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They conquered the world without sight. The state cannot even see them.

A year after India's blind women lifted the T20 World Cup, the captain still waits for her promised house site and her teammates for jobs. The garlands have wilted, and so have the promises. This is how the Indian state treats its daughters once the cameras leave.

6 October 2026 · 3 min read

Blind cricket in action (representative image)

India

A year after the World Cup, India's blind women champions still wait for the house sites and jobs they were promised

Nearly a year after India's blind women won the T20 World Cup, captain Deepika T.C. still waits for the house site she was promised and her teammates for government jobs. Leaders garlanded them; the promises withered.

6 October 2026 · 2 min read

The Justice

Sports

India set up Asian Games final against Pakistan after Sri Lanka rout

India thrashed Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the Asian Games men's cricket semifinal on Thursday — 169/7 answered by 45 all out — to set up a gold-medal clash with Pakistan on Saturday at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin.

2 October 2026 · 1 min read

Cricket match under way on a green field

Sports

ICC tightens time-wasting rules and allows pink balls in day Tests

Playing-condition changes effective from 1 October include escalating penalties for batters who are not ready, tighter specs for women's balls, and a trial letting sides agree to use a pink ball for an entire daytime Test to fight bad light. Sourav Ganguly said the aim is pace and integrity.

1 October 2026 · 2 min read

The Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati under floodlights. India chased 406 there on Wednesday night.

Sports

Gill's 117-ball double century powers India to a 406 chase, the first 400-plus pursuit in ODIs since 2006

Shubman Gill's unbeaten 223 and Rohit Sharma's 101 carried India past West Indies' 405 for seven with eight wickets to spare in Guwahati, sealing the three-match series 2-0.

30 September 2026 · 2 min read