US EditionIndia and Pakistan Blind Women Show Spirit of Cricket with Handshakes
India won by eight wickets in the world’s first blind women’s T20 cricket tournament, promoting inclusion and sportsmanship between rival nations, organisers said.
- On Sunday, India blind women's team beat Pakistan by eight wickets in just 10.2 overs at the Free Trade Zone grounds, while players warmly greeted each other at the world's first blind women's T20 tournament.
- Animosity between India and Pakistan's national teams affected conduct, with refusals to greet at the T20 World Cup and Asia Cup men's Rising Stars in Doha, amid strained relations since May's deadly clash.
- Blind cricket relies on a rattling white plastic ball filled with ball bearings, uses underarm bowling, allows a partially sighted runner for totally blind batters, and was broadcast live on Rupavahini with Blind Sri Lankan officials following via audio.
- India team manager Shika Shetty said the tournament opens opportunities for more women and called it a major chance for visually impaired girls, while Pakistan coach Tahir Mehmood Butt outlined team rules requiring blind and partially sighted players.
- This is the first-ever World Cup for blind women, featuring Australia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the United States; the tournament began in India and moved to Sri Lanka for the final, scheduled next Sunday in Colombo.
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The Indian and Pakistani blind women's cricket teams sent a positive message by shaking hands after their match on November 16, despite a no-handshake policy observed in recent cricket matches between the two countries. On the field, India defeated Pakistan comfortably, reaching the target in 10.2 overs.
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Blind women from India and Pakistan displayed their sporting vision unlike their regular national teams, brushing aside political tensions, as they shook hands in neutral Sri Lanka at the world's first blind women's T20 tournament on Sunday. Tensions off and on the field between the two sides have been high since a deadly military clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours in May. India's men refused to shake hands with their Pakistani opponents…
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KATUNAYAKE: Months of political and sporting friction between India and Pakistan finally gave way to warm handshakes between their blind women cricketers Sunday as the teams ended their T20 World Cup match in Sri Lanka — in stark contrast to recent meetings between their sighted counterparts. The match, part of what organisers describe as the world’s first Blind Women’s T20 World Cup, brought a rare moment of camaraderie between the neighbours. …
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