Ultimate Kho Kho winner – final match, 05 Sep 2022: A journey full of sharp turns, dive, doge, attack and defend came to end. Overall in this journey Odisha Juggernauts proved themselves as best of the bests in Ultimate Kho Kho Season 1. This journey of 18 day will be remembered as best days of Kho Kho in whole world. It not only gathered massive audience through television and social media but also generated hope for Kho Kho players.
ULTIMATE KHO KHO FINAL MATCH RESULT
TURN 1: Odisha Juggernauts won the toss and decided to defend. Telugu Yoddhas while attacking soon found stuck in a tight spot. 1st Batch defenders Gowtham M K and Nileash Jadav scored 8 point dream runs. Second batch of Odisha Juggernauts defender Dilip Khandvi hammered Telugu Yoddhas with 2 more dream run points. At the end of Turn 1 score was 10-10. Odisha Juggernauts left no stone unturned as this was the best defending match so far in the tournament.
TURN 2: The magic of Odisha Juggernauts while defending threw whole Telugu Yoddhas squad in shock. But Telugu Yoddhas were no less, they came on ground with serious business. Pratik Waiker Captain of the team scored 2 point dream run in 1st batch and in coming batch Arun Gunki and Subhasis Santra helped Adarsh Mohite score massive 8 point dream run. With 10 point dream run Telugu Yoddhas declared they are here for a good fight . By the end of 2nd turn Odisha was leading with only 3 points.
TURN 3: Telugu Yoddhas started attacking aggressively and took away two defenders of first batch. Suraj Lande however managed to score 4 point from 2 dream run for Odisha Juggernauts. In second turn Telugu Yoddhas took powerplay and made it difficult for defenders to hit important dream run. Telugu Yoddhas were leading with 14 points at the end of 3rd Turn.
TURN 4: The attackers of Odisha Juggernauts and defenders of Telugu Yoddhas came on ground. It was last 7 minutes of whole tournament, which has to decide which team is going to be winner of Ultimate Kho Kho Season 1. Defender Prasad Radye scored a dream run in very first batch for Telugu Yoddhas. Odisha Juggernauts to cripple down Telugu Yoddhas, took power play against 2nd batch of defender. But Sachin Bhargo scored one more dream run.
Telugu Yoddhas were still leading the match 2 points and the batch was fighting hard. Suraj Lande sky dived to get Advut Patil out and with this Odisha won the Ultimate Kho Kho season 1 tournament.
ULTIMATE KHO KHO FINAL ROUND AWARDS
Attacker of the Match award: Arun Gunki
Defender of the Match award: Dilip Khandavi
Ultimate Kho of the Match award: Vishal
Ultimate Kho Kho winner Odisha Juggernauts also received cheque of 1cr rupee. Whereas runner of the tournament Telugu Yoddhas received cheque of 50lakh rupee. And Gujarat Giants who finished on third position also received cheque of 25Lakh rupee.
Ultimate Kho Kho Season 1 match highlight: