2022 Ultimate Kho Kho final


The 2022 Ultimate Kho Kho final was contested between the Odisha Juggernauts and the Telugu Yoddhas on 4 September 2022 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune. Odisha won the match 46–45.

Road to the final

Odisha finished second in the league stage, and beat the Gujarat Giants in Qualifier 1 to reach the final.
The Yoddhas finished third in the league stage, and beat the Chennai Quick Guns in the Eliminator and then the Gujarat Giants in Qualifier 2 to reach the final.

Match

Odisha won the coin toss and decided to defend first.

Turn 1

Points scored per team: 10-10.
End-of-turn score: 10-10.
Odisha scored 10 Dream Run points in the first turn; it was the lowest-scoring turn on attack for the Yoddhas in the entire tournament, and resulted in the scores being tied at 10 points.

Turn 2

Points scored per team: 13–10.
End-of-turn score: 23–20.
The Yoddhas scored 10 Dream Run points in their first defending turn as well, due in large part to a 8-point Dream Run by Adarsh Mohite, Rohan Shinghade & Arun Gunki, keeping the game relatively even at half-time.

Turn 3

Points scored per team: 4-21.
End-of-turn score: 27–41.

Turn 4

Points scored per team: 19–4.
Final score: 46–45.
With 1 minute and 24 seconds left in the match, the Juggernauts whittled down the Yoddhas' lead to 2 points by tagging Sachin Bhargav, who had scored 2 Dream Run points prior to being dismissed.
With 14 seconds left, the Odisha attacker Suresh Lande was able to tag the Telugu defender Avdhut Patil with a Sky Dive, and thus scored 3 points to put Odisha permanently into the lead.

Awards

Best Attacker: Arun Gunki
Best Defender: Dilip Khandvi
Ultimate Kho: Vishal