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{{Short description|Indian carrom player}}
{{For|Nepalese cricketer|Irshad Ahamad}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Irshad Ahmed Ansari
| fullname =
| nationality = Indian
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = [[carrom]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[carrom]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Carrom Mini World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|[[8th Carrom ICF Cup 2019|2019 Pune]]|singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[8th Carrom ICF Cup 2019|2019 Pune]]|team}}
}}
'''Irshad Ahmed Ansari''' is an Indian carrom player.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Kamesh|date=2021-01-08|title=Carrom challenge {{!}} Superb Arif in the lead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/carrom-challenge-superb-arif-in-the-lead/article33531678.ece|access-date=2021-08-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is the defending carrom world champion as of December 2019.

== Career ==
He won his first world title in men's singles after defeating fellow Indian [[Prashant More]] in the men's singles final of the [[8th Carrom ICF Cup 2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-13|title=International Carrom Federation cup: More, Pasha score easy wins|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/icf-cup-more-pasha-score-easy-win/story-ZJHO9tA2CKUiK2nA0of5QP.html|url-status=live|website=the hindhustani times}}</ref> He lost the first set without a fight in the final 3-25 before coming back strongly to defeat More 25-14 and 25-24 in the next two sets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Carrom Champ Irshad Ahmed Ansari now struggles to make ends meet|url=https://www.mid-day.com/amp/sports/other-sports/article/carrom-champ-irshad-ahmed-drives-autorickshaw-now--struggles-to-make-ends-meet-22822280|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.mid-day.com}}</ref> He was also a key member of the Indian team which won the world title in the men's tournament after defeating Sri Lanka in the final of the 2019 Carrom Mini World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World champion Prashant More leads Indian charge|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/world-champion-prashant-more-leads-indian-charge|access-date=2021-08-13|website=The Free Press Journal|language=en|date=5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=23 November 2019|title=ICF Cup in Pune|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/icf-cup-in-pune/article30062643.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-08|title=ICF: Indian women, men win team championships|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/international-carrom-federation-indian-women-men-win-team-championships/story-izGZ3rVbxoNFCFTFV1IOiL.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

In June 2020, he became an auto-rickshaw driver in order to cope up with the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":0" /> Few carrom players such as Prashant More offered him financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-08|title=He won Intl. Carrom Federation Cup In 2019, Now As An Auto Driver He's Struggling To Survive|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/human-interest/winner-of-international-carrom-federation-cup-in-2019-irshad-ahmed-struggling-to-survive-515153.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref>

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