Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar along with his family visited a Cricket Bat manufacturing unit in Awantipora . Kashmir willow bats are in high demand and giving a good competition to English willow made bats. He took keen interest in the process and inspected the raw clefts undergoing seasoning ahead of the final process. He also indulged in bat knocking to check on the quality of seasoned cleft. He also got briefed by the manufacturers about the bat industry of Kashmir. He also interacted with locals and posed for selfies