Rajasthan Warriors will face Odisha Juggernauts in the ninth game of the Ultimate Kho Kho League at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune on Friday. Odisha Juggernauts have won one and lost one so far in the tournament whereas Rajasthan Warriors have lost both of their matches.
Rajasthan Warriors lost their previous match against Telugu Yoddhas by a big margin of 21 points. Furthermore, they lost their opening match of the league against Mumbai Khiladis by eight points.
Majahar Jamadar had scored 12 points for Rajasthan Warriors in the first match against Mumbai Khiladis.
On the other hand, Odisha Juggernauts lost their last game against Gujarat Giants by 54-49. However, Odisha Juggernauts had won their opening clash against Chennai Quick Guns by 51-43. Mahesha P. had top scored with 10 points as an attacker while Dilip Khandavi had spent 1:01 minutes on the mat as a defender.
Dipesh Vijay More and Milind Dilip Chavarekar will collectively lead Odisha Juggernauts. Akshay Prashant Ganpule and Majahar Kalandar Jamadar are the co-captains of Rajasthan Warriors.
Match Prediction: Odisha Juggernauts might enter the contest as favorites against Rajasthan Warriors.
Rajasthan Warriors squad:
Category A: Abhijit Patil, Dilrajsing Sengar, Sushant Dattatray
Category B: Akshay Prashant Ganpule, Hrushikesh Vijay Murchavade, Sourabh Shivaji Adavkar, Suresh Shamrao Sawant
Category C: Majahar Kalandar Jamadar, Mohammed Taseen, Shailesh Mahadev Sankapal, Govind Yadav, Sk. Murtaja Ali, Bharat Kumar Pradhan, Nikhil .b, Yalla Satish, Jithin B, Konjengbam Dhananjoy Singh
Category D: Sushant Sanjay Kaldhone, Atla Siva Nagi Reddy, Tapan Pal, Mahesh M, Biswajit Das, Ashwani Ranjan, Mukesh Maurya, Bhuneshwar Sahu.
Odisha Juggernauts squad:
Category A: Gowtham MK, Dilip Khandavi, Vishal, Jagannatha Murmu
Category B: Aditya Sunil Kudale, Nilesh Ananda Jadhav, Suraj Shital Lande
Category C: Dipesh Vijay More, Subhasis Santra, Mahesha.p, Avinash Shivaji Desai, Lipun Mukhi, Dinesh Naik S, Arjun Singh, Suresh Kumar, Thugana Vinod Kumar, Shiv Kumar Sen
Category D: Milind Dilip Chavarekar, Manoj Narayan Ghotekar, Darshanapu Sathish, Gurjinder Singh, Swayam Satyaprakash Parija, Mukesh Prajapat.
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