Kupwara 05 August(KNB): Army on Friday organised first ever Machhal Women’s Cricket League at Machhal Bowl.
In a statement issued to news agency KashmirNewsBureau-KNB that, today the entire Machhal Bowl is sparkling with joy and exuberance. A new ray of hope has engulfed the women of the entire bowl with the commencement of cricket tournament for women. Indian Army alongwith local authorities organised the first ever Machhal Women’s Cricket League.
The girls from Machhal, Pushwari and Dudi villages participated with great zeal and enthusiasm. Before the start of the match, these girls have never entered the arena of cricket and had no idea about the rules.
However, when they entered the ground and started playing, they were no less than a cricket player. The matches were filled with lot of emotions and the girls had given their best to win the matches for their village. One of the participant said, “this is the first time we got an opportunity to play cricket. In Kashmir, girls don’t have opportunity to participate in such games.
I am very happy that cricket tournament is organised for us for the first time. We had seen matches on television but to play cricket on a cricket field is altogether a different and special experience. Such tournaments should be conducted for the girls of Machhal Bowl in future also.”
Girls from Machhal village were the winners of this sporting event. Lot of villagers came to witness these matches and were happy and expressed their gratitude for this new initiative by the Indian Army.(KNB)