Most recent season or competition: 2023-24 | |
Sport | Kho Kho |
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Founded | 2022 |
First season | 2022 |
CEO | Tenzing Niyogi |
No. of teams | 6 |
Country | India |
Most recent champion(s) | Gujarat Giants (1st title) (2023-24) |
Most titles | Odisha Juggernauts (1 title) |
Official website | https://www.ultimatekhokho.com/ |
2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho |
Seasons |
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Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) [1] is an Indian franchise-based kho-kho league started in 2022. It is hosted in collaboration by Dabur with the Kho Kho Federation of India. [2] The inaugural season had a viewership of 64 million, 41 million of which came from India, [2] making UKK the third-most viewed non- cricket competition in India after the Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian Super League. [2]
Several changes were made to the standard rules of kho-kho in UKK in order to make the game more exciting and presentable on television. [3] Sony Pictures Network India signed a 5-year deal to broadcast UKK, and will invest ₹200 crore (US$25 million) into the league over the 5 years. [4]
There are plans to launch a women's version of UKK in a few years' time. [5] [6] Future editions of UKK will expand to have eight to ten teams (potentially including a team from Northeast India), [7] [8] with venues in multiple cities to be used, and some foreign players to be allowed to participate. [9]
Before the start of the second season, UKK became the first Indian sports league to secure private equity-based funding, receiving it from a UK-based group. [10]
UKK rules follow the standard rules of Kho Kho with the following exceptions: [11] [12] [13]
The game is split into two innings, each of which is split into two turns of seven minutes each. An interval of 3 minutes is taken after the end of the first inning, while a break of 2 minutes is taken after the end of the first and third turns respectively. [18]
The six teams are named Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Khiladis, Odisha Juggernauts, Rajasthan Warriors, and Telugu Yoddhas. [21]
Team | Title(s) | Runner-up | Playoffs | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | Seasons in playoffs | No. of seasons played |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odisha Juggernauts | 1 | - | 2 | 2022 | - | 2022, 2023-24 | 2 |
Telugu Yoddhas | - | 1 | - | 2022 | |||
Chennai Quick Guns | 2023-24 | ||||||
Gujarat Giants | 1 | - | 2023-24 | - | |||
Mumbai Khiladis | - | - | - | - | |||
Rajasthan Warriors |
Season | Final | No. of teams | Player of the season | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Scoreline | Runner-up | Venue | |||
2022 | Odisha Juggernauts | 46-45 | Telugu Yoddhas | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune | 6 | Ramji Kashyap (CQG) [22] |
2023-24 | Gujarat Giants | 31-26 | Chennai Quick Guns | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack | Ramji Kashyap (CQG) [23] |
Team | Season | |
---|---|---|
2022 | 2023-24 | |
Odisha Juggernauts | 1st | 3rd |
Telugu Yoddhas | 2nd | 4th |
Chennai Quick Guns | 3rd | 2nd |
Gujarat Giants | 4th | 1st |
Mumbai Khiladis | 5th | 5th |
Rajasthan Warriors | 6th | 6th |
Team | Season | |
---|---|---|
2022 | 2023-24 | |
Gujarat Giants | 1st | 3rd |
Odisha Juggernauts | 2nd | 2nd |
Telugu Yoddhas | 3rd | 4th |
Chennai Quick Guns | 4th | 1st |
Mumbai Khiladis | 5th | 5th |
Rajasthan Warriors | 6th | 6th |
Season | Player of the Tournament | Rising Star of the Tournament [b] | Attacker of the Tournament | Defender of the Tournament |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 [22] | Ramji Kashyap (Chennai Quick Guns) | Madan (Chennai Quick Guns) | Abhinandan Patil (Gujarat Giants) | Deepak Madhav (Telugu Yoddhas) |
2023-24 [23] | Shubham Thorat (Gujarat Giants) | Pratik Waikar (Telugu Yoddhas) | Aditya Ganpule (Telugu Yoddhas) |
