Valley baseball player selected in Indian squad for Dubai Cup

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 3: Jammu and Kashmir Baseball Association (JKBA) achieved new heights as its senior player Tahir Shabnum of District Srina-gar has been selected in the Indian squad for the forthcoming “Dubai Cup”–India-Pakistan International Baseball Series, scheduled to be held at Sharjah Stadium in United Arab Emirates. However, General Secretary, J&K Baseball Association Fida Hussain Fidvi has been selected as official of Indian squad.
They were selected after participating in selection trials at Chandigarh and coaching camp held at Patiala, organized by the Amateur Baseball Federation of India.
The tournament is scheduled to be held from December 8 and is being organized by the Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) under the auspices of Baseball Federation of Asia (BFA) and World Baseball Softball Confederation WBSC.
Tahir represented J&K number of times in Senior National Baseball Champion-ships at different States of the country and also represented the Kashmir University in All India Inter University Bas-eball Champi-onship.
Presently Tahir is in final coaching camp which is underway at Patiala and he will leave for Dubai on December 6.
Meanwhile the Secretary, J&K State Sports Council Waheed Ur Rahman Para appreciated the Association for great efforts of promoting the game in the State of J&K and selected player / official who find berths in Indian squad and hope they will bring laurels for the country.
Besides President, JKBA, MM Gazanfar congratulated the Association for selection of it’s senior player in Indian Baseball contingent for prestigious International tournament at Dubai.

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