Parvez Rasool has explained why he retired despite being J&K’s highest wicket-taker last season

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Now that you've retired from cricket, many people believe that, since you were one of the top performers from Jammu and Kashmir, you could have played more. Did you take retirement a bit early?

You're from a very small Bijbehara town in Anantnag, and you became the first cricketer to represent India from Jammu and Kashmir. How difficult was it for you to make it to the top level?

Parvez Rasool is the first cricketer to represent India from Jammu and Kashmir

All this travel to reach your academy?

Your father and brother also played cricket. Did it help?

You are being credited for making cricket a household name in Kashmir and making youngsters dare to dream and believe that if they put in the hard yards, they can also make it big. We've seen that so many cricketers like Abdul Samad, Aqib Nabi, Umran Malik, and many more are now coming from J&K and making an impact. How do you look at it?

You've traveled all over India, all over the world. How is the ecosystem in Kashmir for coaching, scouting, basic infrastructure different from the rest of the country, even now, with so much improvement and interest?

Abdul Samad was once projected as the next big thing in Indian cricket. However, he couldn't live up to the hype that was created around him 3-4 years ago. Do you talk to him? What didn't work in his favour?

How real is the fear among domestic players that no matter how well they perform, the system won’t notice unless they’re from a strong board or big team?

Can you tell us one thing about domestic cricket that you feel outsiders, especially common people, don't understand? Something in domestic cricket that common people don't know about, no one talks about?

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