Most recent season or competition: 2023-24 | |
Sport | Kho Kho |
---|---|
Founded | 2022 |
First season | 2022 |
CEO | Tenzing Niyogi |
No. of teams | 6 |
Country | India |
Most recent champion(s) | Gujarat Giants (1st title) (2023-24) |
Most titles | Odisha Juggernauts (1 title) |
Official website | https://www.ultimatekhokho.com/ |
2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho |
Seasons |
---|
Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) [1] is an Indian franchise-based kho-kho league started in 2022. It is hosted in collaboration by Dabur with the Kho Kho Federation of India. [2] The inaugural season had a viewership of 64 million, 41 million of which came from India, [2] making UKK the third-most viewed non- cricket competition in India after the Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian Super League. [2]
Several changes were made to the standard rules of kho-kho in UKK in order to make the game more exciting and presentable on television. [3] Sony Pictures Network India signed a 5-year deal to broadcast UKK, and will invest ₹200 crore (US$25 million) into the league over the 5 years. [4]
There are plans to launch a women's version of UKK in a few years' time. [5] [6] Future editions of UKK will expand to have eight to ten teams (potentially including a team from Northeast India), [7] [8] with venues in multiple cities to be used, and some foreign players to be allowed to participate. [9]
Before the start of the second season, UKK became the first Indian sports league to secure private equity-based funding, receiving it from a UK-based group. [10]
UKK rules follow the standard rules of Kho Kho with the following exceptions: [11] [12] [13]
The game is split into two innings, each of which is split into two turns of seven minutes each. An interval of 3 minutes is taken after the end of the first inning, while a break of 2 minutes is taken after the end of the first and third turns respectively. [18]
The six teams are named Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Khiladis, Odisha Juggernauts, Rajasthan Warriors, and Telugu Yoddhas. [21]
Team | Title(s) | Runner-up | Playoffs | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | Seasons in playoffs | No. of seasons played |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Odisha Juggernauts | 1 | - | 2 | 2022 | - | 2022, 2023-24 | 2 |
Telugu Yoddhas | - | 1 | - | 2022 | |||
Chennai Quick Guns | 2023-24 | ||||||
Gujarat Giants | 1 | - | 2023-24 | - | |||
Mumbai Khiladis | - | - | - | - | |||
Rajasthan Warriors |
Season | Final | No. of teams | Player of the season | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | Scoreline | Runner-up | Venue | |||
2022 | Odisha Juggernauts | 46-45 | Telugu Yoddhas | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune | 6 | Ramji Kashyap (CQG) [22] |
2023-24 | Gujarat Giants | 31-26 | Chennai Quick Guns | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack | Ramji Kashyap (CQG) [23] |
Team | Season | |
---|---|---|
2022 | 2023-24 | |
Odisha Juggernauts | 1st | 3rd |
Telugu Yoddhas | 2nd | 4th |
Chennai Quick Guns | 3rd | 2nd |
Gujarat Giants | 4th | 1st |
Mumbai Khiladis | 5th | 5th |
Rajasthan Warriors | 6th | 6th |
Team | Season | |
---|---|---|
2022 | 2023-24 | |
Gujarat Giants | 1st | 3rd |
Odisha Juggernauts | 2nd | 2nd |
Telugu Yoddhas | 3rd | 4th |
Chennai Quick Guns | 4th | 1st |
Mumbai Khiladis | 5th | 5th |
Rajasthan Warriors | 6th | 6th |
Season | Player of the Tournament | Rising Star of the Tournament [b] | Attacker of the Tournament | Defender of the Tournament |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 [22] | Ramji Kashyap (Chennai Quick Guns) | Madan (Chennai Quick Guns) | Abhinandan Patil (Gujarat Giants) | Deepak Madhav (Telugu Yoddhas) |
2023-24 [23] | Shubham Thorat (Gujarat Giants) | Pratik Waikar (Telugu Yoddhas) | Aditya Ganpule (Telugu Yoddhas) |