Defending champion Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University – Nanded (SRTMUN) and last-year’s runner-up University of Mumbai, started on a winning note by winning their first two league matches in Pool-C and Pool-A respectively on the inaugural day of All-India Inter-University Men’s Kho-Kho Championship which began at UoM Grounds here yesterday.

Hosts University of Mysore, University of Calicut, Shivaji University and Davangere University also registered two wins in their league ties on the inaugural day.

Results

Pool-A: University of Mumbai bt University of North Bengal 20-6 (by an innings & 14 points), Davangere University bt Punjabi University, Patiala 12-5 (by an innings & 7 points), University of Mumbai bt Punjabi University, Patiala 14-10 (by an innings & 4 points), Davangere University bt University of North Bengal 12-3 (by an innings & 9 points); Pool-B: University of Mysore bt Kurukshetra University 13-11 (by 2 points), Savithribai Pule, Pune University bt Kurukshetra University 18-8 (by an Innings & 10 points); Pool-C: University of Calicut bt MDU, Rohtak 10-7 (by an innings & 3 points), SRTMUN bt Vidyasagar University 18-3 (by an innings & 15 points), University of Calicut bt Vidyasagar University 17-9 (by an Innings & 8 points), SRTMUN bt MDU, Rohtak 16-10 (by an innings & 6 points); Pool-D: Mangalore University bt University of Delhi 18-6 (by an Innings & 12 points), Shivaji University bt VBSPU, Jaunpur 11-8 (by 3 pts.), Shivaji University bt University of Delhi 17-5 (by an Innings & 12 points).