‘She Is A Girl, How’ll She Do It?’: Captain Deepika TC on Societal Prejudices | T20 World Cup for Blind - video Dailymotion

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Deepika TC, captain of the Indian Women’s Blind Cricket Team, shares exclusively her journey overcoming societal prejudices about blind women in sports ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup starting 11th November 2025. From studying in a regular school to switching to a blind school where questions about her abilities surrounded her, Deepika reflects on the challenges she faced growing up in her village. Despite doubt and stigma, she completed her education with the help of a scribe and is now leading India with confidence and passion on the global cricket stage. &nbsp;

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00:00If you talk about society, what do you have to face in society?

00:06In society, we especially look at the young people.

00:11But what do they do? What do they do?

00:15They have a question mark.

00:17Especially in blind school.

00:19But in my family, I studied in 1-4th normal school.

00:254-10th blind school.

00:29Now, after joining blind school, we all talk about it.

00:35How do they study in blind school?

00:38How do they study? How do they study?

00:40How do they study?

00:41This is a question mark.

00:43Now, I get a scribe for the board exam.

00:49Now, I get a scribe for the 10th exam.

00:53I get a question mark.

00:55How do they study?

00:57How do they study?

00:59No, I get a scribe for the exam.

01:03I pass the exam.

01:05But after that, I won the IBAC World Games in 2023.

01:11I won the gold medal.

01:13After that, we spread the newspaper and social media.

01:21After that, my son did a good job.

01:25My son did a good job.

01:27He did a good job.

01:29He did a good job.

01:31He did a great job.

01:33My mom, especially my mom, said,

01:36Why do you go?

01:37Why do you play?

01:38Why do you play?

01:39Why do you play?

01:40Why do you play?

01:41Why do you play?

01:43Why do you play?

‘She Is A Girl, How’ll She Do It?’: Captain Deepika TC on Societal Prejudices | T20 World Cup for Blind

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