Guns and curfews: How Jammu and Kashmir defied the odds to take India cricket crown

Guns and curfews: How Jammu and Kashmir defied the odds to take India cricket crown

The cricket team of the disputed region has won their first Ranji Trophy, India’s premier domestic cricket championship.

For decades, cricket's real power centres lay elsewhere: Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru. Proximity to these hubs - of money, infrastructure and influence - often determined how quickly… [+30 chars]