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{{Short description|Indian darts player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Amit Gilitwala
| image =
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| fullname =
| nickname = "The Shakti"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Surat]], India
| hometown = [[Cardiff, Wales]]
| since = 2011
| darts = 24g Unicorn
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "[[Jai Ho (song)|Jai Ho]]" by [[Allah Rakha Rahman]]
| BDO = 2012–2018
| PDC = 2018–
| WDF = 2012–2018
| currentrank =
| BDO World =
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| PDC World = Last 96: [[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|2021]]
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| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| '''India Ch'ship''' | 2011
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'''Amit Gilitwala''' (born 11 October 1995) is an Indian professional [[darts]] player who currently plays in [[Professional Darts Corporation]] (PDC) events. He is an Indian Champion and first player from India who played at the PDC World Youth Championship. He represented his country during the [[PDC World Cup of Darts]], [[WDF World Cup]] and [[WDF Asia-Pacific Cup]]. His biggest achievement to date was a start in the [[2021 PDC World Darts Championship]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/10/16/ukraines-omelchenko-seals-cazoo-world-championship-qualification| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016160055/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/10/16/ukraines-omelchenko-seals-cazoo-world-championship-qualification| url-status=dead| archive-date=16 October 2022| title=Ukraine's Omelchenko seals Cazoo World Championship qualification| publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation]]| access-date=18 October 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2011, Gilitwala won the Indian Championship just a few months after he started playing darts, by beating [[Ankit Goenka]] in the final by a 4–3 scoreline in legs. In the same year, he took part in the [[2011 WDF World Cup]], competing in the youth competitions. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage, after two losses against [[Jake Jones (darts player)|Jake Jones]] and [[Max Hopp]]. In the mixed pairs competition he played for [[India]] with [[Amita-Rani Ahir]], but they lost in the group-stage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/players/amit-gilitwala| title=Amit Gilitwala| publisher=[[World Darts Federation]]| access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

A year later, he was selected by the national federation to represent India during the [[WDF Asia-Pacific Cup]]. In the pairs and team competition he was eliminated, taking the last place in the group. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage. In 2014, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Development Tour competition and qualified for the [[2014 PDC World Youth Championship]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/darts/4-reasons-why-india-should-take-up-darts| title=4 reasons why India should take up darts| date=14 February 2020| publisher=sportskeeda.com| access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In the first round match, he lost to [[Jake Patchett]] by 0–6 in legs.

In June 2014, he represented his home country at the [[2014 PDC World Cup of Darts]] together with [[Nitin Kumar]]. In the first round match they competed against Belgium ([[Kim Huybrechts]] and [[Ronny Huybrechts]]), but lost by 0–5 in legs. After a longer break with international starts, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Q-School in 2018, but was not successful there.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mastercaller.com/players/amit-gilitwala| title=Amit Gilitwala| publisher=mastercaller.com| access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> In 2021, he was nominated by Indian Darts Federation for the [[2021 PDC World Darts Championship]]. In the first round match, he lost to [[Steve West (darts player)|Steve West]] by 0–3 in sets. He played an average over 80 points, but had problem on the doubles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the42.ie/peter-wright-barry-keane-darts-wrap-5301284-Dec2020/| title=Wright brings festive cheer and opens title defence on a high, Meath teenager bows out at Ally Pally| date=16 December 2020| publisher=the42.ie| access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref>

==World Championship results==
===PDC===
* 2021: First round (lost to [[Steve West (darts player)|Steve West]] 0–3) (sets)

==Performance timeline==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0"
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! Tournament !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023
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| colspan="11" style="text-align:left" |<small>'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] '''Ranked televised events</small>
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| style="background:#efefef;"| [[PDC World Darts Championship|World Championship]]
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2021 PDC World Darts Championship|1R]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
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| colspan="12" style="text-align:left" |<small>'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] '''Non-ranked televised events</small>
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| style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|[[PDC World Cup of Darts|World Cup of Darts]]}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 PDC World Cup of Darts|1R]]
| colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 PDC World Cup of Darts|RR]]
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| style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|World Youth Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 PDC World Youth Championship|1R]]
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ
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| colspan="11" style="text-align:left" |'''Career statistics'''
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| style="text-align:left" |'''{{nowrap|Year-end ranking ([[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]])}}'''
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==References==
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[[Category:1995 births]]
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[[Category:Indian darts players]]
[[Category:Professional Darts Corporation associate players]]
[[Category:PDC World Cup of Darts Indian team]]

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