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After a successful inaugural season, the Ultimate Kho Kho, which was created in collaboration between the Chairman of Dabur India, Amit Burman, and the Kho Kho Federation of India, is set to return with its second season later in December. The 2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho will take place in Cuttack while the Odisha Juggernauts are the defending champions.
Let's look at all the available details regarding the upcoming tournament.
Ultimate Kho Kho 2023-24: Schedule
The schedule of Ultimate Kho Kho 2023-24 is not officially announced yet, however, the tournament will take place in Cuttack, Odisha. The second season will take place from December 24, 2023, to January 14, 2024. Ahead of the tournament, the player auction for the second season of Ultimate Kho Kho was held in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, November 21. With a total allotted purse of INR 3.90 crore, combinations with a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 35 players, 18 players were retained by the six teams.
Ultimate Kho Kho 2023-24: Teams & Players
Just like the first season, a total of six teams will participate in the tournament. The six teams are Odisha Juggernauts, Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Khiladis, Rajasthan Warriors, and Telugu Yoddhas. In the players' draft, 293 players were divided into three segments. The 18 players retained by the franchisees fall in the ‘Power Players’ category. Players who were part of Season 1 but have not been retained are known as ‘Pole Players’. While the new set of players recommended either by the franchisees or the Kho Kho Federation of India will be called ‘Dream Players’.
Check the details below:
Odisha Juggernauts (owned by the Government of Odisha)
- Retained: Dilip Khandvi, Dipesh More, Gowtham MK, Vishal
- Omkar Sonawane, Rohan Singhade, Akshay Masal, Mahesh P, Manoj Patil, Avinash Desai, Manoj Kumar, Visag S, Debendra Nath, Nikhil Kumar, Vishal Oram, Sanjay Kumar V, Deepak Kumar Sahoo, Nikhil B, MD Mirajul, Sushant Kaldhone, Sobhag V Sriganda, Niranjan Samal, Savir Ahmad, Suresh Kumar and Siddheswar Tudu.
Mumbai Khiladis (owned by Badshah & Punit Balan)
- Retained: Gajanan Shengal, Sreejesh S
- Mahesh Shinde, Aniket Pote, Subhasis Santra, Hrushikesh Murchavade, Rokeson Singh, P Siva Reddy, Govind Yadav, Avik Singha, Milind Kurpe, Sunil Patra, Sudheer Kumar, MD Aiman Pasha, Sagar Potdar, Rohan Kore, Komal, Pawar Sachin, Dhiraj Bhave, Debasis, Shiva, Ajay Kashyap, Pritam Chougule, Sibin M, Abhishek Pathrode and Parmar Rahul.
Chennai Quick Guns (owned by KLO Sports)
- Retained: Amit Patil, Madan, Ramji Kashyap
- Laxman Gawas, Adarsh Mohite, Sachin Bhargo, Zora Suraj, Suraj Lande, Aditya Kudale, Durvesh Salunke, Chandu Chavre, Akash Kadam, Narendra Katkate, Mustafa Bagwan, Arjun Singh, Vijay Shinde, Ashish Patel, M Mugilan, Akash Balyan, Sumon Barman, Pavan Kumar and Giri S.
Telugu Yoddhas (owned by GMR Sports)
- Retained: Arun Gunki, Avdhut Patil, Pratik Waikar
- Adhithya Ganpule, Rahul Mandal, Nikhil Waghe, Milind Chavrekar, Akash Togare, Kiran Vasave, Dhruv, Prasad Radye, Rudra Thopate, Prem Randive, Vaibhav Nippane, Sourabh Adavkar, Vijaybhai Vegad, Anukul Sarkar, M Phani Kumar, Mahamad Ujer Harun Momin, Matlum, Lipun Mukhi, Arjun Bishukarma, Prasad Patil, Bojjam Ranjith and Rajat Malik
Rajasthan Warriors (owned by Capri Global)
- Retained: Akshay Ganpule, Dilrajsing Sengar, Majahar Jamadar
- Vijay Hajare, Jaggannath Das, Rushab Wagh, Nilesh Patil, Prajwal K H, Brahmane Vivek, Ranjan Shetty, Rejeti Surinaidu, Sourabh Gadge, Nandan D, Ganesh Borkar, Bika Chetan, Buchannagari Raju, Dhanraj P, Jagannath Murmu, Aditya Shelke, Mukesh Prajapat, Vaibhav More and Aditya KN.
Gujarat Giants (owned by Adani Sportsline)
- Retained: Abhinandan Patil, Akshay Bhangare, Suyash Gargate
- Nilesh Jadhav, P Narasayya, Faizankha Pathan, Rajvardhan Patil, V Subramani, Deepak Madhav, Shubham Thorat, Gavara Venkatesh, Sanket Kadam, Kondhalkar Rupesh, Bharat Kumar, Pabani Sabar, Vinayak Pokarde, Ram Mohan, V Kabilan, Arnav Patankar, Alfaj H Nadaf, Vasave Ravi, Abhijit Patil, Saleem Khan, Vijesh Kumar and Harish Mohmmad.
Where one can watch the live broadcast of the matches in India?
Sony Sports Network will broadcast all the matches in India. Ultimate Kho Kho will be aired LIVE in Hindi (SonyTEN 3), English (SonyTEN 1), Tamil, and Telugu (SonyTEN 4).
Where one can livestream all the matches in India?
SonyLIV will livestream all the matches in India.
Where to tune in for all the latest updates?
One can visit www.sportstiger.com for all the latest updates. He/She can also download the SportsTiger App, available on the Google Play Store & Apple App Store.
