2023–24 Ultimate Kho Kho

The 2023-2024 season of Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) was the second edition of the tournament, which was held from 24 December 2023 to 13 January 2024 in Cuttack, Odisha. There were six teams playing 34 matches. Gujarat Giants beat Chennai Quick Guns 31-26 in the final.

2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho season
League	Ultimate Kho Kho
Sport	Kho Kho
Defending champions	Odisha Juggernauts (2022)
Hosts	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
Duration	24 December - 14 January 2024
Number of teams	6
League champions	Gujarat Giants
Runner-ups	Chennai Quick Guns

History

The player draft for the season was held on November 21, 2023, where 145 out of 272 draftable players were selected. A total of 18 players have been retained by the franchises from the previous season.

Format

A change to the rules was introduced in this season that each tagged defender would always be worth 2 points to the attacking team, as opposed to the format in the previous season where a bonus 3rd point could be earned if an attacker tagged a defender while diving. The rule around Dream Runs was also changed, such that 1 point is earned by a batch of defenders for surviving 3 minutes, and then 1 more point for every 30 seconds afterwards.

Prize money

The winning team received ₹1 crore (US$120,000), while the runner-ups received ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) and the third-placed team received ₹30 lakh (US$36,000).

Popularity

The official social media handles for UKK received over 213 million views during the tournament, totalling a 150% increase in popularity.

Teams

Mumbai Khiladis

Rajasthan Warriors

Telugu Yoddhas

Gujarat Giants

Odisha Juggernauts

Chennai Quick Guns

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Locations of the UKK teams

The six teams are named Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Khiladis, Odisha Juggernauts, Rajasthan Warriors, and Telugu Yoddhas.

Squads

Chennai Quick Guns

Attackers

Balvir Singh,Jaswant Singh,Manoj Patil,P Narasayya,Sachin Gaur,V Kabilan,Venu Gopal S

Defenders

Buchannagari Raju,Jeevith Daasari Rao,M Vignesh,Mahesh Madhukar Shinde,N Suresh,P Anand Kumar,Prasad Vijay Patil,Pritam Ankush Chougule,S.Santhru,SibinM,Vijaybhai Vegad

All-Rounders

Amit Vasant Patil(C),M Vignesh,Madan,P.Jai Prasath,Rajvardhan Shankar Patil,K Ram Mohan,Ramji Kashyap

Gujarat Giants

Attackers

Abhinandan Mahadev Patil,Aniket Bhagwan Pote,Bhat Hakmaji Govind,Chinmoy Nandi,Nilesh Sarjerao Patil,Praful Raju Bhange,Ranjan Shridhar Shetty(C),S.Kavin Raj,Sagar Shubhash Lengare,Sarath Kumar Saravanan,Shubham Motiramji Jambhale

Defenders

Ajay Kumar Mandra,Akshay Sandeep Bhangare,Dhiraj Vinod Bhave,Manoj Sarkar,Mareppa,Rutishbhai Jayantibhai Barde,SagarDeepakraj Potdar,Saleem Khan,Vinayak Sadashiv Pokarde

All-Rounders

Debendra Nath,TJaggannath Das,Pothi Reddy Siva Reddy,SuyashVishwas Gargate

Mumbai Khiladis

Attackers

Abhishek Pathrode,Abishek M S,Avik Singha,Bichu S S,Devendra Dagur,Durvesh Vikas Salunke,Milind Rajendra Kurpe,Rahul Bharat Sawant,Rajesh Kumar,Shubham Kachhi,Sreejesh S,Ummer Ahmad Rathar

Defenders

Ajay Panchabhai,FaizankhaSherkha Pathan,GajananMaruti Shengal,Gaurav,Gaurav Kandpal,Harish Mohmmad,Rajat Malik,Rohan Bapuso Kore,Rohit Verma,Sourabh Nathaji Ahir,Sribin KP,Srijin J,Vijay Gajanan Hajare(C)

