{"id":350638,"date":"2025-11-25T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350638"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:28:30","slug":"blind-womens-t20-world-cup-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blind-womens-t20-world-cup-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Indian Women\u2019s blind cricket team have created history winning the first-ever Women\u2019s T20 World Cup for the Blind in Colombo.<\/p>\n<h2>About Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350639\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-350639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-CABI.jpg?resize=367%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025\" width=\"367\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-CABI.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-CABI.jpg?resize=1024%2C722&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-CABI.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-CABI.jpg?w=1241&amp;ssl=1 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; CABI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>T20 Cricket for the Blind Women&#8217;s World Cup <\/strong>is a pioneering initiative that <strong>champions inclusivity, empowerment, and sporting excellence<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2025 edition:<\/strong> The <strong>Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025 <\/strong>was the<strong> inaugural tournament.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Host:<\/strong> <strong>India and Sri Lanka<\/strong> co-hosted the event, with fixtures in <strong>Delhi, Bengaluru and Colombo<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teams participated:<\/strong> This historic tournament featured <strong>six teams:<\/strong> India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, USA, and Nepal.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eleven players<\/strong> make up a blind cricket team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features: <\/strong>The game is played with a <strong>white plastic ball<\/strong> packed with <strong>ball bearings<\/strong> that rattle as it rolls, which allows it to be <strong>heard by players<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Result:<\/strong> <strong>India<\/strong> emerged as the <strong>champion<\/strong> by <strong>defeating Nepal by 7 wickets<\/strong> in the <strong>final<\/strong> held at the <strong>P Sara Oval, Colombo<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rules followed:<\/strong> The event followed the <strong>International Blind Sports Federation Sight Classification rules<\/strong>, ensuring fairness and competitiveness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role of CABI:<\/strong> The <strong>Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)<\/strong> played a significant role in <strong>organizing and promoting the tournament<\/strong>, underscoring <strong>India\u2019s leadership<\/strong> in developing blind cricket globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) is the <strong>apex body<\/strong> that <strong>organizes and conducts cricket for the blind across India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Affiliated to:<\/strong> It is affiliated to <strong>World Blind Cricket (WBC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>CABI is the <strong>cricketing arm of Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled<\/strong> which <strong>governs cricket for the blind in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Women\u2019s blind cricket team have created history winning the first-ever Women\u2019s T20 World Cup for the Blind in Colombo. About Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025 The T20 Cricket for the Blind Women&#8217;s World Cup is a pioneering initiative that champions inclusivity, empowerment, and sporting excellence. 2025 edition: The Blind Women\u2019s T20 World&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blind-womens-t20-world-cup-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blind Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,7965],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}