Meet Asit Hembram: one of the attractions in coming KPL without foreigners

Even in his brief stint with New Alipore Suruchi Sangha in the recently concluded Reliance Under-21 Youth League, Asit struck four goals in all four matches his team participated.

His height is 5 feet 11 inches. His weight is 65 kg. The coaches who worked with him in recent times had similar opinions that this 22-year-old striker is set off his mark in the upcoming Kolkata Premier Football league which will not whiteness any foreign footballer after a gap of four decades. 

He is Asit Hembram. He had a crucial role in guiding Kalighat MS to the Premier Division last season from Premier Division B, scoring nine goals in the team's 14 league matches. He was the top scorer in the Premier-B Division last season. Even in his brief stint with New Alipore Suruchi Sangha in the recently concluded Reliance Under-21 Youth League, Asit struck four goals in all four matches his team took part. 

Ranjan Bhattacharya, under whose guidance Bengal became runners-up in Santosh Trophy in 2019-20, commented on Asit, "He is a striker to watch in the forthcoming KPL." Asit is also aware of the fact that KPL is going to be staged without foreign players. He said to Parallel Sports, "It will be a good opportunity for the strikers like us to prove our mettle. I should take my performance to the height where the club officials, the coaches can think of roping in me instead of a foreign striker. I must have to perform in the coming KPL to get a call in the Bengal team. That will pave my way to get a job ultimately. I badly need a job to give some relief to my brother." 

Asit lives in a village in Burdwan district named Khannan. After his father's demise in 2015, their family is run by his elder brother Asim Hembram who is an employee of the Indian Railway. Asim also used to play football and now desires his brother to build up his career being a successful footballer in the future. After honing basic skills in the East Bengal junior team in 2016-17, Asit entered the mainstream of Kolkata football and joined Kalighat MS last season.

Asit also seems dedicated to fulfilling his elder brother's dream. Even after traveling almost four-and-half hours up and down from his residence to the club for training every day, Asit used to practice alone at a local ground throughout the last season. He added, "I became tired of the hectic journey. Still after returning home, I practiced in the evening at our local ground with a couple of my friends. I follow the same routine now also. I have to improve scoring ability, develop more speed with an off-the-ball and physical strength also." 

The physically strongly-built striker has another desire. That is to meet his favorite Indian striker Sunil Chhetri at least once. 

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