More of this is what will bring about a resurgence in Kashmir - good old Kashmiri / Himalayan hard work, perseverance, commerce and 'Make in India'!
Cricket is arguably, the most popular sport in India. Go to any part of India from Jammu & Kashmir in the north to Kerala and Tamil
Nadu in the south or from Maharashtra in the west to Arunachal
Pradesh in the east, you would most likely spot a bunch of boys busy playing cricket.
People work out their social events, leave from office and travel plans in accordance with the Indian cricket team's schedule.
Forty kilometers from Srinagar is Sangam, the hidden world of the
Kashmiri Willow and cricket bat makers. Sangam is situated on the
Srinagar-Jammu Highway in Bijbehara tehsil of Anantnag
district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Behind the beautiful willow trees, Kashmir’s cricket bat industry is a living, breathing, manufacturing industry, as the bats are handmade at a local factory. The willow clefts obtained from the willow trees here are fashioned to manufacture quality cricket bats. Cricket bat manufacturers largely utilized Kashmir Willow as a substitute for English Willow. Kashmir produces the largest number of cricket bats in India, which are sold worldwide.
The Kashmiri willow used to manufacture cricket bats comes from
different areas of the Kashmir valley. The trees are chopped into logs and are then split into wedges called clefts. The clefts are then cut into the basic shape of a cricket bat with the correct width and length.
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