The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced a help framework for the Cricket Affiliation for the Blind in India (CABI).
India’s visually impaired cricketers have achieved exceptional success on the worldwide stage over the previous decade, with a number of males’s World Cup titles and a historic inaugural girls’s World Cup triumph. Recognising these achievements and the challenges confronted by blind cricketers, BCCI has dedicated to extending help to each the lads’s and girls’s Nationwide Groups.
The initiative displays the significance of inclusive development in cricket, an method that ICC Chairman Jay Shah has advocated throughout his tenure as BCCI Honorary Secretary and continues to help in his function on the ICC.
As a part of this initiative, BCCI will present provision of worldwide journey for 2 abroad tournaments yearly for each the lads’s and girls’s groups, provision of lodging for residence and visiting groups throughout bilateral collection hosted in India and entry to BCCI-affiliated stadia and grounds for home and worldwide fixtures.
BCCI president Mithun Manhas stated, “The achievements of India’s visually impaired cricketers are a supply of immense pleasure for the cricketing fraternity. By this help framework, the BCCI goals to strengthen alternatives, infrastructure and publicity for these athletes. Inclusive development stays central to our imaginative and prescient for the sport. We hope this help will additional empower the groups to pursue excellence with confidence and encourage many extra to take up the game. The BCCI stays dedicated to enjoying its half in making certain that cricket continues to be a recreation for all.”
Revealed on Feb 21, 2026