Shadab shameem

This Khelo India Youth Games: Jammu and Kashmir is hardly a formidable name in volleyball. And hence when their boys team upset defending champions Haryana in the group encounter of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium here, the celebrations were quite understandable.

The win wasn’t enough for Jammu and Kashmir to advance to the knock-out stage despite being locked on points with Haryana and Rajasthan with one victory each due to inferior set scores. But the fighting spirit they showed in a group that also consisted of hosts Tamil Nadu, would do them a world of good to their confidence.

“This Khelo India Youth Games was a very good platform for us where our players got more exposure and were able to play in such good infrastructure, which is absent in Jammu and Kashmir.