Yash Fadte

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Junior International squash player

Hailing from a family of cricketers, Yash Fadte, 16, has broken traditions and taken a sporting U-turn.

The Vasco-based Class 11 student is one of the country’s top players in the junior segment. He was the youngest to be selected to play for India at the U-19 World Junior Squash Championships and the U-17 Asian Junior Championships. Fadte is determined to make Goa known on world squash map.

He speaks to VIVA GOA about his future plans…

I started paying squash...

With my father Dilip Fadte. He was a Ranji player for Goa, and my uncle Namdev Fadte also played cricket for Goa. Even my twin brother Om plays for the Goa U-16 team. After my father retired, he played squash for fitness, and since the age of seven I went to watch him play. My family expected me to take up cricket because of my background, but at age eight I told my father I wanted to play squash.

My training schedule...

Includes squash in the morning during vacations and holidays, or cycling, swimming or jogging. In the evenings, I play squash for about 2-3 hours. My father is my coach. I have received membership at the prestigious Cricket Club of India’s squash facility in Mumbai which is hard to get. So I travel every Saturday to Mumbai, play on the weekend and return on Sunday. 

Read the full article in 'Viva Goa' magazine copy.

Viva Goa magazine is now on stands. Available at all major book stalls and supermarkets in Goa.

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