CABI launches India’s blind women’s cricket team

The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has launched India’s blind women’s cricket team comprising of 41 members. Indian blind men cricket team had a lot of success in the recent past as they have won T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and T20 Asia Cup.

Taking the success story of the men’s team into consideration, CABI has decided to launch blind women’s team. Woman selection committee chairman and former Indian woman team captain Shantha Rangaswamy launched this team in Bangalore yesterday.

CABI General Secretary, John David said that the demand for the blind women’s cricket team was really high as there was a lot of interest expressed by various women to play cricket.

“A lot of interest has been shown by various women to play cricket and that boosted our confidence and that’s why we today launched this team. We are trying to move forward by working very hard and work for the betterment,” he was quoted by ANI.

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Shekhar Naik, ex-captain of the Blind Indian cricket team said that it is important to give equal recognition to the women’s team as of the men’s cricket team. “This is a very nice initiative taken by Shantha Rangaswamy. Like men’s cricket team, women cricket team should also be given the same amount of recognition worldwide and there should be events like world cup and others,” he said.

He is confident that the team will showcase its talent. “I am sure that this team will definitely show its talent and will participate at the national and international level. We need more support to recognise this kind of cricket,” he summed-up.

According to reports, the women’s team will be trained by their men counterpart. Men blind cricket team was launched in 2011, which won the T20 World Cup in 2012.

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