Women’s Kabaddi Challenge kicks off tomorrow

27 June, Mumbai

Teams Fire Birds, Ice Divas and Storm Queens will be vying for honours in the Women’s Kabaddi Challenge beginning tomorrow.

The first match will begins tomorrow at National Sports Club of India here with the finals set to be hosted alongside the Men’s Pro Kabaddi Finals on July 31 at Hyderabad.

An initiative by the AKFI in association with Mashal Sports, the challenge will reveal three teams — Fire Birds captained by Mamtha Poojari, Ice Divas by Abhilasha Mhatre and Storm Queens by Tejeswini Bai.

“With Star Sports Pro Kabaddi carving a niche in the sports arena, we felt the need to create the same opportunity for our talented women kabaddi players Janardan Singh Gehlot, President, International Kabaddi Federation said.