All-Rounders

Visag S

Odisha Juggernauts

Attackers

Darshanapu Sathish,Dinesh Naik S,Lipun Mukhi,Mahesha.P,Manoj Narayanrao Ghotekar,Mukesh Prajapat,Shiv Kumar Sen,Siddheswar Tudu,Sukanath Sing,Suraj Shital Lande

Defenders

Gowtham M K,Gurjinder Singh,Suresh Kumar,Swayam Satyaprakash Parija,Thungana Vinod Kumar,Vishal

All-Rounders

Aditya Kudale,Arjun Singh,Avinash Shivaji Desai,Dilip Ratan Khandavi,Dipesh Vijay More(C),Jagannath Murmu,Milind Dilip Chavrekar(C),Nilesh Ananda Jadhav,Subhasish Santra

Rajasthan Warriors

Attackers

Ashwani Ranjan,Atla Siva Nagi Reddy,Biswajit Das,Konjengbam Dhananjoy Singh,Majahar Kalandar Jamadar(C),Mohammed Taseen,Mukesh Maurya,Sourabh Shivaji Adavkar,Suresh Shamrao Sawant,Sushant Sanjay Kaldhone

Defenders

Akshay Ganpule(C),Bhuneshwar Sahu,Jithin B,Mahesh M,Shailesh Mahadev Sankapal,SK.Murtaja Ali,Tapan Pal

All-Rounders

Abhijit Vasant Patil,Bharat Kumar Pradhan,Dilrajsing Rekha Sengar,Govind Yadav,Hrushikesh Vijay Murchavade,Nikhil B,Sushant Dattatray Hajare,Yalla Satish

Telugu Yoddhas

Attackers

Adarsh Dattatray Mohite,Aditya Das,Dhanush K C,Gavara Venkatesh,P Hemachandran,Prajwal K H(C),Sinam Rokeson Singh,Sachin Bhargo,Thokchom Sadananda Meitei,V Subramani

Defenders

Avdhut Bharat Patil,Bojjam Ranjith,Deepak Vitthal Madhav,Dhruv,Prasad Vaibhav Radye,Sudershan

All-Rounders

Anukul Sarkar,Arun Ashok Gunki,Arun S. A.,Bala Sambi Reddy Pittu,Pratik Kiran Waikar,Rohan Tanaji Shingade

Points Table

Pos	Teams	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	No Result	Score Difference	Points
1	Chennai Quick Guns	10	7	1	2	0	76	25	Qualified For Semi-Final
2	Odisha Juggernauts	10	6	2	2	0	37	23
3	Gujarat Giants	10	6	3	1	0	55	21
4	Telugu Yoddhas	10	6	4	0	0	-5	18
5	Mumbai Khiladis	10	2	7	1	0	-62	10	Eliminated
6	Rajasthan Warriors	10	0	10	0	0	-101	2

Points format:

• 3 points awarded for a win
• 2 points for a tie
• 1 point for a loss by less than 4 points

League Stage

All Matches will be played in Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium (Cuttack).

24 December 2023

Match 1

19:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 35-27 Rajasthan Warriors

Odisha Juggernauts beat Rajasthan Warriors by 8 points. Report

Match 2

20:30(IST)

Telugu Yoddhas 46-44 Mumbai Khiladis

Telugu Yoddhas beat Mumbai Khiladis by 2 points. Report

25 December 2023

Match 3

19:30(IST)

Rajasthan Warriors 30-41 Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants beat Rajasthan Warriors by 11 points. Report

Match 4

20:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 38-32 Telugu Yoddhas

Chennai Quick Guns beat Telugu Yoddhas by 6 points. Report

26 December 2023

Match 5

19:30(IST)

Gujarat Giants 34-30 Mumbai Khiladis

Gujarat Giants beat Mumbai Khiladis by 4 points Report

Match 6

20:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 34-34 Chennai Quick Guns

