How Four Friends In Kashmir Village Launched A Local Cricket Premier League
NDTV
Villagers are excited as Marhama Premier League has attracted 64 teams from neighbouring villages after the ground got a pitch roller and a turf wicket.
Amid extreme cold, villagers at Marhama in south Kashmir have lit a bonfire to watch a cricket match. Mercury has plunged across the Valley and minimum temperature is several degrees below freezing point.
Villagers are excited as Marhama Premier League has attracted 64 teams from neighbouring villages after the ground got a pitch roller and a turf wicket.
Bringing this warmth in the freezing cold are four friends from Marhama who have bought a pitch roller, laid the turf, and maintained the cricket ground in the Village.
"We bought the pitch roller from our own money. It cost us over Rs 7 lakh. We also laid the turf on our own and are maintaining it as well," said Amir Ajaz.
