An exhibition match was played on July 14, 2022.[5] The player draft for the league was completed later that day, with 143 players chosen.[6][7] Special effort had to be made to find a suitable indoor arena for the first season of Ultimate Kho Kho, given the requirement to have firmly fastened poles as part of the playing area.[8]
Format
In this season, the rules around scoring worked like this: 2 points are scored for a regular tag (known as a "Running Touch"),[9] and 3 points are scored if a tag is made while an attacker is either fully outstretched and diving ("Sky Dive") or touching a pole ("Pole Dive"), or if a defender got themselves out by stepping out of the field ("Boundary Out") or intentionally allowing themselves to be tagged ("Self-Out").[10][11][12] These rules were changed in the next season so that each tagged defender is always worth 2 points to the attacking team.[13] The rule around Dream Runs was also different in this season:[14] if any batch of defenders could avoid being all dismissed for at least 2 and a half minutes, they would earn 2 points, with an additional 2 points earned for every 30 seconds survived afterwards.[10] In addition, there was a rule that if the attacking team dismissed 4 batches of defenders in a single turn (known as an "all out", since all 12 defenders on the opposing team will have been dismissed), 3 bonus points are scored.[15]
Prize money
The winning team received ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹1.1 crore or US$130,000 in 2023), while the runner-ups received ₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹53 lakh or US$63,000 in 2023) and the third-placed team received ₹30 lakh (equivalent to ₹32 lakh or US$38,000 in 2023).[16]
Attackers: Balvir Singh, Jaswant Singh, Manoj Patil, P Narasayya, Sachin Gaur, V Kabilan, and Venu Gopal S.
Defenders: Buchannagari Raju, Daasari Jeevith Rao, Vignesh M, Mahesh Madhukar Shinde(VC), N Suresh, P Anand Kumar, Prasad Vijay Patil, Pritam Ankush Chougule, S. Santhru, Sibin. M, and Vijay Vegad Jagdishbhai.
All-rounders: M Vignesh, Amit Vasant Patil(C), Madan, P Jai Prasath, Rajvardhan Shankar Patil, K Ram, Ramji Kashyap.
All Matches were played at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex 14 August 2022 Match 1:20:00 (IST)Mumbai Khiladis 44 vs 69 Gujarat GiantsGujarat Giants beat Mumbai Khiladis by 25 pointsReportMatch 2:21:15 (IST)Chennai Quick Guns 40 vs 48 Telugu YoddhasTelugu Yoddhas beat Chennai Quick Guns by 10 pointsReport15 August 2022Match 3:19:30 (IST)Rajasthan Warriors 43 vs 51 Mumbai KhiladisMumbai Khiladis beat Rajasthan Warriors by 8 pointsReportMatch 4:20:45(IST)Odisha Juggernauts 51 vs 43 Chennai Quick GunsOdisha Juggernauts beat Chennai Quick Guns by 8 pointsReport16 August 2022Match 5:19:30 (IST)Telugu Yoddhas 68 vs 47 Rajasthan WarriorsTelugu Yoddhas beat Rajasthan Warriors by 21 pointsReportMatch 6:20:45(IST)Gujarat Giants 54 vs 49 Odisha JuggernautsGujarat Giants beat Odisha Juggernauts by 5 pointsReport17 August 2022Match 7:19:30 (IST)Gujarat Giants 66 vs 48 Mumbai KhiladisGujarat Giants beat Mumbai Khiladis by 22 pointsReportMatch 8:20:45(IST)Telugu Yoddhas 25 vs 49 Chennai Quick GunsChennai Quick Guns beat Telugu Yoddhas by 25 pointsReport19 August 2022Match 9:19:30 (IST)Rajasthan Warriors 46 vs 65 Odisha JuggernautsOdisha Juggernauts