Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar,is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Hailed as the world's most prolific batsman of all time,he is the all-time highest run-scorer in both ODI and Test cricket with more than 18,000 runs and 15,000 runs,respectively. He also holds the record for receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket. Tendulkar was a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha by nomination from 2012 to 2018.
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a Pakistani former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. An all-rounder,Afridi was a right-handed leg spinner and a right-handed batsman.
Nasser Hussain is a British cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003,with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman,Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket,including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207,scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston,was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total. In Tests he scored 5,764 runs,and he took 67 catches,fielding predominantly in the second slip and gully.
Sunil Bandacharya Joshi is an Indian former cricketer and former selector of the India cricket team. He played as an all-rounder who bowled slow left arm spin and batted left-handed. Sunil Joshi was appointed as chief selector of the senior men's cricket team on 4 March 2020.
The Jammu and Kashmir cricket team is a cricket team based in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,run by JKCA. It is in the Elite Group C of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar,and it also plays at Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu.
Bijbehara (Urdu pronunciation:[bɪd͡ʒbɪhaːɽaː],known as Vejibror in Kashmiri,is a town and a notified area committee in Anantnag district of the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located on NH 44,and jehlum bank. Bijbehara town is also known as "Town of Chinars" because of a number of Chinars there especially two Chinar gardens. Bijbehara is the home to oldest chinar tree in the region. The town is situated about 45 km from the summer capital of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,Srinagar.
Ishank Jaggi is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who plays for Jharkhand. He was born in Bacheli. He was brought up in Jamshedpur.
Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) is an organisation that governs and manages cricket in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It fields the Jammu and Kashmir cricket team in the Ranji Trophy domestic tournament. It is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Parvez Ghulam Rasool Zargar is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Jammu and Kashmir. A right-hand batsman and offbreak bowler,Rasool is the captain of the Jammu and Kashmir team and a regular member of India A. He was bought for ₹95 lakh (US$120,000) by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2014 IPL auction. Rasool was the second cricketer after Mithun Manhas from Jammu and Kashmir to have played in The IPL and the first from the state to play for the Indian National Team in ODI's and T20I's. He played only 1 T20I and 1 ODI in his international career.
Shardul Narendra Thakur is an Indian international cricketer. He is a bowler who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace.
Shubham Khajuria is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. He is a right-handed opening batsman. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team in 2013,becoming only the second cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to do so. In 2023,he played in great Manchester cricket league for Westhoughton cricket club as their pro scoring 745 runs in 11 league &cup games which included four centuries and two half centuries with an average of 93.13 including a double hundred (212) in his first match and a 37 ball 100 as well breaking the club record.
Sarfaraz Naushad Khan is an Indian international cricketer who represents the Indian national cricket team in Test cricket. He plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and has also represented Delhi Capitals,Punjab Kings,and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sarfaraz represented India in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2014 and 2016. He is an aggressive right-handed batter,a part-time spinner,and an occasional wicket-keeper.
Dhruv Mahender Pandove was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Punjab. He made his first-class debut at the age of 13 and was considered to be an "exceptionally gifted batsman" and a "prodigy". He became the youngest Indian and one of the youngest players in the world to score a century in first-class cricket,with his 137 against Jammu and Kashmir in 1988 coming at the age of 14 years and 294 days. He was the youngest player to reach the 1000-run mark in Ranji Trophy,reaching the milestone at the age of 17 years and 341 days.
M. P. Pandove is an Indian former first-class cricketer and cricket administrator. During his playing career,he appeared for Southern Punjab,Punjab and North Zone. He later worked in administrative roles with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA).
Gyaneshwar Prasad Thapliyal was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Delhi cricket team and Southern Punjab. He was the first cricketer from North Zone to take nine wickets in an innings. After retirement,he became a selector for Delhi as well as manager of North Zone team.
Abdul Qayoom Bagaw is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Jammu and Kashmir. Qayoom was regarded as the finest fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir. He worked as a coach for the state association after his playing career.
Rajeev Nayyar is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Himachal Pradesh. In 1999,he set the record for the longest first-class innings of all time by batting for 1,015 minutes in a Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir.
Popular sports in Jammu and Kashmir include cricket,football and winter sports along with sports like golf,water sports,Ice stock sport and adventure sports. The National Winter Games have been held in Gulmarg in 1996,2004 and 2009. The first Khelo India Winter Games were held in February and March 2020 in Leh and Gulmarg. Jammu and Kashmir won the most gold medals while the Indian Army team came second with 8 gold medals. The second edition of the winter games were also held successfully in Gulmarg in 2020 with Jammu and Kashmir coming first and Karnataka second.
Abdul Samad Farooq is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu &Kashmir in domestic cricket and for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler.
