Irshad Ahmed Ansari is an Indian

carrom Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board. The game is very popular in the Indian subcontinent, and is known by various names in different languages. In Sou ...

player. He is the defending carrom world champion as of December 2019.

Career

Ansari won his first world title in men's singles after defeating fellow Indian

Prashant More Prashant More is an Indian carrom player. He is a two time carrom world champion in 2016 and 2018. Career Prashant won his first world title in men's singles at the 2016 Carrom World Championship. He was also a member of the Indian team wh ...

in the men's singles final of the

8th Carrom ICF Cup 2019 The 8th edition of the ICF Carrom cup was held in Pune, India from 2 to 6 December 2019. This was the 3rd consecutive ICF cup India has hosted. India won the men's team event and women's team event title. Irshad Ahmed Ansari of India defeated 20 ...

. He lost the first set without a fight in the final 3-25 before coming back strongly to defeat More 25-14 and 25-24 in the next two sets. He was also a key member of the Indian team which won the world title in the men's tournament after defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the 2019 Carrom Mini World Cup. In June 2020, he became an auto-rickshaw driver in order to cope up with the impact of the

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. Few carrom players such as Prashant More offered him financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ansari, Irshad Ahmed Living people Indian carrom players 21st-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people)