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{{Short description|Indian kho kho player}}
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'''Ramji Harishchandra Kashyap''' (born 2 March 2003)<ref>https://kheloindia.gov.in/uploads/Khelo%20India%20Athletes.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515205637/https://kheloindia.gov.in/uploads/Khelo%20India%20Athletes.pdf |date=15 May 2025 }} Serial number 159</ref> is an Indian kho kho player from Maharashtra. He plays for the India men's national kho kho team as an all-rounder.<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=2025-03-23 |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 Chennai Quick Guns in the Ultimate Kho Kho, a franchise based league tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Player Draft |url=https://www.ultimatekhokho.com/player-draft |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Ultimate Kho Kho |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramji Kashyap Profile 251 |url=https://www.ultimatekhokho.com/players/ramji-kashyap-profile-251 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Ultimate Kho Kho |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kashyap is from [[Velapur]] village, [[Solapur district]], Maharashtra.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-01-19 |title=Kho Kho Kho: A 22-year-old's journey from collecting scrap to stacking medals |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/kho-kho-kho-a-22-year-olds-journey-from-collecting-scrap-to-stacking-medals-9786282/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> His parents come from a poor background and are migrant labourers who collect scrap for a living. In 1990s, they migrated from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to eastern Maharashtra and settled in Velapur. He has two brothers and a sister, who all help his parents in carrying the scrap. Kashyap took to kho kho after joining the local Municipal School which offered English medium education. His parents initially were reluctant to let him go for training as it means one pair of hands less for the hard work. But after playing Ultimate Kho Kho, he earned Rs.5 lakhs.<ref name=":0" /> Now he works with Central Railway in Mumbai.<ref name=":0" /> One of his early coaches, was Somanath Bansode.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramji Kashyap: From a 'cardboard' scrapper to World Cup star in the Kho-Kho |url=https://parallelsports.in/news/ramji-kashyap-from-a-cardboard-scrapper-to-world-cup-star-in-the-kho-kho |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Parallel Sports Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |language=English}}</ref>

== Career ==
In January 2025, Kashyap 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]], [[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><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramji Kashyap, V Subramani star as India crushes Sri Lanka to reach Kho Kho WC 2025 semi-finals |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/ramji-kashyap-v-subramani-star-as-india-crushes-sri-lanka-to-reach-kho-kho-wc-2025-semi-finals20250117223226/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref> In the finals, India defeated 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>

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