Ibrahim bin Ajaz Qureshi, 13, from Ganderbal is the firstbadminton player from Jammu and Kashmir who has reached 28th rank in 2018 and32nd in 2017 at all-India level during national badminton competition inunder-13 category.
Ibrahim a rising star of badminton in Kashmir now, startedhis sports journey at the age of seven when his parents took him to watch firstever senior badminton nationals at Indoor Stadium, Srinagar, in which country’stop players like PV Sindhu, P Kashap, Sania Nehwal, Srikanth and other sportscelebrities participated.
“Badminton gives me energy and satisfaction. I really workedhard for past six years to reach national level,” says Ibrahim moving therackets in his hands.
While watching the match in a scintillating environment,Ibrahim was attracted towards badminton. This was the day in 2013, when hestarted coming to Indoor Stadium, Srinagar almost daily to chase his dream ofbecoming a badminton player.