How these Kashmiri women cricketers 'defied' the lockdown

Rohan DuaTNN
Oct 9, 2019 | 16:30 IST

These determined girls harbour dreams to perform for J&K and wear blue jersey for Team India

BARAMULLA/SRINAGAR: Bismah Hassan, 20, animatedly fleshes out her Shrey helmet and a pair of pads and earnestly takes a guard at the Jammu and Kashmir cricket association (JKCA) in Srinagar.

The Jammu and Kashmir women team all-rounder fixes her gaze at the white leather ball in the hands of the Baramulla lanky pacer Iqra Rasool’s before she pulls it over the mid-wicket boundary. Between them Qausar Jabeen, 24 and Rubiya Syed, 22, sprint across the ground for a warm-up.
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