DUBAI, Feb 25: Sunil Ramesh and Ajay Kumar Reddy scored half-centuries as India defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the third T20 to win the Friendship Cricket Series for the Blind 2-1 here on Sunday.
Ramesh and Reddy scored 64 and 66 respectively, while skipper T Durga Rao picked three wickets for India.
Reddy was named player of the match.
Pakistan had won the opening match but India came back strongly to take back-to-back games.
Opting to bat, Pakistan lost skipper Badar Munir in the first over. Two partnerships revived Pakistan’s hopes and the side reached 124/3 in 12 overs.
A late flourish by Muhammad Salman (74 off 39 balls) saw Pakistan reach 193/9.
Sunil and D Venkateswara Rao then gave India a good start with the bat. Venkateswara departed in the eighth over after scoring 33 off 24 balls. But Ramesh and Reddy stitched a match-winning stand to take India home in 18.4 overs. (PTI)
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