Kashiling Adake Biography 
Kashiling Adake is an Indian professional Kabaddi player, who is also associated with Pro Kabaddi League. For the 6th season, he is playing for Bengaluru bulls at present. He has been associated with Dabang Delhi and U Mumba before, at different seasons, and he is being coached by E Bhaskaran. He is the first player to score 15 raid points in 1st-Half in a match in PKL Season 5, and owns a good season with Pro Kabaddi League.
He was born in the village Kasegaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra on 8 December 1992. His father was a former wrestling player who worked in the farms. But he never let him work until his death in 2013. Kashiling played Kabaddi since school days, and has represented his school team for championships. Traditionally he belonged to a family of wrestlers. But he didn’t like this sport, and in order to escape from it, he joined one of Kabaddi clubs in his village. After his father's death in 2013, he was the sole bread winner for his family. He belonged to a poor family, and hence to financially support his family he worked in a sugarcane factory that paid him only 25 rupees per hour.
He had to face poverty during those years in sugarcane factory and used to get food only once during day time. Yet he worked four years there. Later he was brought to Mumbai by his uncle Sunil Adake who played Kabaddi for Bharat Petroleum. After a few attempts, he managed to get into Mahindra's Kabaddi team. Very soon he progressed to the National Squad and was later picked by Dabang Delhi for a sum of 10 lakh in 2014. From there on, there was no turning back, and he later represented U Mumba and Bengaluru Bulls later.
Though he struggled a lot to reach the position where he is now, he has been not free of controversies too. In 2015, a female Kabaddi player from Kolhapur district filed a case of sexual assault and harassment against him. He was later released on bail.
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Updated: October 08, 2018
