Siddharth Sirish Desai is a professional Indian kabaddi player who\u00a0was born on 5 December 1991 in Hundalewadi in Chandgad taluk of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. He was born into an underprivileged family in a small village that has a population of not more than 300. Siddharth started playing kabaddi from his childhood. People in his village also found pleasure in playing kabaddi which gave him exposure from the beginning. He used to play kabaddi in the local fields during his leisure time with friends. During his childhood days, Siddharth was trained by Appa Dalvi who was a well-known coach in his village. Appa was always amazed by Siddharth’s performance and guided him to rectify his shortfalls. Siddharth\u2019s friends and family used to call him Sid. Sid\u2019s father and brother are also great kabaddi players. Being raised in a kabaddi heritage, Sid always had a deep desire to pursue a career in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sid was very considerate towards his family and wanted a job to support them. He completed his schooling till the 10th standard from Jayprakash Vidyalay, Kini, and then went on to complete his 12th from Shriman VP Desai Jr College, Kowad. He later went to college to complete a B.Sc. in Physics and started working at Air India as a contractor. From there, his life changed in unexpected ways. While working in Air India met the kabaddi coach Ashok Sinde. He trained Sid to play for Air India at the domestic level. Ashok was deeply impressed by the performance of Sid and saw a potential kabaddi prodigy in him whose talents should be known to the world. Ashok Sinde with his wide influence pulled some strings for Sid and got him to an auction. From there Sid kick-started his journey of building up a career in his obsession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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