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The demand for Kashmiri bats have increased in international markets after two international cricket players from Oman played with them in T20 World Cup 2021. Bat manufacturers said that the players from Oman have changed the fate of the industry as it is the first time after seven decades Kashmiri bat was used at international stage. Fawzul Kabir a 29-year-old MBA pass out and owner of GR8 Sports whose bat was used by Oman players said that there are over 400 units in Halmulla-Sethar hamlet in Anantnag district and since last seven decades millions of bats were manufactured here but despite hectic efforts were not able to take them international stage. He said that after our own Kashmiri product was used by the players from Oman, we started getting orders from famous cricket play...

After witnessing huge tourist flow in summers for the first time, the Gurez Valley in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district is yet again attracting the people from outside Jammu and Kashmir as some video clips have went viral on the social media platforms, in which the youth from the locality could be seen playing cricket over snow. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the video clips as well as the photographs of the cricket over snow in Gurez have even caught the eyes of the international cricket players. The photographs and videos of snow cricket played on the frozen track at snow bound Gurez valley, which is cut-off since December following the snowfall and is likely to remain disconnected for a few more months, are presently viral on social media and are attracting a...

The subscribers of private telecommunication companies like Jio and Airtel and government telecommunication company BSNL have complained about erratic calling and internet services in Nangeenpora and its adjacent areas in Kund hamlet of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. The residents of Nangeenpora which according to locals consists of over 300 households have been suffering in absence of proper network connectivity. Masarat Rasool, a local resident talking with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that they cannot make any calls even during emergencies and living without proper connectivity in today’s world is like living in darkage. “Most of the work in the modern era is done on mobile phones but in absence of proper connectivity, they are unable to do anything on phone an...

It took 29-year-old Fauzul Kabeer one and a half years of unceasing efforts to finally get his cricket bats made of Kashmiri willow approved by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The emotional moment of his life came when his Kashmiri willow, similar to the “Salix Alba” wood handmade bat, was used by two Oman cricket players -- Naseem Khushi and Bilal Khan -- in October 2021 during the T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh at the Dubai cricket stadium. Kabeer, who did his Masters in Business Administration from Islamic University at Awantipora and is pursuing his Ph.D. in strategic management, fought a battle for over seven years after the death of his father Abdul Kabeer, who set up the GR8 sports manufacturing unit at Sangam in Anantnag. The young Kabeer wanted to introdu...

J&K Sports Council felicitates medal winners A felicitation function was organized by J&K Sports Council in collaboration with Adhoc Committee of JKAFA to honour medal winners of 29th Junior National Fencing Championship held at Sonipat Haryana from 25th to 28th December, 2021. The medal winners included Shreya Gupta, Anant Samakshi, Kritarthi Kotwal and Subhanaya Sharma in girls category and Mayank Sharma, Lakshya Sharma, Amit Chib and Suryansh Sharma in Boys category. In addition to Individual medal winners, team of Sabre players both men and women were also felicitated by Secretary, J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul. Secretary congratulated the medallists, coaches and members of the Adhoc Committee for their excellent performance in the championship and wished good ...

The chants of “Pakistan Murdabad” reverberated at the Green Park stadium of Kanpur on Thursday during the first test match of India versus New Zealand, The Cricket Lounge reported. Amid plenty of noise and slogans, fans screamed, “Pakistan Murdabad” with a few others following it with “Murdabad Murdabad”. Later the fans were heard also heard chanting “Bharat Mata ki jai” and “Vande Mataram” slogans.buy viagra plus generic viagra4pleasurerx.com/viagra_plus.html over the counter India’s stand-in captain, won the toss and elected to bat first and the opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill, brought together after Rohit Sharma had been rested and KL Rahul was ruled out due to injury, found it difficult to negate the high-class swing bowling of Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson. ...

Major cricket event will return to Pakistan after more than two decades with the country set to host the 2025 Champions Trophy, an ICC flagship tournament. The ICC board on Tuesday awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions Trophy to Pakistan while picking the United States and West Indies as co-host of the 2024 T20 World Cup. This will be the first-ever global event hosted in North America. According to the announcement, India will get to host three ICC events in the next cycle, including the 2026 T20 World Cup and 2031 50-over World Cup, where the country will be Co-hosts along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively. India will also host the 2029 Champions Trophy singularly. Pakistan, who had last co-hosted the 1996 World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka, has not bee...

Irshad Hussain As Pakistan lost to Australia in the semi-final of the ongoing T20 world cup, a Kashmiri man from Kawoosa area of Budgam faced a cardiac arrest and fell unconscious. A relative of the man speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that Riyaz Ahmed Wani (36) faced a cardiac arrest during the cricket match between Australia and Pakistan on Thursday night. Riyaz was rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead on arrival, he said Riyaz was the brother of well known local cricketer Waseem Kaczur from from Central Kashmir's Budgam district. Unbeaten in the group stages, Pakistan lost to Australia in semi-final 2 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai.\ Marcus Stoinis (40*) and Matthew Wade (41*) stuck till the end after the Aussies lost five wi...

After dropping down a catch of Mathew Wade who secured Australia's seat in the finals of  T20 world cup, Hassan Ali is being heavily trolled on Social media and cricket fans are expressing their disappointment with the Pacer. Hasan Ali earlier bowled poorly and conceded 44 runs of 4 overs and then in the field too his poor performance continued. He dropped a sitter on the ball of Pakistani pacer Shahin Khan Afridi, when Mathew Wade hit one in the air on the on side and Hasan who was fielding on the boundary line could not grab the catch. Throughout the T20 world cup Hasan has bowled  11 overs and conceded 108 runs in and taken three wickets. Meanwhile the Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan has expressed his support for the team and said that the Nation stands with them. "T...