Maharashtra Boys and Girls teams made it to the Semi Finals in the 40th National Kho Kho Championship being played at Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, Bhubaneshwar today. While Maharashtra Girls defeated Tamilnadu 10-8, the Boys team scored over Chattisgarh with the same margin 10-8. Sarita Divya, Ashwini Shinde, Janhavi Pethe and Ankita Lohar made this victory possible for Maharashtra girls with their superb show.
Maharashtra Boys defending during their Q/F match
For Maharashtra Boys Kiran Vesave, Saurabh Ahir and Suraj Johare put up a good show to enable their team to gain this victory. Kolhapur which has direct entry in this competition, had mixed fortunes, as their Boys team lost West Bengal in a closely fought quarter finals. Kolhapur Girls however scored a narrow 8-7 win over Punjab girls, with the help of superb show by Srushti Shinde and Soundarya Sutar for Kolhapur.
The Semi Finals line up is as follows :
Girls :
Maharashtra V/s Orissa
Kolhapur V/s Karnataka
Boys :
Maharashtra V/s Orissa
West Bengal V/s Delhi