After cricketers, now Kabaddi players all set to slay with their style statement

In the past couple of months the social media was abuzz with this particular hashtag #BreakTheBeard. The cricketers club started it off with Sir Jadeja setting the tasks up for his mates and eventually players like Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan and Hardik Pandya took a break from their rugged look, opting for just a moustache and a stubble.

Style and glamour quotient has become an important part of any sport and in some cases the sport is becoming much more sought-after because of the players’ style quotient and stardom.

The fever has now passed on to the Kabaddi crew of India and the boys did wink a bit to take the ‘Panga’. With its fan base gradually swelling, the players are coming to terms with the fact that they are the face of the game.

Rishank Devadiga, the Raider of the UP Yodha feels sports and style go hand in hand. The 25 year-old, has won many accolades and is aiming to achieve for a hands down victory for his team this season. And he says is not stopping with that.

Apart from being ambitious with his sport, Rishank also took a plunge into the glam world ! He is one of the players who had taken up the #BreakTheBeard challenge.

The effervescent star does not shy away from admitting on how he meticulously spends time for self grooming apart from training for Kabaddi and his experience of taking up beard challenge.

Grooming is very important for me because we have to appear on the television almost every week and hence it becomes important to look prim and proper. I personally take a lot of care of my grooming styles. Whenever I wake up in the morning, I ensure to first wash my face with a facewash. Second step is to see if my beard or moustache has overgrown and requires shaving for which I definitely pick up my razor.

Yes obviously, if you notice there is a drastic change from the first season. At that time, no one even bothered to have a proper haircut, grooming was not the priority. But now everything has changed, each and every player has a different hairstyle, well-groomed beard and moustache, they have become pretty much conscious about their grooming regime. The Vivo Pro Kabaddi league is also becoming stylish, glamourous and has very much evolved over the years.

Not only me but a few of the Kabaddi players have done #BreakTheBeard. I have also seen many cricketers do it and It came out well for them. These bearded looks make everyone look the same, so we did #BreakTheBeard and got different styles with minimum facial hair. It feels good like a refreshing change to come out of the beard. It was also a completely new challenge for me and I really wanted to do it.

Yes definitely, I think they should follow because this is something new and different. It is always a good thing to be a part of these new challenges and it is time that people sport different looks which are well stylised.

The season was very good. In the beginning, we felt that the season is too lengthy and it will become hectic but it turned out to be smooth. Fortunately, even I’m performing well and I am really happy with my current form. We are pretty much working on cracking the playoffs and going on to win the finals.