Overview
- India faces Australia and Pakistan meets Nepal in Saturday’s semifinals, with the final scheduled for Sunday in Colombo.
- India swept all five round-robin games to qualify first for the semifinals in the six-team event featuring Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia and the USA.
- India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the first women’s blind T20 World Cup, with early matches in Delhi and Bengaluru before the move to Colombo for the knockouts.
- Organisers highlight unique rules that use a jingling plastic ball, underarm bowling and B1–B3 vision classifications, with blindfolds for fairness and B1 runs counting double.
- CABI reports surging visibility through YouTube and state TV broadcasts, while officials and players say the tournament is changing attitudes despite funding and recruitment hurdles.