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Karnail Singh Stadium: Ajay Kumar Reddy and Nakula Badanayak smashed fifties as the Indian men's blind cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 134 runs in the second T20 of the Samarth Championship for Blind Cricket, an International bilateral blind men’s cricket series, at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Tuesday.

Gudadappa (B1) on his debut played an incredible innings with 48 runs. Ajay slammed 84 runs in 26 balls while Badanayak smashed 65 in 46 balls as India posted 273 runs in the allotted 20 overs.

In response, Sri Lanka were restricted to 139/4, thereby losing the match by 134 runs. Gudadappa was adjudged the player of the match for his overall performance with the Bat and Ball. With this win, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series for the blind.