We were staying on the first floor as the ground floor was filled with water
"I am able to take this call as I am getting a mobile signal some 2 kilometres from my residence. I came to know that there were rumours that there was no trace of me and my family due to the floods. That's wrong. Yes, the situation was terrible but it's better in Anantnag right now. I am planning to come to Srinagar within the next two days. I haven't been able to contact my Jammu and Kashmir Ranji teammates," said 25-year-old Rasool.
Recounting the ordeal as water gushed into his home, Rasool said, "The worst part was one of my favourite bats was left in my car along with a costly backpack. The car was totally under water and my mother was against me going downstairs. I still went there, neck-deep in water and got them back."
"By the grace of God, I have access to facilities which a lot of poor people don't have. I only hope that by next week, things change for the better as the people from the economically backward strata are the ones who have been suffering a lot. You are pained by their plight," added the young cricketer.
The cricketer also informed that he later joined in relief work being carried out by an NGO which had helped his family when they were stranded. Rasool was stranded in the massive flood in which more 300 people died and many were displaced from their residences.
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