'' – B1 * ''Muhammad Idrees Saleem'' – B1 * ''Muhammad Jameel'' (vice-captain) – B3 * ''Muhammad Waqas'' – B1 * ''Muhammad Zafar'' – B1 * ''Muhammad Zohaib Ghafoor'' – B3 * ''Nisar Ali'' – B2 * ''Tahir Ali'' – B3 * ''

Zeeshan Abbasi Zeeshan Abbasi ( ur, ذیشان عباسی) (born July 12, 1982 Ayubia, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) is a Pakistani blind cricketer who plays for the Pakistan blind cricket team in national and international matches. He is the captain of national team. A ...

'' (captain) – B2

World Records

* Pakistan has the record for the highest ever total in Blind T20I history as well as the highest ever Blind T20 World Cup total when they scored 373/4 against the West Indies during the 2017 Blind World T20. * Pakistan also set the highest ever team total in 40 overs blind cricket against

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(563/4) at the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup. In fact, Pakistan's 563/4 is also the highest ever team total in Blind Cricket World Cup history. * Pakistan is the only team which was able to qualify for the finals in every editions of the Blind Cricket World Cup. * Masood Jan of Pakistan set the Guinness World Record for the highest ever individual score in a Blind Cricket World Cup match (262*) during the inaugural Blind Cricket World Cup in 1998 against the eventual winners South Africa. *

set the highest individual score in a Blind T20I innings(264) which is also the record in the history of Blind T20 World Cup.

Achievements in Brief: (Pakistan Blind Cricket Council)

* Pakistan Blind Cricket team emerged as Runners-up in the inaugural Twenty-20 Blind Cricket World Cup Dec 2012 and then in 2017 * Pakistan Blind Cricket team reached in the final of all the three editions of Blind Cricket World Cups (One-Day Cricket)and won the last two World Cups consecutively. * Pakistan won 11 International series out of played 13. * Pakistan Blind Cricket team remained undefeated for five (5) consecutive years in one-day International Cricket. * Pakistan holds the record of longest winning streak in International Cricket i.e. consecutively won 27(Twenty seven) one-day International matches. * Pakistan triumph 7 consecutive one-day series. (Vs India, Australia, South Africa, England (twice), Sri Lanka and Nepal) * Pakistan consecutively won 6 Twenty-20 series. (Vs the same aforementioned opponents). * World record highest total of 517 runs in One-Day International set against South Africa. * World record highest margin victory of 399 runs Vs South Africa. * World record of highest total successfully chased of 439 runs against England (Sharjah April 2010), which is the highest total successfully chased in any form of cricket. * World record highest score in T-20 cricket of 274 runs, set against England April 2010. * World record highest partnership of unbeaten 390 runs. # Here is a table on other world records set by Pakistan National Blind Cricket Team

References

External links

* {{Blind cricket Pakistan in international cricket C Blind cricket teams Parasports in Pakistan