Ultimate Kho Kho: Odisha Juggernauts, Chennai Quick Guns reach semi-finals with contrasting wins

Odisha Juggernauts and Chennai Quick Guns on Saturday completed the semi-final lineup of the second season of Ultimate Kho Kho with convincing wins.

While the Juggernauts secured a narrow 30-27 win over Gujarat Giants, the Quick Guns thumped the Mumbai Khiladis 41-18. With their respective wins, the Juggernauts and the Quick Guns joined the Telugu Yoddhas and the Giants in the semi-final.

The Juggernauts won an encounter that was too close to call till the final whistle, with Rohan Singade frustrating the Giants attackers in the final turn and making the difference.

The Giants won the toss and chose to defend first. Their first batch of Suyash Gargate, Faizankha Pathan and Abhijit Patil managed a dream run point, a feat that the next batch of K Ram Mohan, V Subramani and Rajvardhan Patil emulated. Turn one finished 14-2 in favour of Odisha Juggernauts.

Turn two started with an amazing defensive show by the Juggernauts. Their first batch of Gowtham MK, Vishal and Dilip Khandavi managed to stay on the pitch for five minutes and 13 seconds, scoring a whopping five dream run points. With Manoj Patil staying unconquered among the second batch, The Juggernauts went into the second innings with a 19-14 lead.

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