Ultimate Kho Kho

It is hosted in collaboration by Dabur with the Kho Kho Federation of India. The inaugural season had a viewership of 64 million, 41 million of which came from India, making UKK the third-most viewed non-cricket competition in India after the Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian Super League.

Ultimate Kho Kho

Most recent season or competition: 2023-24
Sport	Kho Kho
Founded	2022
First season	2022
CEO	Tenzing Niyogi
No. of teams	6
Country	India
Most recent champion(s)	Gujarat Giants (1st title) (2023-24)
Most titles	Odisha Juggernauts (1 title)
Official website	https://www.ultimatekhokho.com/
2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho

Several changes were made to the standard rules of kho-kho in UKK in order to make the game more exciting and presentable on television. Sony Pictures Network India signed a 5-year deal to broadcast UKK, and will invest ₹200 crore (US$25 million) into the league over the 5 years.

There are plans to launch a women's version of UKK in a few years' time. Future editions of UKK will expand to have eight to ten teams (potentially including a team from Northeast India), with venues in multiple cities to be used, and some foreign players to be allowed to participate.

Before the start of the second season, UKK became the first Indian sports league to secure private equity-based funding, receiving it from a UK-based group.

UKK rules follow the standard rules of Kho Kho with the following exceptions:

• Only 7 players from the attacking (chasing) team are on the field.
• The playing field is only 22 meters long and 16 meters wide.
• 2 points are scored per tag.
• A 30-second break is taken between the dismissal of one batch and the entry of the next batch.
• If a batch of defenders can avoid being completely dismissed for at least 3 minutes (known as a "Dream Run"), they earn 1 point, and then an extra point for every 30 seconds survived afterwards.
• One attacking player (known as the wazir) may run in any direction when acting as the active attacker.
• The attacking team can take a powerplay in each of their attacking turns during which they have two wazirs. Each powerplay lasts until all 3 defenders of the current batch are out.
• Each team's turn to score/defend lasts 7 minutes, with the break time between turns also shortened.
• Tiebreaker (named "Minimum Chase"): Each team gets one additional turn to score (with the powerplay being active), and the team that scores its first point the fastest wins.

Terminology

The game is split into two innings, each of which is split into two turns of seven minutes each. An interval of 3 minutes is taken after the end of the first inning, while a break of 2 minutes is taken after the end of the first and third turns respectively.

 

 

Mumbai Khiladis

 

Rajasthan Warriors

 

Telugu Yoddhas

 

Gujarat Giants

 

Odisha Juggernauts

 

Chennai Quick Guns

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Locations of the UKK teams

The six teams are named Chennai Quick Guns, Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Khiladis, Odisha Juggernauts, Rajasthan Warriors, and Telugu Yoddhas.

Titles won by each team

UKK season results

League stage positions

• Sport in India
• Pro Kabaddi League
• World Chase Tag