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The India blind cricket team is a national blind cricket team of India. Team India is run and organised by the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) which is affiliated with the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC). The team participates in all One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket matches. India beat Pakistan the T20 World Cup in 2012. [1] In 2014 ODI World Cup championship was won by India defeating the two-time winner Pakistan. [2] On 12 February 2017, India defeated Pakistan in the final Indiaof T20 World Cup at Bengaluru, India. [3] On 20 January 2018, India again defeated Pakistan in the final of ODI World Cup championship at Sharjah. [4] [5]

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Important milestones

First T-20 World Cup Cricket Championship for the Blind – 2012

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Winner s of T20 world cup 2012

Fourth One Day International World Cup Cricket Championship for the Blind – 2014

First T20 Asia Cup Cricket Championship for the Blind – 2016

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Second T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2017

CABI-Samarthanam is glad to announce the Second T–20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind which will be organized jointly by Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) in association with Samarthanam from 28 January to 12 February 2017. The hosting rights for the World Cup were conferred to CABI by World Blind Cricket Ltd. (WBC) during the 17th Annual General Meeting of WBC held in Cape Town, South Africa on 25 November 2014.

In T-20 World Cup 2017, all major test-playing countries will be participating. Confirmed participating nations include Australia, Bangladesh, England, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies and the host, India. 48 Matches will be played including Semi finals and Finals, on league cum knockout basis in multi cities across India.

A grand opening ceremony will be held with a ceremonial march past by all the participating teams, followed by cultural events, celebrity appearances and dance performances by known artists. Over 40,000 people are expected to be a part of the inaugural ceremony. The event will greatly bolster the game of blind cricket and the cricketers. [8]

2018 Blind Cricket World Cup

The 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup was the fifth Blind Cricket World Cup tournament, and was held from 8–20 January 2018 in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. [9] In the final, defending champions India defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to secure their 2nd Blind Cricket World Cup title under the captaincy of Ajay Kumar Reddy. [10] [11] [12] [13] Six teams, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia and Nepal played in the tournament, [14] [15] [16] [17] with Nepal making their first ever appearance. [18] [19]

India played all of their group stage matches of the tournament at neutral venues in the United Arab Emirates, after the foreign ministry of India blocked them from travelling to Pakistan. [20] It was later revealed that the Cricket Association for the Blind in India and Pakistan Blind Cricket Council had agreed to shift the Indian matches to the UAE. [21] [22] Thus, only Nepal and Bangladesh were willing to play matches in Pakistan. [23]

Initially, Pakistan was selected as the main host nation to host the tournament, with the UAE later agreeing to host some of the matches. It was the first time that Pakistan had been selected to host the Blind Cricket World Cup since 2006, and marked the first instance where UAE also had hosted few matches as a part of the World Cup. [24]

Sharjah Cricket Stadium hosted the final between India and Pakistan on 20 January; [25] [26] prior to the World Cup, Pakistan had originally been selected to host the final. [27] India and Pakistan were the only teams to play against each other in the finals of the Blind Cricket World Cup on three consecutive occasions.

In the final, Pakistan batted first and managed to score 308/8 after being put into bat by India. India chased down the target of 309 with 16 balls to spare to clinch the title. India thus maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament. [28] [29]

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