Ashu Malik
Dabang Delhi K.C. right raider with 916 PKL points across five seasons and an Asian Games debut for India in 2026.
Known for Right raiding for Dabang Delhi
- Team (Season 12)
- Dabang Delhi K.C.
- Position
- Raider
- Nationality
- India
- Born
- 9 January 2002
- From
- Sonipet, Haryana, India
- Jersey
- #77
PKL career
Season by season
| Season | Team | Matches | Points | Raid | Tackle | Super 10s | High 5s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 14 | 154 | 152 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 23 | 265 | 262 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 23 | 280 | 276 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 23 | 158 | 141 | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Dabang Delhi K.C. | 22 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Ashu Malik is an Indian kabaddi raider from Haryana who has spent his whole Pro Kabaddi League career with Dabang Delhi K.C. Born on 9 January 2002, he plays as a right raider and has become one of the main attacking threats for the Delhi side, with 916 PKL points across five seasons. In 2026 he also earned his first Asian Games call-up for India.
Early life
According to Wikipedia, Malik was born in Sonipet, Haryana, and started playing kabaddi at the age of 12. In 2022 he turned out for Murthal Magnets in the Yuva Kabaddi League.
PKL career
Malik made his PKL debut in 2021 with Dabang Delhi K.C., in the season the club went on to win the Season 8 title. He played 22 matches that year and scored 59 points, 51 of them from raids.
His role grew in Season 9, when he scored 158 points in 23 matches, including 141 raid points and 17 tackle points. That season also brought the only High 5 of his PKL career so far, along with five Super 10s.
Season 10 was his most productive campaign by points: 280 in 23 matches, with 276 from raids and 15 Super 10s. He followed it in Season 11 with 265 points in 23 matches, and his 18 Super 10s that year were the most he has recorded in a single season.
Across five seasons he has played 105 matches and scored 916 points, made up of 882 raid points and 34 tackle points, with 46 Super 10s and one High 5.
Season 12
In Season 12 in 2025, Malik played 14 matches for Dabang Delhi K.C. and scored 154 points, 152 from raids and 2 from tackles. He registered eight Super 10s and finished with a raid strike rate of 58% and a tackle strike rate of 50%. Wikipedia lists him as part of the Delhi squad that won the Season 12 title.
International career
Malik attended all of India’s selection camps in 2026 and was picked for the national team at the final camp. He made his Asian Games debut in Japan, where India, the defending champions, opened their title defence with a 49-24 win over the hosts at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium in Aichi Prefecture. Zee News reported that Malik led India’s attack in that match, with a three-point Super Raid helping build an early 18-2 lead. India went into the break 31-9 ahead.
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