23-year-old Danish Bhat is a fan-favourite at I-League club Real Kashmir. He is one of only two Kashmir-born players in the first-team squad who have played regularly this season and is relishing a career that poses different challenges.
Little did he know about the different turns his life was going to take when he joined the Snow Leopards, who became the first club from Kashmir to play in I-League two years ago. The club assembled a strong team for the then top division and Bhat has been a vital cog in David Robertson's squad for two seasons in a row.