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Courageous Pratik Waikar who played well to clinch Silver medal in the recently held 53rd Sr. National Kho-Kho Championship 2021-22 at  Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He is one of the Senior Player of Maharashtra Squad who played so many tournaments through his career was caught up by our featured columnist in an exclusive interview so that his words and story will reach across the globe through this World  Famous Sunday Kho-Kho Series. Thanks Pratik to be part of this Series.          Pratik Waikar (Maharashtra) Q1. Tell me about yourself. Ans. Pratik Kiran Waikar(MBA(finance), B.SC(comp.sc)) ,lives in  Pune, Maharashtra.Plays from(club) NAV Maharashtra Sangh ,Pune. Achievements-   International Gold Medalist (12th SAF Games 2016) Eklavya Award winner in 2019 IND vs Eng Series held in London 2018 (gold) 8 Senior national (2-gold ,6- silver) 6 Fedaration Cup National (6- gold) 1 Junior National (gold) 2 Sub junior National ( 2 bronze)  Only p...

1st time  Sports movie based on Kho Kho is released recently.It is based on the life of an athlete and  Rajisha Vijayan is in the teacher role appointed as a physical Education Teacher in a rural area and a girl's school too. She notices some students playing Kho Kho there. After that, she studies deeply about that game and gave training for selected 15 girls as Rajisha Vijayan is an Indian actress and television presenter who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.She made her acting debut in the 2016 film Anuraga Karikkin Vellam.She has hosted various television shows in Malayalam before entering into film industry. Sajana KS Kho-Kho player from Palakkad, Kerala shares her view about Kho-Kho and her experience in World 1st Movie based on Kho-Kho directed by  Rahul Riji Nair  in which 15 players of Kho-Kho participated and most players are from Kerala. This movie gets excellent response worldwide and now it is available on Amazon Prime. Sajana KS was caught by our Col...

Kho-Kho is a game of India as every person go through this game in their childhood.This Sunday Kho-Kho series is with Ichalkaranji Jai Hind Club player who was caught up by Featured Columnist Shamily Sharma .Thank you  Umesh Gajanan Satpute International Kho-Kho Player for  giving his valuable time for Kho-Kho awareness among the world through Voice of International Player (Sunday Kho-Kho Series).                 ( Umesh Gajanan Satpute ) Q1. What inspires you to start Kho-Kho? Ans. I started Kho-Kho from Govindrav Highschool, Ichalkaranji When I was in 7 th Standard. On National Sports Day I played Kho-Kho first time and I don't know about Kho-Kho but I played very well and our team won the match. Players of my team raised me through their shoulders and this type of response creates a love for Kho-Kho. I started playing Kho-Kho regularly after school hours as every day my clothes were dirty. Once a day my uncle saw me in dir...

Coach is called guru in Indian terms.Most respected personality in terms of learning and knowledge .As today Western Railway Coach has shared his valuable words for moving Kho-Kho one step ahead as every little step counts. Thanks to him for his precious time given to Voice of International Player Team.  Q 1. What are your opinion about  Kho-Kho with Fitness? Ans. Fitness is very important factor in any game. In Kho-Kho if player have prime fitness then player got maximum result from their skill sets. Q2. What are your achievements? Ans. I played Sub junior Kho-Kho National Championship in 1990 representing Maharashtra ( silver medal)as well as Federation cup( bronze medal)from Maharashtra state team. I played 2 Sr.nationals Championship representing Railway Sports promotion Board (RSPB). From 2007 I appointed as Chief coach of Western Railway and from 2009 I represent Indian Railways Kho-Kho team as Asst.coach for 5 times and secure 4 gold and 1 sliver.In 201...

(S. H. Arachchige Hasinthika Darshani Kalupahana Srilankan Kho-Kho Player) Srilanka has seen lots of improvement in Kho-Kho in South Asia in last few years .As the performance of Team Srilanka also gets a major boost due to good efforts of Srilankan Kho-Kho Federation and Srilankan Government.Lots of players and Coaches gets a International exposure of Kho-Kho and regular Official Camps and Seminars by KKFI,IKKF & AKKF increased awareness of Kho-Kho not in Srilanka but in others countries too.Srilankan Shantha Hetti Arachchige Hasinthika Darshani Kalupahana was caught by our featured columinst Shamily  Sharma to share Srilankan Kho-Kho .Thanks to her from Voice of International Player to be part of spreading Kho-Kho awareness worldwide. Q1. When you Started Kho-Kho? Ans. I started Kho-Kho in 2017. After selected to the university, one of my colleague and one of senior student asked me to play Kho-Kho game. Q2. Why you choose Kho-Kho? Ans. I am really interestin...

This edition is dedicated to a Kho-Kho girl Shweta Gavali from Ahmednagar as she share her experience of Kho-Kho .She is so much passionate about Kho-Kho and she likes pole turning most in Kho-Kho and thanks to her to be a part of Sunday Kho-Kho Series as she proves that a girl has no limit to achieve success in her life.As she is a example of  extreme hardwork and dedication.Voice of International Player wishes Shweta all the best in future. (Shweta Gavali International Kho-Kho Player ) Q1. What inspires you to start Kho-Kho ? Ans. As it is played in every school and requires lots of flexibility and agility.This inspires me to play Kho-Kho. Q2. Kho- Kho is an athletic game.How can you say that. Ans.The Kho Kho game is an Indian sport and is played everywhere in school, even the biggest cricketers play Kho Kho to warm the body, to please the mind.  The game of Kho Kho is played with great speed and the player has to make a decision in a moment, and this game teaches...