A look at Kashmiri willow bat factory, as sales boom during this World Cup season.
Kashmiri bat manufacturers are the second leading exporters of the willow cricket bats after UK.
A worker counts the stacks of willow cleft.
Ahead of the ICC World Cup, this bat factory is getting more business in the past few weeks.
Compared to the UK where manufactured bats costing USD 170, Kashmiri willow bats cost as little as USD 18.
The final packaging is being done to export the bats to other countries.
SOURCE:::: http://www.the hindu.com….. Photos Nissar Ahamad
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