A worker piles up cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kashmir cricket bat industry is one of the promising industries in the restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The willow clefts obtained from the willow trees are being fashioned to manufacture quality cricket bats. Cricket as a sport is considered as an opium of masses in both India and Pakistan.
A worker piles up grips of cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
A worker carries a bunch of cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Workers level the surface of cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
A worker levels the surface of a cricket bat at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Workers finish the surface of cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
A worker adjusts a rubber grip on a cricket bat at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
A worker adjusts a rubber grip on a cricket bat at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
A worker carries a bunch of cricket bats at a cricket bat factory in Sangam village in south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar) ■