The 57th Men’s and Women’s State Championship and Selection Test Kho-Kho competition was held at Solapur. From this competition, selection committee members comprising of Namdev Gomare (Latur), Mahendra Gadhve (Satara), Kamlakar Koli (Thane) and Neha Tapaswi (Pune) selected the men’s and women’s teams of Maharashtra. General Secretary of Maharashtra Kho Kho Association Govind Sharma made official announcement of the men’s and women’s teams.
Suyash Gargate
Bipin Patil (Mumbai) has been selected as the coach for the men’s team while Mahesh (Mayur) Palande (Thane) has been selected as the coach for the women’s team. Maharashtra Kho-Kho Association’s treasurer Adv. Arun Deshmukh has sponsored the entire sports uniform for both team of Maharashtra.
Priyanka Ingle
Joint Secretary of the Kho-kho Federation of India, Dr. Chandrajit Jadhav, Maharashtra Kho-Kho Association’s President Sanjeevraje Naik-Nimbalkar, Vice President Mahesh Gadekar, General Secretary Govind Sharma, Working President Sachin Godbole and Treasurer Arun Deshmukh gave best wishes to both the teams. The teams will compete in the 54th National Men’s and Women’s Championships to be held from December 26th to 30th Dec in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The training camp of this team has already started at Kulgaon (Dist. Thane).
Men’s Team: Suyash Gargate (captain), Pratik Waikar, Milind Kurpe, Sagar Lengre (all Pune), Rishikesh Murchawade, Akshay Bhangre, Aniket Pote, Harshad Hatankar (all Mumbai suburbs), Arun Gunaki, Suraj Lande (all Sangli), Gajanan Shegal (Thane), Rahul Sawant (Solapur), Reserve Players : Laxman Gavas (Thane), Abhishek Pawar (A. Nagar), Shreyas Raul (Mumbai), Coach: Bipin Patil (Mumbai), Manager: Satish Kadam (Solapur).
Women’s Team: Priyanka Ingle (captain), Deepali Rathod, Shweta Wagh, Snehal Jadhav (all Pune), Rupali Bade, Reshma Rathod, Pooja Fargade (all Thane), Gauri Shinde, Ashwini Shinde, Janhvi Pethe (all Osmanabad), Apeksha Sutar, Aarti Kamble (All Ratnagiri), Reserve players : Ankita Lohar (Sangli), Payal Pawar (Ratnagiri), Sandhya Survase (Solapur), Coach: Mahesh (Mayur) Palande (Thane), Manager: Neha Tapaswi (Pune).