Amit Gilitwala

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Amit Gilitwala
Personal information
Full nameAmit Gilitwala
Nickname"The Shakti"
Born (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 28)
Surat, India
Home town Preston, Lancashire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts24g Unicorn
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Jai Ho" by Allah Rakha Rahman
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2012–2018
PDC 2018–
WDF 2012–2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2021
Other tournament wins
India Ch'ship 2011

Amit Gilitwala (born 11 October 1995) is an Indian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an Indian Champion and first player from India who played at the PDC World Youth Championship. He represented his country during the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Asia-Pacific Cup. His biggest achievement to date was a start in the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. [1]

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Career

In 2011, Gilitwala won the Indian Championship just a few months after he started playing darts, by beating Ankit Goenka in the final by a 4–3 scoreline in legs. In the same year, he took part in the 2011 WDF World Cup, competing in the youth competitions. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage, after two losses against Jake Jones and Max Hopp. In the mixed pairs competition he played for India with Amita-Rani Ahir, but they lost in the group-stage. [2]

A year later, he was selected by the national federation to represent India during the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup. In the pairs and team competition he was eliminated, taking the last place in the group. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage. In 2014, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Development Tour competition and qualified for the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship. [3] In the first round match, he lost to Jake Patchett by 0–6 in legs.

In June 2014, he represented his home country at the 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts together with Nitin Kumar. In the first round match they competed against Belgium (Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts), but lost by 0–5 in legs. After a longer break with international starts, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Q-School in 2018, but was not successful there. [4] In 2021, he was nominated by Indian Darts Federation for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. In the first round match, he lost to Steve West by 0–3 in sets. He played an average over 80 points, but had problem on the doubles. [5]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

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PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts 1R DNQ RR
World Youth Championship 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)––––––125––

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References

  1. ↑ "Ukraine's Omelchenko seals Cazoo World Championship qualification". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Amit Gilitwala". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "4 reasons why India should take up darts". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Amit Gilitwala". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wright brings festive cheer and opens title defence on a high, Meath teenager bows out at Ally Pally". the42.ie. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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