National Kho Kho Championship
Maharashtra Junior Boys and Girls teams have scored wins over their respective opponents on the second day of the National Kho Kho Championship today at Bhubaneshwar. In the Boys section Maharashtra defeated Assam 15 – 10 with Suraj Johare, Aditya Kudale, Kiran Vasave and Bhagatsingh Vasave displaying their best performance.
Maharashtra Boys in action during their opening match against Assam
In the Girls section MaharashtraAssam Girls easily with an innings and 15 points with good all round show by Deepali Rathodand Kaushlya Pawar. In the first innings Ashwini Shinde, Sarita Divya and Janhavi Pethe put up a good show for Maharashtra while defending against Assam.
Maharashtra Girls in action during their match
Results of some other teams were:
Boys :
Madhya Bharat. beat Punjab 25-11, Kerala beat Jharkhand 18-14,Orissa beat Bihar 38- 4; Delhi beat Himachal Pradesh 18-7; Karnataka beat Madhya Pradesh 27-11; West bengal beat Tripura 23-4;
Girls :
Punjab beat Chhattisgarh 9-6; West bengal beat Madhya Pradesh 23-8; Manipur beat Andhra Pradesh 12- 9; Kerala beat Bihar 16-5.