Skipper Keni, Bhat guide India to a comfortable 35-run win over visiting England physical disability team

In a commanding performance, skipper Vikrant Keni and opener Jaffar Bhat guided the Indian physical disability team to a comfortable 35-run victory over the visiting England side in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. 

Keni, leading by example, played a significant role with both bat and ball, earning him the man of the match award. 

The Indian team, now 2-0 up in the five-match series.

Openers Bhat and Wasim Iqbal gave India a good start with a partnership of 36 runs in the first-five overs. Iqbal contributed 22 runs in 16 balls before going to the pavilion. 

Other opener Bhatt had a 78-run partnership with skipper Keni before being bowled out by English bowler Callum Flynn. He scored a brilliant half century with a help of five boundaries and two sixes. He scored 51 runs in 39 balls.   

The second half century for the home team came through Keni, who scored 52 runs in 42 balls.

Yogendra Bhadoria (12), Ravindra Sante (13) and Majid (10) were the other contributors in India’s mammoth total of 177 runs with a loss of seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

For the visiting side, Callum Flynn and Anthony Clapham took two wickets each, while Liam O Brien and Ben Sutton scalped a wicket. India’s Sunny got run out by Jordon Williams and Liam Thomas.

Though England's batting-line was better than their first match, they couldn’t match India’s high run rate of 8.85 per overs.    

The visiting side scored 142 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs.

India’s bowlers Aamir Hassan and Radhika Prasad were on the target in their starting overs, sending both the openers to the pavilion in three overs. Callum Flynn and Liam O Brien stabilised England's innings with adding 53-run for the third wicket partnership. Brien was lbw by Pawan Kumar for 17 runs.

Brendon Parr played a stunning knock of 32 runs (not out) in 20 balls.

For India, Ravindra Sante and Pawan Kumar took two wickets each, while Hassan, Prasad, Keni and Sunny had a wicket each in their kitty.