Overview
- After electing to field, India held Nepal to 114/5 and replied with 117/3 in 12 overs at Colombo’s P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.
- Opener Phula Saren top-scored with 44 off 27 balls and was named Player of the Match.
- The six-team event was co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka and featured Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the United States alongside the finalists.
- India reached the decider by defeating Australia in the semifinal, while Nepal advanced after beating Pakistan.
- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya presented the trophy and hailed the event’s focus on access and equity, as matches were widely streamed on CABI’s YouTube and state broadcasters; blind cricket uses an audible ball, underarm deliveries with a ‘play’ call, B1–B3 classifications and blindfolds, with B1 runs counting double.