Born on 24th July 1992, Maharashtra's Akash Chikte made his senior international debut at the 2017 Azlan Shah Cup along with three others (Suraj Karkera, Affan Yousuf and Sumit). He won gold at the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy, 2017 Asia Cup and took part in the HWL R3 and R4 in 2017; However, his progression came to grinding halt when he was handed a two-year suspension for a positive dope test in an out-of-competition test, which was later reduced to 13 months.