Mumbai, December 1st, 2025
Dhirubhai Ambani International School Bridge Bootcamp. 80 kids learnt to play basics today. Taught by Anshul Bhatt and kids team from the school who played in Italy the last word championship.
The kids here he trained were mentors in the Bootcamp on Nov 14/15th so he is creating a new generation of teachers and will continue in his school even after he leaves
Anshul Bhatt
At 16, Anshul Bhatt is leading one of India’s most unexpected youth movements: reviving a game long confined to ‘old people’s game’ and bringing it back into schools, turning teenagers into World Championship contenders.
His goal is simple but radical: to make bridge cool, competitive, and culturally alive again , a game that once seemed destined to fade, now with a generation ready to inherit it.
He began learning bridge at age 6 when hardly any young players existed.
Over a decade, he rose to become the youngest winner of all three gold medals at the 2022 World Youth Bridge Championships.
Anshul Bhatt with student mentors (LtoR) (L to R) Viha Gahrotra, Ananya Mehta, Jashith Narang and Prakhar Bansal
His meteoric rise drew the attention of icons like Bill Gates and Sachin Tendulkar.
Refusing to be the last young player, he set out to build the next generation: starting a school Bridge Club and later running 2-day bootcamps.
His students are now competing internationally: four trainees from his school narrowly missed a bronze medal at the 2025 U16 World Championships.
He has trained 500+ children across India and built an outreach network reaching over 20,000 people with a TEDx talk also
He’s become a youth ambassador for the game, speaking at YPO, HDFC, and IIFL to challenge India’s stigma around bridge as gambling and frame it as a mindsport.
