KANPUR: Off-spinner Parvez Rasool made his Twenty20 debut for India Thursday in the series opener against England, becoming the first player from the Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) to feature in a home international.
Rasool, whose only previous outing for India was in an ODI against Bangladesh in 2014, was added to the squad for the three-match series after India's main spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin were rested.
Most residents of the Indian occupied Kashmir routinely root for any team that is playing against India and so Rasool's selection has been controversial back in his home state.
Rasool however, has managed to largely steer clear of any political controversy but he was once detained for questioning in Bangalore after being suspected of carrying explosives ahead for his domestic T20 team. He was later released.
Mehbooba Mufti, the chief minister of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, congratulated Rasool on being selected for the England T20 series, saying he would make the people of the state "proud".
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