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{{Short description|Indian kho kho player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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'''Akash Kumar Baliyan''' (born 2002) is an Indian kho kho player from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He plays for the [[India men's national kho kho team]] as an attacker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) - KKFI Official Website |url=https://khokhofederation.in/world-cup-team-matches/?id=2 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Kho Kho Federation |language=en-US}}</ref> He was part of the Indian men’s team that won the inaugural [[Kho Kho World Cup]] held at [[New Delhi]] in January 2025. He plays for [[Telugu Yoddhas]] in the [[Ultimate Kho Kho]], a franchise based league tournament.

== Early life and education ==
Kumar is from Basera village, Tappal block, [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He is the son of Roudas Singh and his elder brother Vikas Baliyan was a National level kho kho player. Encouraged by his brother, he started playing kho kho in Class 7. He studied his intermediate at Sarvopyogi Inter College, Palsera, Aligarh, where he started to take part in competitions. His coaches in the early years were Ajay Kumar Rai, Dalveer Singh Baliyan and Waliuzzama Khan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Aligarh: भारतीय खो-खो टीम में आकाश का चयन, खेलेंगे पहला विश्वकप, गांव में खुशी की लहर |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/aligarh/akash-baliyan-selected-in-indian-kho-kho-team-2025-01-10?pageId=1 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==
In January 2025, he was part of the Indian team that won the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup at New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Women's Captain Priyanka Ingle Gears Up For Kho Kho World Cup {{!}} Other Sports News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/india-womens-captain-priyanka-ingle-gears-up-for-kho-kho-world-cup-7462836 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref> The Indian team were placed in Group A and defeated [[Nepal men's national kho kho team|Nepal]], [[Brazil]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=India edge closer to Kho Kho World Cup knockouts after outclassing Brazil |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/india-outclass-brazil-kho-kho-world-cup-edge-closer-to-knockouts-2664829-2025-01-14 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> [[Peru]] and [[Bhutan]] in the group stages. In the quarterfinals, India defeated [[Sri Lanka men's national kho kho team|Sri Lanka]] and beat [[South Africa men's national kho kho team|South Africa]] 62-42 in the semifinals.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Feel blessed": India's Gowtham MK after reaching Kho Kho World Cup 2025 final |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/feel-blessed-indias-gowtham-mk-after-reaching-kho-kho-world-cup-2025-final20250119134404/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Feel Blessed': India's Gowtham MK & Sachin Bhargo Expressed There Feelings After Reaching Kho Kho World Cup 2025 Final |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/feel-blessed-indias-gowtham-mk-sachin-bhargo-expressed-there-feelings-after-reaching-kho-kho-world-cup-2025-final |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> In the finals, India defeated [[Nepal men's national kho kho team|Nepal]] 54-36 to lift their maiden World Cup.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2025-01-20 |title=Kho Kho World Cup: Indian men's team crowned champion |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/kho-kho-world-cup-indian-mens-team-crowned-champion/articleshow/117382218.cms |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2023, he represented India in the Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. In 2024, he captained the Indian team in the India Nepal series.<ref name=":0" />

=== Domestic career ===
He started playing kho kho in 2012 and took part in the under 17 Nationals in 2013 and 2014. Later, he played the under 19 Nationals in 2015 and 2016. He played his first Senior National Kho Kho Championship in 2019 at Delhi and has been taking part in the senior Nationals ever since.<ref name=":0" /> After returning from the World Cup, he was felicitated at Sarangpur village.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2025 |title=National Kho Kho player welcomed in Sarangapur |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/bulandsehar/story-national-kho-kho-player-akash-baliyan-welcomed-in-sarangpur-village-201738008192476.html |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=LiveHindustan.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:People from Aligarh district]]

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