India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma, right now (April 1), lauded India’s progress in Kho-Kho on the closing ceremony of 56th Senior National Kho-Kho Championship in New Delhi. He was one of many esteemed visitors on the occasion alongside Rajeev Mehta (Asian Kho Kho Federation President), BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi, JDU’s Okay.C. Tyagi and former IOA president Narender Batra. As many as 73 groups took half within the event that was performed from March 28 and Maharastra’s males’s and girls’s workforce gained the respective competitions. 

Rajat Sharma, whereas talking on the occasion, additionally lauded Sudhanshu Mittal, the president of Kho Kho Federation of India for his efforts so as to take Kho-Kho within the nation to the subsequent stage. “Kho-Kho is India’s homegrown sport and there is a need to take it forward to the international level. I would like to laud president of Kho-Kho Federation of India for his efforts. During his tenure, Kho-Kho in the country has reached a different level,” he stated.

He additionally believed that India will carry out effectively within the World Cup to be performed subsequent yr in England. “Kho-Kho is being played in 137 different countries today. The World Championship is set to be played next year in England and I am sure, India will definitely perform well in the tournament as the Kho-Kho in the country has improved a lot,” Rajat Sharma added additional. 

As for the ultimate matches performed on the day, Maharashtra Women’s workforce defeated Airport Authority of India in an exciting match by 18-16. Maharashtra skipper Sampada Mourya was one of many high gamers of the title conflict. Airport Authority of India additionally put up an incredible present however they agonisingly fell brief in the long run.

Even amongst males’s groups, Maharashtra gained the championship beating Railways within the closing. It was an exciting encounter as effectively with each groups ending at 32-32 at common time. The two groups locked horns but once more in a rematch and in that, Maharashtra clinched the thriller 52-50 to win the trophy.