The final match of Maharashtra Kesari 2026 was played with great fanfare at Taluka Haveli, Wagholi in Pune. This final match was between Mahendra Gaikwad and Harshwardhan Sadgir. This time Mahendra Gaikwad was defeated by Harshvardhan Sadgir taking a 4-2 lead.
In the final match of the clay section, Mahendra Gaikwad of Solapur and Sikandar Shaikh of Hingoli faced off. In this match, Mahendra Gaikwad scored a one-sided victory of 3-0. They scored 2 points early in the first half and then 1 more to take a 3-0 lead. Sikandar Shaikh tried to score in the second half but failed. So Mahendra Gaikwad won this match and entered the final round.
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Mahendra Gaikwad defeated Sikandar Shaikh in the clay category final, while Harshvardhan Sadgir defeated Jai Patil in the mat category final. Hence Harshvardhan Sadgir and Mahendra Gaikwad faced each other in the final match of Maharashtra Kesari.
Mahendra Gaikwad took the lead by scoring 1 point in the first half. However, Harshvardhan Sadgir then scored 1 point to level the match. After this, the first half ended in a 1-1 draw. In the second half, Mahendra Gaikwad was given an activity task, but he could not score in it. So Harshvardhan Sadgir got a point. Next, Harshvardhan scored two more points to take a 4-1 lead. Mahendra Gaikwad later got a point as Harshvardhan Sadgir got out. Finally Harshvardhan Sadgir won by 4-2 till the time ran out.
