2022 Ultimate Kho Kho final
The 2022 Ultimate Kho Kho final was contested between the Odisha Juggernauts and the Telugu Yoddhas on 4 September 2022 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. Odisha won the match 46–45.[1][2]
Road to the final[edit]
Odisha finished second in the league stage, and beat the Gujarat Giants in Qualifier 1 to reach the final.
The Yoddhas finished third in the league stage, and beat the Chennai Quick Guns in the Eliminator and then the Gujarat Giants in Qualifier 2 to reach the final.[3]
Match[edit]
Odisha won the coin toss and decided to defend first.[3]
Turn 1[edit]
Points scored per team: 10-10.
End-of-turn score: 10-10.
Odisha scored 10 Dream Run points in the first turn; it was the lowest-scoring turn on attack for the Yoddhas in the entire tournament, and resulted in the scores being tied at 10 points.[4]
Turn 2[edit]
Points scored per team: 13–10.
End-of-turn score: 23–20.
The Yoddhas scored 10 Dream Run points in their first defending turn as well, due in large part to a 8-point Dream Run (over 4 minutes of defense) by Adarsh Mohite, Rohan Shinghade & Arun Gunki, keeping the game relatively even at half-time.
Turn 3[edit]
Points scored per team: 4-21.
End-of-turn score: 27–41.
Turn 4[edit]
Points scored per team: 19–4.
Final score: 46–45.
With 1 minute and 24 seconds left in the match, the Juggernauts whittled down the Yoddhas' lead to 2 points by tagging Sachin Bhargav, who had scored 2 Dream Run points (with 2:44 of defense) prior to being dismissed.
With 14 seconds left, the Odisha attacker Suresh Lande was able to tag the Telugu defender Avdhut Patil with a Sky Dive, and thus scored 3 points to put Odisha permanently into the lead.[3]
Awards[edit]
Best Attacker: Arun Gunki
Best Defender: Dilip Khandvi
Ultimate Kho: Vishal[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Today, Telangana (2022-09-04). "Ultimate Kho Kho 2022: Telugu Yoddhas emerge runner-up". Telangana Today. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ "Odisha Juggernauts Win Ultimate Kho Kho 2022, Beat Telegu Yoddhas in Season 1 Final | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2022-09-04. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ a b c Chhabria, Vinay (2022-09-04). "Odisha Juggernauts become inaugural Ultimate Kho Kho 2022 champions, defeat Telugu Yoddhas in a nail-biting final". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Manoharan, Amith; Thakur, Prajwal; Singh, Arun Kumar (2023-06-06). "Multi-agent Target Defense Game with Learned Defender to Attacker Assignment". 2023 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE. pp. 297–304. doi:10.1109/icuas57906.2023.10156083. ISBN 979-8-3503-1037-5. S2CID 259278256.
- ^ Haque, Samad. "Ultimate Kho Kho: Odisha Juggernauts lift inaugural title". Khel Now. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
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