Kashmir willow bats have long travelled across India and overseas. What never travelled was Jammu & Kashmir cricket or its players. Then Parvez Rasool showed up. He made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2008 and built a career that spanned 95 First-Class matches, 352 wickets and 5,648 runs. But numbers tell only part of the story. Rasool became the first player from J&K to earn an IPL contract, the first to play for India, and the first to make people look at J&K cricket as more than just a supplier of bats. From Bijbehara’s bus rides to the India cap, his story is about a door that finally opened — and others who walked through because he did. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! In an exclusive conversation with TimesofIndia.com, Rasool explains why he ret

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