54th National Kho Kho Championship for Men and Women is scheduled from 26th December to 30th December, 2021 at MLB Sports, Right Town, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Today, on the second day of the Championship Maharashtra beat Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka beat Tripura and Kolhapur beat Uttarakhand in Men section. In Women section Kerala won against Goa, Kolhapur wom against Bihar while Karnataka won against Uttarakhand.
Maharashtra Men had an easy win against Himachal Pradesh with a scoreline of 24-08. Pratik Waikar (3.00 defence & 2 points), Aniket Pote (2.40 defence & 3 points) Gajanan Shengal (2.00 defence), Milind Kurpe (4 points), Captain Suyash Gargate (2.00 defence & 3 points).
Kolhapur won against Uttarakhand with a scoreline of 31 – 10. Rohan Shetye (2.10 defence & 8 points), Awadhoot Patil (2.30 defence & 3 points), Avinash Desai (1.50 defence & 4 points) from Kolhapur played exceptionally well.
Karnataka Women won against Uttarakhand with a scoreline of 15 – 01. K. R. Tejaswini from played not out 9.00 minutes to create a huge lead for Karnataka. In the second innings B. Chitra (6.40 defence & 3 points), L. Monika (5 points), K. R. Divya (4 points) supported the team equally for the win.
Kerala Women beat Goa 12 – 03 with an innings to spare. Kerala’s Aparna (4.30 defence) played an important role in winning the match while Kavita Devidas (1.50, 1.10 defence) and Captain Pratima Velip (1.30 defence & 2 points) supported the team.
Scoreline of other matches held today:
Men Section – Karnataka vs Tripura – 19 -06
Women Section – Kolhapur vs Bihar – 34 – 11