Jammu & Kashmir’s cricketing renaissance—from crisis & courtrooms to coup in Ranji

The team once best known for all-rounder Parvez Rasool and pace sensation Umran Malik is now second in Ranji Group D, trailing only domestic heavyweight Mumbai. In their last 13 Ranji matches, J&K have lost just once. The change did not come overnight. It took sweat, discipline, patience and above all, belief. One name comes up repeatedly when ThePrint reached out to selectors, groundsmen and cricketers: former cricketer-turned-administrator Mithun Manhas.