Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 Squads: Players List Of All 6 Teams After UKK Draft 2023

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Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) Season 2 Players Draft saw the country's best 145 players, including 33 young talents from the range of 16 to 18 years of age, being picked by the six franchises during the ceremony conducted in Bhubaneshwar.

Adding more energy and speed into the squad, teams made interesting choices with a focus on giving opportunity to promising youngsters as Mumbai Khiladis ensured the services of the 16-year-old Sunil Patra from Odisha.

Meanwhile 17-year-olds M Mugilan of Puducherry and Maharashtra's Ganesh Borkar were drafted in by Chennai Quick Guns and Rajasthan Warriors respectively.

"Ultimate Kho Kho will be driving young Indian fans in Season 2. From a total Player Pool of 272, franchises drafted 145 players. What makes it absolutely special is 33 players in Season 2 will be young 16 to 18 year olds.

"With an average age of 22.5 years, Season 2 is poised to be faster, stronger and bolder visual spectacle for fans across," commented Tenzing Niyogi, Ultimate Kho Kho CEO and League Commissioner.

Maharashtra's Mahesh Shinde became the first pick of the draft for the second season in a row. The 28-year-old defender was drafted by Mumbai Khiladis, who also retained Gajanan Shengal and Sreejesh S after their impressive performances in the inaugural edition.

Defending champions Odisha Juggernauts also ensured a perfect balance of youth and experience as they selected a strong squad, while Gujarat Giants and Rajasthan Warriors drafted 25 and 22 players respectively to complete their squads.

While the retained players were offered ₹6 lakh each, franchises picked their remaining players from four categories-A (₹5 lakh), B (₹3 lakh), C (₹1.5 lakh) and D (₹1 lakh).

Vijay Hajare, Adhithya Ganpule and Laxman Gawas were among the star players who were handpicked first by Rajasthan Warriors (owned by Capri Global), Telugu Yoddhas and Chennai Quick Guns (owned by KLO Sports), respectively.

Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 Players List - UKK 2023 Squads After Draft

A total of 290 players had registered their names for the Season 2 Players Draft from 18 states as franchises spent ₹3.9 crore to draft 145 players including 18 retained players. Here is a look at the squads:

Odisha Juggernauts Squad For UKK Season 2

Dilip Khandvi (Retained), Dipesh More (Retained), Gowtham MK (Retained), Vishal (Retained), Omkar Sonawane, Rohan Shingade, Akshay Masal, Mahesha 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.

Telugu Yoddhas Squad For UKK Season 2

Arun Gunki (Retained), Avdhut Patil (Retained), Pratik Waikar (Retained), 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.

Chennai Quick Guns Squad For UKK Season 2

Amit Patil (Retained), Madan (Retained), Ramji Kashyap (Retained), 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.

Rajasthan Warriors Squad For UKK Season 2

Akshay Ganpule (Retained), Dilrajsing Sengar (Retained), Majahar Jamadar (Retained), 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 Squad For UKK Season 2

Abhinandan Patil (Retained), Akshay Bhangare (Retained), Suyash Gargate (Retained), 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.

Mumbai Khiladis Squad For UKK Season 2

Gajanan Shengal (Retained), Sreejesh S (Retained), 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.

The thrilling action from Season 2 of India's first-ever franchise-based Kho-Kho league will be broadcasted live on Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI)'s sports channels as well as livestream on Sony LIV with the scheduled set to be announced in the coming days.

Source: Media Release