Team Goals And Challenges Ahead As Jammu And Kashmir Team Resumes Cricket indiatoday.in

The past month of uncertainty has left the Jammu and Kashmir team’s preparations in disarray after the Indian government revoked Article 370 last month.After a month long period of inactivity and having traversed a burdensome Kashmir-Jammu-Delhi-Baroda route that may have felt like a voyage, the Parvez Rasool-led Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cricket team finally reached Baroda and began their pre-season camp on Friday morning.

Captain Rasool was conspicuous by his absence. ‘He was unwell’ was the official word.In the ‘post-Article 370 abrogation’ scenario, an uneasy calm prevails in Kashmir. Cricketers may have their own take on the matter. But they have all decided that it was not the time to share. All Kashmir cricketers in the team refused to speak to the media.Some who hail from Jammu who spoke like the two Shubhams, Khajoria and Pundir, were careful with words. Young batsman Pundir spoke of how ‘they try to look at positives from any situation.Getting the team to play for Jammu-Kashmir and not Jammu and Kashmir is now the biggest challenge,