Jammu Express ‘Umran Malik’ gets J&K Govt award
Indian Cricketer aka Jammu Express Umran Malik, and top tennis player Ankita Raina were among 32 people, who were honored with prestigious J&K Govt award, recently.
The award announced as part of the 74th Republic Day also included Deepak Kumar and Saroj Bala, who were killed fighting terrorists during an attack in Dhangri village in Rajouri district on January 1. The two have been selected for award in the field of bravery.
The pace sensation of J&K Umran Malik is among the 10 sportspersons who were awarded the J&K Government Award in the field of Sports on the occasion of Republic Day 2023.
Watch Report by Ashish Kohli
Umar Malik hails from Malik market area of Jammu and his fathers runs a fruit cart at Shaheedi Chowk outside Congress office, Jammu.
Umran shot to fame as a fast bowler and now is fulfilling the gap of pacers in the Indian Cricket team, the report said.
