There are forces that want to end my career, alleges Jammu and Kashmir cricket captain Parvez Rasool

All is not well in the J&K Cricket Association

Once the posterboy of cricket in Kashmir, earning praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketer and captain of the J&K team Parvez Rasool, who hails from the small town of Bijbehara in south Kashmir, is distraught by an e-mail written by a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-appointed sub-committee member seeking to “nail him down”. “I fail to understand why I am being targeted. It’s clear the intention is to tarnish my image and ruin my future. It seems there are forces who want to end my career. The mail of a sub-committee member talking about ‘nailing me down’ has disturbed me mentally,” Mr. Rasool, the first cricketer from Kashmir to play for Team India (in 2014), and join Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, told The Hindu. Mr. Rasool is referring to the email he received inadvertently from Brigadier Anil Gupta, member, administration, J&K Cricket Association, on July 26, in which he addresses coach Majid Dar with a short message: “Do we have any proof to nail him down”, a copy of which is with The Hindu.