Voyage of Ashok Das: The 'Kabaddi Daddy' who took the sport beyond India 

2016 Kabaddi World Cup

India vs. England (Kabaddi World Cup 2016)

Ashok Das affiliated the Scottish, Wales and Polish Kabaddi Association to the IKF where he introduced how the nations had been adopting the game with eagerness and cheerfulness.

Only England and Poland were the two European nations that took part in the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup. As far as England is concerned, they had comprehensive wins against Australia (69-25) and Argentina (68-28). They faced against India (18-69) as well.

As far as Poland, introduced by Abhishek Sharma who was just as devoted as Ashok in bringing Kabaddi in Poland admires Ashok for helping him build the team and training the Polish Team hard. Poland before 2016 KWC, competed in friendly matches in England. "What we are today, it is all because of Mr. Das," the team that beat Iran in one of the biggest surprises in Kabaddi history (41-25).

Ashok introduced many teams to the IKF before Kabaddi World Cup 2016.

Ashok also introduced IKF with teams like Kenya, Argentina, U.S., and Australia as well.