Bishan Singh Bedi optimistic about J & K in QF

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Enjoying his afternoon siesta on Thursday, former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi was rudely jolted by the shrill ring of his mobile phone. He wanted to avoid calls but could not after looking at the number flashing on the screen. It was from Abdul Qayyum, his former assistant coach of the Jammu and Kashmir Ranji Trophy team. “Qayyum called me up in excitement and told me that it was all due to my efforts that this team has reached so far. I only told him that it’s nothing but sheer hard work of all the players that has made this happen,” Bedi, who coached J&K last season, told dna. “Believe me, this team will do well in the knockout stage because there are four or five outstanding boys in the squad who are waiting for their opportunity to play at the highest level. Their time has come now.” Bedi has appealed to the J&K cricket administrators to handle the cricketing affairs more effectively so that players like Parvez Rasool, who are on the threshold of playing for India, get more opportunities to play alongside big names and teams. “It’s just not Rasool, but there are so many other talented players who could make it big. Adil Rishi is a fine stroke-making opener, Mohammed Mudhasir has great future as pacer and Ram Dayal could be an answer to India’s quest for all-rounder, not forgetting Samiullah Beigh, who is the senior most player and a great source of motivation in the dressing room,” said the former India spinner. Road to quarters Beat Goa at Srinagar by three wickets Lost to Himachal Pradesh at Dharamsala by an innings and 192 runs Beat Andhra at Anantapur by 17 runs Beat Kerala at Jammu by 278 runs Lost to Maharashtra at Pune by nine wickets Beat Assam at Jammu by nine wickets Drew with Hyderabad at Jammu Drew with Tripura at Agartala QF line-up (January 8-12) Mumbai vs Maharashtra in Mumbai Bengal vs Railways in Kolkata Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh in Bangalore Punjab vs Jammu and Kashmir in Baroda http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-bishan-singh-bedi-optimistic-about-team-in-qf-1944624 :hatsoff: to jammu and kashmir cricket team. After all the search operations by the security forces waking them in the middle of the night.Hope they can win ranji this year. Hopefully some of them will play in the indian team.

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hope they do it, will be good for j&k cricket and indian cricket. could force selectors to find talent there