Kush Kumar

Kush Kumar
Country  India
Residence Chennai, India
Born (1996-05-29) May 29, 1996
Dhampur, India
Turned Pro 2013
Retired Active
Coached by Major S Maniam
Cyrus Poncha
Racquet used Tecnifibre
Men's singles
Highest ranking No. 89 (August, 2014)
Current ranking No. 89 (August, 2014)
Last updated on: August, 2014.

Kush Kumar, (born May 29, 1996 in Dhampur) is a professional squash player who represents India. Kush Kumar completed his under-graduation from DG Vaishnav College[1]. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in August 2015. He became popular when his Men's Squash Team won Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games along with Harinder Pal Sandhu,Mahesh Mangaonkar,Saurav Ghosal.[2][3] On February 27, 2018, Kumar's Trinity Bantams captured the collegiate squash national title against Harvard, with Kumar winning his match against Harvard's No. 1.[4] On March 4, 2018, the top-seeded Kumar placed second in the CSA Individual National Championship, falling 3-2 to the fourteenth-seeded David Ryan of Harvard, who had only gained entry to the tournament after the withdrawals of several higher-ranked players. After battling back from 2-0 down (11-4, 11-8) to even the match at 2-2 (7-11, 3-11), Kumar failed to capitalize on two match balls at 10-8, eventually losing 12-10. [5]

References

  1. ↑ https://m.sportskeeda.com/squash/kush-kumar-india-squash-champ-interview, Gold Medallist
  2. ↑ PSA Player Profile
  3. ↑ SquashInfo Player Profile
  4. ↑ https://commons.trincoll.edu/tripod/2018/02/27/mens-squash-takes-seventeenth-national-championship/
  5. ↑ https://csasquash.com/2018/03/04/sedky-and-ryan-crowned-national-champions/


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