Ashfaque Sayed's first major tournament came in the 2005 WDF World Cup, against Brazilian Artur Valle. He then played in the 2006 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup. Sayed won the 2007 India National Championships 4 times till 2007 by this virtue Was ranked no 1 in Indian order of Merit to Qualify for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship , losing in the preliminary round 5–0 to China's Shi Yongsheng.He qualified as India no 1 on inclusion of India as a wild card Entry along with 3 other countries .