In the ongoing 56th National Kho-Kho Championship held in Delhi, several league matches were played at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and Karnail Singh Stadium on Friday.

In an important match in the men”s category, Uttarakhand faced Maharashtra Police, where Maharashtra Police”s Nitesh and Akshay each scored 4 points, bringing the team”s total to 30 points. In response, Uttarakhand”s team managed to score only 26 points. Thus, Maharashtra Police won the match by one inning and 4 points.

In the match between Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Sikkim, Dadra and Nagar Haveli emerged victorious by one inning and 16 points with a final score of 32-16.

In another match, ITBP faced Sashastra Seema Bal. With 6 points from attacker Sunitirajan and 2 points from Shankar Pa, SSB scored a total of 22 points. In reply, ITBP could only score 20 points and lost the match by a margin of 2 points. In the women”s category, ITBP faced Assam in a thrilling match.

In this encounter, ITBP”s all-rounder Poonam scored 8 points, and Vishakha scored 6 points, bringing the team”s total to 32 points. In response, Assam”s team made a great comeback, with Mouni scoring 12 points with brilliant defense in 1 minute and 30 seconds, and Nikita scoring 6 points in 1 minute of defense, making a strong comeback in the match. However, despite their efforts, Assam could only match ITBP”s score of 30 points.

Delhi dominated the match played between host Delhi and Jharkhand. With Delhi”s attacking captain Nasreen scoring 8 points and Shivani scoring 6 points, Delhi scored 38 points. In response, Jharkhand could only score 16 points. Delhi won this match by one inning and 22 points.

In the match played between Vidarbha and Manipur, Vidarbha won by one inning and 20 runs. KKFI referee in-charge Prashant Patekar Kaka, along with members Surendra Kumar, Vivek Nagrekar, Sangeet Bhatt, and Shweta Bhatt, and their team were seen performing their duties.