The 2023-24 Ultimate Kho Kho final was contested on 13 January 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Cuttack. Gujarat Giants beat Chennai Quick Guns 31–26.
Road to the final Gujarat Giants beat Odisha Juggernauts 29–27 in Semifinal 1 to reach the final.
Chennai Quick Guns registered a 31–29 victory in Semifinal 2 against the Telugu Yoddhas to reach the final.
Match Chennai won the coin toss and decided to defend.
Turn 1 Points scored by each team: 14-1
End-of-turn score: 14-1
Chennai defender Sumon Barman scored 1 Dream Run point.
Turn 2 Points scored by each team: 5-6
End-of-turn score: 19-7
The first Gujarat Giants defensive batch of Suyash Gargate, Shubham Thorat and Deepak Madhav scored 5 Dream Run points, (5:06 of defense), with Gargate managing an active time of 2:12 and Madhav for 1:20. All three members of the next batch remained undismissed.
Turn 3 Points scored by each team: 10-3
End-of-turn score: 29-10
Gujarat attacker Sanket Kadam tagged 3 defenders, with the Giants dismissing a total of 5 Chennai defenders. Chennai defender Ramji Kashyap scored 2 of the 3 Dream Run points for Chennai in this turn.
Turn 4 Points scored by each team: 2-16
Final score: 31–26
The Quick Guns scored points rapidly in the first half of the turn, and whittled down the Giants' lead to 3 points with 1:47 minutes left in the match; however, Gujarat defender Sanket Kadam scored 2 Dream Run points (over 3:30 of defense) at the end of the turn to seal victory for his team.
Awards Best Attacker: Sanket Kadam
Best Defender: Vijay Shinde
Ultimate Kho: Suyash Gargate
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