Match Tied on 34 points each Report

• First tie of UKK history

27 December 2023

Match 7

19:30(IST)

Telugu Yoddhas 38-28 Rajasthan Warriors

Telugu Yoddhas beat Rajasthan Warriors by 10 points Report

Match 8

20:30(IST)

Mumbai Khiladis 28-31 Odisha Juggernauts

Odisha Juggernauts beat Mumbai Khiladis by 3 points Report

29 December 2023

Match 9

19:30(IST)

Rajasthan Warriors 27-31 Chennai Quick Guns

Chennai Quick Guns beat Rajasthan Warriors by 4 points Report

Match 10

20:30(IST)

Gujarat Giants 41-24 Telugu Yoddhas

Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Yoddhas by 17 points Report

30 December 2023

Match 11

19:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 36-31 Mumbai Khiladis

Chennai Quick Guns beat Mumbai Khiladis by 5 points Report

Match 12

20:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 29-34 Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants beat Odisha Juggernauts by 5 points Report

31 December 2023

Match 13

19:30(IST)

Telugu Yoddhas 29-28 Odisha Juggernauts

Telugu Yoddhas beat Odisha Juggernauts by 1 points Report

Match 14

20:30(IST)

Rajasthan Warriors 30-31 Mumbai Khiladis

Mumbai Khiladis beat Rajasthan Warriors by 1 points. Report

1 January 2024

Match 15

19:30(IST)

Gujarat Giants 29-35 Chennai Quick Guns

Chennai Quick Guns beat Gujarat Giants by 6 points Report

Match 16

20:30(IST)

Rajasthan Warriors 27-34 Telugu Yoddhas

Telugu Yoddhas beat Rajasthan Warriors by 7 points Report

2 January 2024

Match 17

19:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 30-30 Odisha Juggernauts

Match Tied on 30 points each Report

Match 18

20:30(IST)

Mumbai Khiladis 26-26 Gujarat Giants

Match Tied on 26 points each Report

3 January 2024

Match 19

19:30(IST)

Mumbai Khiladis 22-40 Telugu Yoddhas

Telugu Yoddhas beat Mumbai Khiladis by 18 points Report

Match 20

20:30(IST)

Rajasthan Warriors 21-32 Odisha Juggernauts

Odisha Juggernauts beat Rajasthan Warriors by 11 points Report

5 January 2024

Match 21

19:30(IST)

Telugu Yoddhas 38-30 Chennai Quick Guns

Telugu Yoddhas beat Chennai Quick Guns by 8 points Report

Match 22

20:30(IST)

Gujarat Giants 46-22 Rajasthan Warriors

Gujarat Giants beat Rajasthan Warriors by 24 points Report

6 January 2024

Match 23

19:30(IST)

Gujarat Giants 27-30 Odisha Juggernauts

Odisha Juggernauts beat Gujarat Giants by 3 points.Report

Match 24

20:30(IST)

Mumbai Khiladis 18-41 Chennai Quick Guns

Chennai Quick Guns beat Mumbai Khiladis by 23 points.Report

7 January 2024

Match 25

19:30(IST)

Mumbai Khiladis 29-27 Rajasthan Warriors

Mumbai Khiladis beat Rajasthan Warriors by 2 points.Report

Match 26

20:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 35-27 Telugu Yoddhas

Odisha Juggernauts beat Telugu Yoddhas by 8 points.Report

8 January 2024

Match 27

19:30(IST)

Telugu Yoddhas 22-42 Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Yoddhas by 20 points.Report

Match 28

20:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 42-19 Rajasthan Warriors

Chennai Quick Guns beat Rajasthan Warriors by 23 points.Report

9 January 2024

Match 29

19:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 34-24 Mumbai Khiladis

Odisha Juggernauts beat Mumbai Khiladis by 10 points.Report

Match 30

20:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 38-21 Gujarat Giants

Chennai Quick Guns beat Gujarat Giants by 17 points.Report

Knockouts

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Chennai Quick Guns	31
	4	Telugu Yoddhas	29
						Chennai Quick Guns		26
						Gujarat Giants		31
	3	Gujarat Giants	29
	2	Odisha Juggernauts	27			Third place
						Telugu Yoddhas		24
						Odisha Juggernauts		32

11 January 2024

Semi-Final 1

19:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 27-29 Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants beat Odisha Juggernauts by 2 points.

Report

Semi-Final 2

20:30(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 31-29 Telugu Yoddhas

Chennai Quick Guns beat Telugu Yoddhas by 2 points.

Report

13 January 2024

3rd Place Playoff

19:30(IST)

Odisha Juggernauts 32-24 Telugu Yoddhas

Odisha Juggernauts beat Telugu Yoddhas by 8 points.Report

Final

Main article: 2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho final

20:00(IST)

Chennai Quick Guns 26-31 Gujarat Giants

Gujarat Giants beat Chennai Quick Guns by 5 points.Report

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Rising Star of the Tournament	Attacker of the Tournament	Defender of the Tournament
Ramji Kashyap (Chennai Quick Guns)	Shubham Thorat (Gujarat Giants)	Pratik Waikar (Telugu Yoddhas)	Aditya Ganpule (Telugu Yoddhas)

Stats

Source:

Player Stats

Top Attackers

Player	Team	Total Points
Ramji Kashyap	CQG	84
Pratik Waikar	TY	68
Rahul Mandal		58

Top Defenders

Player	Team	Defending Time
Ramji Kashyap	CQG	33:03
Aditya Ganpule	TY	23:15
Vijay Shinde		21:30

Top Wazirs

Player	Team	Wazir Points
Pratik Waikar	TY	68
Durvesh Salunke		38
Deepak Sahoo		36

Total Sky Dives

Player	Team	Count
Ramji Kashyap	CQG	27
Rahul Mandal		16
Suraj Lande		15

Total Pole Dives

Player	TY	Count
Pratik Waikar	TY	13
Arun Gunki		11
Aniket Pote		7

Total High 5s

Player	Team	Count
Abhinandan Patil	GG	1
Sanket Kadam	GG	1
Pratik Waikar	TY	1

Not Outs

Player	Team	Count
Dilip Khandavi	OJ	7
Arun Gunki	TY	6
Sumon Barman	CQG	6

Total Touch Points

Player	Team	Touch Points
Sreejesh S	MK	32
Suyash Gargate		30
Gajanan Shengal		28

Total Dive Points

Player	Team	Dive Points
Ramji Kashyap	CQG	58
Pratik Waikar	TY	44
Rahul Mandal		40

Team Stats

Team Total Points

Player	Team Points
Chennai Quick Guns	412
Gujarat Giants	401
Telugu Yoddhas	383
Odisha Juggernauts	377
Mumbai Khiladis	283

Team Attacking Points

Player	Attacking Points
Chennai Quick Guns	350
Telugu Yoddhas	342
Gujarat Giants	334
Odisha Juggernauts	314
Mumbai Khiladis	256

Team Defending Points

Player	Defending Points
Chennai Quick Guns	60
Odisha Juggernauts	57
Gujarat Giants	57
Telugu Yoddhas	37
Mumbai Khiladis	25

Team Touch Points

Player	Touch Points
Gujarat Giants	176
Odisha Juggernauts	168
Telugu Yoddhas	142
Chennai Quick Guns	136
Mumbai Khiladis	132

Team All Outs Taken

Player	All Outs Taken
Telugu Yoddhas	2
Mumbai Khiladis	1
Gujarat Giants	1

Team All Outs Conceded

Player	All Outs Conceded
Mumbai Khiladis	1
Rajasthan Warriors	1
Chennai Quick Guns	1
Telugu Yoddhas	1