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25 October,2009 08:27 AM IST |   |  IANS

Jammu and Kashmir's under-22 cricketers, who lost their C.K. Nayudu Trophy match to Karnataka, say they fought well in the backdrop of the bitter incident of their teammate Pervez Rasool being questioned by police on suspicion of carrying explosives


Jammu and Kashmir's under-22 cricketers, who lost their C.K. Nayudu Trophy match to Karnataka, say they fought well in the backdrop of the bitter incident of their teammate Pervez Rasool being questioned by police on suspicion of carrying explosives.

"We fought well in time of adversity. We tried our best to win and gave a good fight to Karnataka," Rasool, 21, who was briefly detained by Bangalore police for questioning on Oct 17, told IANS.

Rasool scored 68 and 35 in the first and second innings of the match that Karnataka won by eight wickets with more than a day to spare.u00a0 Bangalore police had briefly detained Rasool after a metal detector indicated presence of an explosive substance in his bag.

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