Is a precious and cherished cricket bat worth putting your life at risk; it certainly is if the same happens to belong to Indian and Jammu and Kashmir all rounder Parvez Rasool........
Rasool and his bedraggled family members have spent the best part of the last fortnight cooped up on the third floor of their family home in Srinagar's Bijbehara thanks to the river Jhelum breaking it's banks and inundating the entire Kashmir valley due to the unprecedented rains in the valley........
According to Rasool; the waters had risen up to the first floor of their family home on the very first day and he had to shift his "favourite" kit bag and cricketing gear to the third floor in an effort to protect the same from the swirling waters that threatened to engulf everything.......
To his considerable dismay and utter consternation; Rasool belatedly realised that while he had been successful in rescuing his cricketing gear and kit he had left behind his cherished bat in the boot (dicky) of his car that was standing on the street and also that the car was now submerged in waters that were more than 10 feet deep..........
Valour proved to be the best part of discretion in Rasool's case as he was not willing to forego the bat with which he had notched up over 650 runs in last year's Ranji Trophy championship as well as taken guard with the same in India A as well as team India colours in the limited opportunities accorded to him...........
Brushing his mother's and other family members concerns about his life and well being Parvez Rasool waded into the swirling waters that were replete with the carcasses of floating dead animals and such other paraphernalia; held his breath till his lungs threatened to burst; kept coming back to the surface for air; all this while making sure that he managed to open the boot of his car and extricate this highly valued piece of willow that had rendered him yeoman's service in the recent past.........
However all's well that ends well; and Rasool and his favourite cricket bat have since been reunited; Rasool is now waiting for the flood waters to recede so that he can resume his training and practice sessions at a neighbouring school which he frequents regularly as the locality and surroundings that he resides in do not boast of a turf wicket...........
Cautiously optimistic about his chances of excelling in the forthcoming domestic cricket season and holding onto his place within the national ODI team; Rasool says that he might move to Delhi or some other place in order to regain his touch and have a hit before the commencement of the domestic cricketing season...........
Here's hoping that the first ever cricketer from the valley to don team India colours continues to excel and do both himself as well as the nation proud with his exemplary and noteworthy cricketing exploits.........
Rasool and his bedraggled family members have spent the best part of the last fortnight cooped up on the third floor of their family home in Srinagar's Bijbehara thanks to the river Jhelum breaking it's banks and inundating the entire Kashmir valley due to the unprecedented rains in the valley........
According to Rasool; the waters had risen up to the first floor of their family home on the very first day and he had to shift his "favourite" kit bag and cricketing gear to the third floor in an effort to protect the same from the swirling waters that threatened to engulf everything.......
To his considerable dismay and utter consternation; Rasool belatedly realised that while he had been successful in rescuing his cricketing gear and kit he had left behind his cherished bat in the boot (dicky) of his car that was standing on the street and also that the car was now submerged in waters that were more than 10 feet deep..........
Valour proved to be the best part of discretion in Rasool's case as he was not willing to forego the bat with which he had notched up over 650 runs in last year's Ranji Trophy championship as well as taken guard with the same in India A as well as team India colours in the limited opportunities accorded to him...........
Brushing his mother's and other family members concerns about his life and well being Parvez Rasool waded into the swirling waters that were replete with the carcasses of floating dead animals and such other paraphernalia; held his breath till his lungs threatened to burst; kept coming back to the surface for air; all this while making sure that he managed to open the boot of his car and extricate this highly valued piece of willow that had rendered him yeoman's service in the recent past.........
However all's well that ends well; and Rasool and his favourite cricket bat have since been reunited; Rasool is now waiting for the flood waters to recede so that he can resume his training and practice sessions at a neighbouring school which he frequents regularly as the locality and surroundings that he resides in do not boast of a turf wicket...........
Cautiously optimistic about his chances of excelling in the forthcoming domestic cricket season and holding onto his place within the national ODI team; Rasool says that he might move to Delhi or some other place in order to regain his touch and have a hit before the commencement of the domestic cricketing season...........
Here's hoping that the first ever cricketer from the valley to don team India colours continues to excel and do both himself as well as the nation proud with his exemplary and noteworthy cricketing exploits.........
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