Bringing laurels to the Union Territory and keeping its flag high at the national scene, ace Softball players Sarabjeet Singh Sodhi and Faizan Bashir have been named in the U-23 Men's Softball Indian team for Asian Championship.
The duo will represent India in Asia Cup (Men) U-23 Softball Championship scheduled to be held at Softball Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand from June 2 to June 7, 2025.
Asia Cup (Men) Softball Championship at Thailand will also be the qualifiying event for World Cup (Men) U-23 Softball Championship 2026, if Indian team figure in top two teams in Asian Championship.
The selection of the players for National Camp was done during the selection trials at Jalgaon, Maharashtra on January 18 and 19, 2025. Both of them were part of the two National Camps--one at Maharashtra and another going on at Vikas Puri Stadium, New Delhi.
Both young and energetic Softball players one from district Kulgam and another from district Jammu started playing Softball sport at very young age and participated in many National level events.
Waseem Raja Khan, General Secretary J&K Softball Association congratulated Sarbjeet & Faizan for this landmark achievement.
He advised budding Softball players of Jammu & Kashmir to make this potential Olympic sport of Softball, which is presently played in 142 Countries around the World, a career option.