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{{MedalSilver|[[1989 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|1989 Delhi]]|Team}}<br />
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'''Ashish Kumar Ballal''' (born 8 October 1970) is a former Indian goalkeeper of [[field hockey]]. He represented India in 275 international matches in the [[1992 Barcelona Olympics]], the [[1990 Men's Hockey World Cup|1990 World cup]], 3 [[Hockey Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]] tournaments (1989, 1993, 1996), 2 [[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]] (1994, 1998) and 2 [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup|Asia Cup]]s (1989, 1993). Ballal became a [[celebrity|household name]] in India when he saved two tie-breaker goals in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games final against [[South Korea men's national field hockey team|South Korea]]. India, captained by Ballal, went on to win the Asiad hockey gold at Bangkok after a gap of 32 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19981220/35450744.html |title=Hockey win |access-date=2009-09-07 |publisher=Indian Express |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324093628/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19981220/35450744.html |archive-date=24 March 2012 }}</ref><br />
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For his outstanding contribution to the game of hockey, Ballal was bestowed with the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1997 by the [[Government of India]] And the Eklavya Award in 2000 by the government of Karnataka. He coaches hockey players of India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010110/sports.htm#11 |title=Ashish Ballal to coach |access-date= 2009-09-07 |publisher=The Tribune }}</ref> In a laudable effort, he runs the Ashish Ballal Hockey Academy in [[Bangalore]] as his way of giving back to the game of hockey in India.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ballal hails from the [[Bunt (community)|Bunt community]]<ref name=Times>{{cite news|last=Aby Jose|title=Goalkeeper who chased goals with grit|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Goalkeeper-who-chased-goals-with-grit/iplarticleshow/7130131.cms|access-date=16 December 2011|newspaper=Times of India|date=20 December 2010}}</ref> and is married to fellow Bunt Sahana. He is a father to two sons, Vansh Ballal and Yash Ballal.<ref name=Times /><br />
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* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ashish-kumar-ballal-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/ashish-kumar-ballal-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ashish Kumar Ballal}}<br />
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