Meet Kashmir’s 1st specially-abled international level basketball player

Updated on Mar 04, 2020 10:57 am IST

Ishrat Rashid has been selected to play in the International Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. The girl from Kashmir had injured her spinal cord in an accident in 2016 and was bedridden for eight months. She eventually joined the Voluntary Medicare Society in Srinagar, where she was introduced to wheelchair basketball. Ishrat Rashid said that she would want every girl to come out of their homes & chase their dreams. She also thanked the Indian Army and the J&K police for all their help.

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