 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kurwa kwekutanga kwaMalik pa2017 Asian Wrestling Championshipsakanga ari mumakwikwi ekupedzisira apo akakunda Taiki Yamamoto wekuJapan ne 63. Mushure mekukunda kurwa kwake kwakatevera kurwisa Farkhod Anakulov weTajikistan ne72, akarasikirwa mumutambo wekupedzisira kuYadollah Mohebbi weIran ne62. Gare gare mugore iroro, akapinda mu2017 World Wrestling Championships, uko akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga kuRussia Anzor Khizriev. Sezvo Khizriev asina kuva wokupedzisira, Malik haana kuwana mumwe mukana kudzoka kuburikidza repechage. MunaNovember, akahwina 2017 National wrestling championships mushure mekukunda Hitender mumutambo wekupedzisira. Nepo akarasikirwa naHitender mumutambo wekupedzisira we2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships mumwedzi unotevera. 