At the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday, Gujarat Giants defeated Chennai Quick Guns 31–26 to win Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 championship.
Gujarat Giants defeated Chennai Quick Guns 31–26 on Saturday at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cuttack to win Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2. Gujarat Giants were outstanding that day as they ended the game in the first innings alone, despite struggling with periods of inconsistency during the league stage. The favorites, Chennai Quick Guns, will be disappointed with their inability to get going right away in the game. In other words, a fantastic comeback in the last turn was insufficient.
The UK-based BNP Group provided Series A finance to Ultimate Kho Kho, the first Indian sports league supported by Amit Burman and the Kho Kho Federation of India. Shri Pinaki Misra, the member of parliament for Puri, was present at the final on Saturday.
“I watch Kho Kho on television but being here live is electrifying,” explained Shri Misra. “When you watch this live, you realize how easy it is to play, but also how hard it is. These boys are doing such an amazing job, and it is remarkable that they come from somewhat less privileged families.”
Gujarat Giants got out to a fantastic start in the game, quickly dismissing the best trio of Ramji Kashyap, Madan, and Vijay Shinde from Chennai Quick Guns. They adopted the tactic of going after Ramji right away, and it worked like a charm because the latter was eliminated in the first minute. Madan returned rather early as well.
Shinde managed to hang on longer, but not long enough to give his team a dream run point. The Gujarat Giants were ahead 14-1 coming into Turn 2, however the second set of Chennai Quick Guns did accomplish a dream run point.
They followed that up with an outstanding defensive performance to solidify their lead. During their five minutes and six seconds on the mat, the first defense group of the Gujarat Giants, consisting of Suyash Gargate, Shubham Thorat, and Deepak Madhav, scored five dream run points. Going into the second innings, Gujarat Giants had a commanding 12-point advantage, with just three players from the following group still unbeaten.
Bangalore Although Quick Guns scored three bonus points on Turn 3, it was too little, too late. They needed a miracle to come back from a 19-point deficit in the last turn.
The miracle was on the verge of happening. In just one minute and seventeen seconds, Chennai Quick Guns made a fantastic start to Turn 4, routing the first Gujarat Giants group. The Chennai Quick Guns had hope after the subsequent batch was also shipped out quickly. Sanket Kadam, nonetheless, managed to win the team’s trophy and remain unblemished.
Odisha Juggernauts had earlier defeated Telugu Yoddhas 32–24 to take third place. At the completion of the first innings, Telugu Yoddhas had a narrow 14–13 lead. However, the Odisha Juggernauts won the match thanks to a strong Turn 3 that saw them collect three defensive bonus points and an incredible display from their attackers in the last turn.
