Finished cricket bats are seen displayed inside a showroom in Sangam. Considered for years to be vastly inferior to the wood of the English willow - which still holds a near-monopoly over the global cricket bat industry - Kashmiri willow has made a significant foray into international cricket recently being used by some players at the T20 World Cup and the Legends Cricket League. In the last four years, twenty five business units of bat manufacturing industries in Halmulla and Sangam area of Bijbehara belt have closed due to lack of demand.

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Keywords: bat, bats, business, cricket, economy, factory, industry, kashmiri, production, sangam, showroom, willow, wood