Overview
- India chased 115 in 12 overs to finish 117-3 after restricting Nepal to 114-5 at Colombo’s P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, with Phula Saren top-scoring on 44 off 27.
- The champions completed an unbeaten campaign, having routed Australia by nine wickets in the semifinal as Nepal advanced by defeating Pakistan.
- This was the first-ever T20 World Cup for visually impaired women, co-hosted across India and Sri Lanka with group matches in Delhi and Bengaluru before knockouts in Colombo.
- Blind cricket uses a white plastic ball filled with bearings for sound, underarm bowling with a ‘play’ call, and mixed B1/B2/B3 lineups with B1 runs counting double.
- Organisers and players said the tournament boosted participation and social acceptance, with live streams on CABI platforms and India’s games carried by Doordarshan and Prasar Bharati.