Majid JahangirSheeri (Baramulla), Feb. 28 -- Inside the brightly lit home of Auqib Nabi in Sheeri village along the strategic Srinagar-Uri highway, celebration arrives in silence rather than noise.
The television hums softly as family members sit close together, absorbing a moment they know will live long in memory - the Jammu & Kashmir cricket team scripting history with their maiden Ranji Trophy triumph.
When 29 year old Nabi's name is announced as Player of the Tournament, his father, Ghulam Nabi Dar, a schoolteacher, lowers his gaze and wipes his eyes.
"I am very proud of him," he says quietly. "Now I want to see him wear the India jersey."It is a far cry from the days when a young Nabi would slip out of the house to play cricket for...