beat Rajasthan Warriors by 19 pointsReportMatch 10:20:45(IST)Mumbai Khiladis 45 vs 65 Chennai Quick GunsChennai Quick Guns beat Mumbai Khiladis by 20 pointsReport21 August 2022Match 11:19:30 (IST)Odisha Juggernauts 50 vs 47 Gujarat GiantsOdisha Juggernauts beat Gujarat Giants by 3 pointsReportMatch 12:20:45(IST)Rajasthan Warriors 45 vs 83 Telugu YoddhasTelugu Yoddhas beat Rajasthan Warriors by 38 pointsReport23 August 2022Match 13:19:30 (IST)Telugu Yoddhas 55 vs 43 Mumbai KhiladisTelugu Yoddhas beat Mumbai Khiladis by 12 pointsReportMatch 14:20:45(IST)Gujarat Giants 51 vs 53 Chennai Quick GunsChennai Quick Guns beat Gujarat Giants by 2 pointsReport24 August 2022Match 15:19:30 (IST)Odisha Juggernauts 51 vs 41 Chennai Quick GunsOdisha Juggernauts beat Chennai Quick Guns by 10 pointsReportMatch 16:20:45(IST)Mumbai Khiladis 56 vs 42 Rajasthan WarriorsMumbai Khiladis beat Rajasthan Warriors by 14 pointsReport25 August 2022Match 17:19:30 (IST)Odisha Juggernauts 51 vs 45 Rajasthan WarriorsOdisha Juggernauts beat Rajasthan Warriors by 6 pointsReportMatch 18:20:45(IST)Gujarat Giants 51 vs 48 Telugu YoddhasGujarat Giants beat Telugu Yoddhas by 3 pointsReport26 August 2022Match 19:19:30 (IST)Chennai Quick Guns 44 vs 50 Gujarat GiantsGujarat Giants beat Chennai Quick Guns by 6 pointsReportMatch 20:20:45(IST)Mumbai Khiladis 54 vs 46 Telugu YoddhasMumbai Khiladis beat Telugu Yoddhas by 8 pointsReport27 August 2022Match 21:19:30 (IST)Rajasthan Warriors 36 vs 57 Chennai Quick GunsChennai Quick Guns beat Rajasthan Warriors by 21 pointsReportMatch 22:20:45(IST)Odisha Juggernauts 60 vs 37 Mumbai KhiladisOdisha Juggernauts beat Mumbai Khiladis by 23 pointsReport28 August 2022Match 23:19:30 (IST)Odisha Juggernauts 48 vs 39 Telugu YoddhasOdisha Juggernauts beat Telugu Yoddhas by 9 pointsReportMatch 24:20:45(IST)Rajasthan Warriors 40 vs 42 Gujarat GiantsGujarat Giants beat Rajasthan Warriors by 2 pointsReport29 August 2022Match 25:19:30 (IST)Chennai Quick Guns 58 vs 42 Mumbai KhiladisChennai Quick Guns beat Mumbai Khiladis by 16 pointsReportMatch 26:20:45(IST)Telugu Yoddhas 88 vs 21 Gujarat GiantsTelugu Yoddhas beat Gujarat Giants by 67 pointsReport30 August 2022Match 27:19:30 (IST)Mumbai Khiladis 79 vs 31 Odisha JuggernautsMumbai Khiladis beat Odisha Juggernauts by 48 pointsReportMatch 28:20:45(IST)Chennai Quick Guns 31 vs 66 Rajasthan WarriorsRajasthan Warriors beat Chennai Quick Guns by 35 pointsReport31 August 2022Match 29:19:30 (IST)Gujarat Giants 47 vs 42 Rajasthan WarriorsGujarat Giants beat Rajasthan Warriors by 5 pointsReportMatch 30:20:45(IST)Telugu Yoddhas 65 vs 36 Odisha JuggernautsTelugu Yoddhas beat Odisha Juggernauts by 29 pointsReport
Playoffs
Semifinals
Preliminary final
Final
Qualifier 1
1
Gujarat Giants
43
2
Odisha Juggernauts
46
2
Odisha Juggernauts
57
Qualifier 2
3
Telugu Yoddhas
45
1
Gujarat Giants
44
Eliminator
3
Telugu Yoddhas
67
3
Telugu Yoddhas
61
4
Chennai Quick Guns
43
2 September 2022Eliminator:19:30 (IST)Telugu Yoddhas 61 vs 43 Chennai Quick Guns
Telugu Yoddhas beat Chennai Quick Guns by 18 pointsReportQualifier 1:20:45(IST)Gujarat Giants 43 vs 57 Odisha JuggernautsOdisha Juggernauts beat Gujarat Giants by 14 pointsReport3 September 2022Qualifier 2:19:45(IST)Gujarat Giants 44 vs 67 Telugu YoddhasTelugu Yoddhas beat Gujarat Giants by 23 pointsReport4 September 2022Final: