Gujarat Giants started the match with a powerplay, activating their two viziers, Akshay Bhangre and Abhinandan Patil.
Gujarat Giants started the match with a powerplay, activating their two viziers, Akshay Bhangre and Abhinandan Patil.
Gujarat Giants registered a hat-trick of victory in the inaugural edition of Ultimate Kho Kho on August 17, beating Mumbai players for the second time in a row.
Gujarat Giants led by Ranjan Shetty registered a resounding 18-point victory. He had earlier defeated Mumbai players by 25 points in the league opener.
Moving from the front, Shetty scored six points for his side in the attack, while Vinayak Pokarde and Nilesh Patil added eight and seven points respectively.
For his stellar performance in the attack, Ranjan was adjudged the best attacker of the match. He received the award from Avinash Sable, a special guest of the match, who won the historic silver medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham.
Durvesh Salunke of Mumbai players impressed by scoring 11 points for his side. He was awarded the Ultimate Kho of the Match award. Gujarat’s Suyash Garget won the best defender of the match award.
Gujarat Giants started the match with a powerplay, activating their two viziers, Akshay Bhangre and Abhinandan Patil. The decision paid off as they dismissed the first batch of Mumbai players, which included skipper Vijay Hazare, Rohan Kore and Visag S, in just two minutes and seven seconds.
With Ranjan and Pocarde dismissing two opposition defenders, Gujarat Giants took a total of 10 defenders to take a 25-0 lead in the first seven minutes.
Mumbai, on the other hand, also opened their defense with a powerplay and Gajanan Shengal took the first two wickets, Pokarde first and then Marappa with a brilliant pole dive taking only one minute and 30 seconds to dismiss the first opposition batch. took. Salunkhe dismissed the last player of the batch, Akshay Bhangre, with a pole dive.
Salunkhe got 11 points for the Mumbai players by dismissing four defenders, three of whom made excellent dives.
At the innings break, the score was locked at 27–27, with Gargett spending over 2 minutes and 30 seconds to earn two bonus points in defense for Gujarat.
Gujarat Giants started the second innings with more aggression as they added an impressive 37 points to their score. Nilesh Patil took three wickets.