SRINAGAR: Kashmir willow bat has after a century gained international recognition as the number of cricket-playing nations picking up bats from the Valley has risen significantly. This year the ...

After its successful introduction in men's T20 and One Day Internationals, the Kashmir willow cricket bat has made its debut in the Women's International T20 World Cup. During a match between West ...

Fauzul Kabir is proud to say that four players from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricket team used cricket bats and protective gear manufactured at his factory in the southern Anantnag district of ...

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 26 (ANI): For the very first time, cricket bats crafted from the renowned Kashmir willow are set to take centre stage at the upcoming 50-over Cricket World ...

Anantnag, Nov 20 (IANS) Braving all the challenges, a young entrepreneur from Anantnag district in south Kashmir has managed to get his cricket bat brand recognised at the international level. Meet ...

This achievement follows the success of GR8 bats in recent ICC T20 World Cups and the ODI World Cup 2023, where a GR8 bat notably hit the longest six of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. Despite Kashmir’s ...

When the Cricket World Cup opens in India next month, several players will carry Kashmiri willow bats, but manufacturers say that exploitation of trees means their craft faces ruin. Unchecked logging ...

A worker crafts a Kashmiri willow wood cricket bat at a factory in Kashmir’s Sangam village, on August 19, 2023 – Copyright AFP Tauseef MUSTAFA When the Cricket ...

The climate crisis and farmers opting to grow more lucrative timber is putting many bat-makers in Kashmir out of business For more than 100 years they have been making cricket bats from Kashmir’s ...

Mohammad Shafi Dar, 55, picks up a piece of willow, called a cleft, and places it on a vertical bandsaw to cut out a V-joint from the wooden block before passing it on to one of his colleagues, ...

Anantnag: The thrilling seven-run victory over South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup final at Barbados’ Kensington Oval last month is still fresh in the minds of cricket lovers across India.

For the very first time, cricket bats crafted from the renowned Kashmir willow are set to take centre stage at the upcoming 50-over Cricket World Cup, scheduled for October in India. According to ...