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Narendra Modi with the World Cup winning blind team.
World Champion Indian Women’s Blind Team has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The team reached PM residence in New Delhi with the trophy. All the players together gifted a signed bat to the PM.
India won the title of the Blind Women’s T20 World Cup played for the first time on 23 November. The team had defeated Nepal by 7 wickets in the final played in Colombo.
PM Modi welcomed the blind team by feeding them laddus.
signed the ball Modi signed the ball while discussing with the women’s team. He also celebrated by lifting the trophy.
Indian blind team captain Deepika TC gifted a signed bat to PM Modi.
PM Modi signing the cricket ball.
Team formed by selecting players from 9 states India was captained by Karnataka’s Deepika TC. 16 players were selected in the team from 9 different states of the country. These included players from Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Assam and Bihar. The players were told about cricket through school teachers, NGOs and community campuses.
Team India celebrating with the World Cup trophy.
The tournament started on 11 November The Women’s Blind World Cup started on 11 November. India, Nepal, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and America participated in the tournament. In the group stage, all the teams played 5-5 matches against each other. The semi-finals took place between the teams occupying the top 4 positions of the points table. Nepal and India, who won them, played the finals.
Blind cricket is played with plastic balls Blind cricket is played with plastic balls. The ball has an iron barring, which makes a sound when it is hit. There are 3 types of blind players in the team. B1 (completely blind), B2 and B3 (somewhat sighted). It is important to have all three types of players in the teams. Bowlers bowl underarm. Whereas B1 batsmen keep runners for safety, each run is considered as 2 runs.
India women’s cricket team with champion medal.
Men’s team India has won both the World Cups The Blind T-20 World Cup was being played for the first time in women’s cricket. India maintained its dominance by winning it. The Men’s Blind team has won the ODI and T-20 World Cup several times. The women’s team has won a title at the global level for the first time.
Women’s abled team also became world champion this month Before the blind team, on November 2 this year, India’s abled women’s cricket team had also won its first World Cup. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the team won the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final. The team defeated defending champion Australia in the semi-finals.
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