Indian Kabaddi player Kashiling Adake is celebrating his 27th birthday today. The right raider is one of the best Kabaddi players of Pro Kabaddi and his numbers support the claim. He was named as the Best Raider for the Pro Kabaddi Season two while playing for Dabang Delhi. He picked up 114 raid points in 14 matches which included seven Super Raids. Let us know more about the journey of Kashi.

Born in Sangli(Maharashtra), Kashiling comes from a family of farmers and kushti lovers. Kashi's father also wanted him to become a wrestler, but Kashi was more passionate about Kabaddi during his childhood. After seeing him play, Kashi's father thought that Kabaddi would be an ideal sport for Kashi to take up. Kashi started playing Kabaddi from his early school days and went on to represent his district at the age of 15 years. He was also given a scholarship by a local club for further training and improving his game.

However, Kashi's kabaddi hit a hurdle when his father passed away. At 19 years of age, Kashi was the only bread earner of the family and started working in a sugar factory for Rs. 25/hour. After four years of struggle, he managed to go to Mumbai with the help of his uncle and train there. He was picked by the Mahindra Team and eventually sent to Gujarat for professional training by the Sports Authority of India.

In 2014, Kashiling Adake was picked up by Dabang Delhi in the Pro Kabaddi for a sum of Rs. 10 lakh. He finished the season as the fifth-best raider with 113 points from 14 matches and 92 successful raids. The second season was a turning point in his life when the 23-year old finished the Pro Kabaddi 2015 with the most number of points. He picked up 117 points, out of which 114 were raid points. 

He continued his stellar performance for the team for the next two seasons as well, remaining Dabang Delhi's most successful raider. In the Pro Kabaddi Season 5, he was picked up by U Mumba and was the top raid points scorer for them as well. He picked up 114 raid points from 20 matches. In one match, he had gone on to score 15 raid points in the first half of the game, the most by any player.

He continued his stellar performance for the team for the next two seasons as well, remaining Dabang Delhi's most successful raider. In the Pro Kabaddi Season 5, he was picked up by U Mumba and was the top raid points scorer for them as well. He picked up 114 raid points from 20 matches.

Kashi then went on to play for Bengaluru Bulls in Pro Kabaddi Season 6, where he picked up 67 raid points. In the six PKL season Kashi has played, he has 561 raid points to his name from 92 matches. He has also picked up 23 Super Raids.

Known as Kashi-missile in the world of Kabaddi, he received his maiden India team call up for the 2014 Asian Beach Games. He was also a part of the gold medal-winning team of the 2015 South Asian Games. 
 

We at Kabaddi Adda wish Kashi a Happy Birthday filled with happiness and a year filled with joy.