Chhetry hit two sixes and 14 fours scoring 83 runs from 67 balls to take her team total to 152 runs for the loss of five wickets. Queens lost the toss and were put to bat first but lost openers Sobha Ale on 12 and Rashmi Chaulagain for two with just 22 runs on the board inside the third over. However, Chhetry and Roma Thapa provided stability to the Queens' innings as they featured in a a 64-run partnership for the third wicket to lay the foundation for the big total. Player-of-the-match Chhetry then stitched another 61-run stand with Ishwori Bist for the sixth wicket to put up a commanding total.

Thapa scored 19 and Bist scored 10 runs. Paltan’s Anuradha Chaudhary picked four wickets but their bowlers were brutally hammered by Queens’ batters.

Chasing the huge total, Paltans crumbled and were bowled out for a paltry 70 runs in the 17th over. Sita Rana Magar with 17 and Bindu Rawal with 13 runs were the only double-digit scorers for Paltans. Saraswati Kumari and Apsari Begam had two wickets each to their name for the Queens.

In the second game of the day, Biratnagar Titans' Jyoti Pandey also scored a half-century to secure her team a four-wicket victory over Falcons.

The Titans elected to field first after winning the toss and their decision was justified when they reduced the Falcons to 35 taking four wickets in the 10th over. Mamata Chaudhary scored 28 and Karuna Bhandari added 21 runs for their total of 122 runs. Titans conceded 23 runs in extras.

There were five run outs in the innings thanks to some brilliant fielding by the Titans and lapse in communication between the Falcons’ runners between the wickets. Sabnam Rai and Aarati Bidari took a wicket each to their names.

Titans were once sailing in their target chase with openers Panday scoring 65 runs and Sonu Khadka putting 24. Panday and Khadka scored runs at almost eight runs per over to put an opening stand of 83 runs. Khadka was run out in the 10th over and there were few nervy moments when Panday was caught in the 13th over. Laxmi Chaudhary was run out for a duck and Sarita Magar bowled on four.

But Asmina Karmacharya resisted the increasing pressure on her team and scored 12 runs to guide her team home for the win in the 16th over. Sonu Khadka picked two wickets for the Falcons.

The Queens had lost their opening day match against Chitwan Rhinos by five wickets. The Titans will face the Paltan on Friday in the first match while the Rhinos will look to maintain their winning run against the Falcons in the second clash.

Five franchise teams are competing at the tournament. Top two teams will play for title after a round-robin league format. The tournament is being organised by Queen’s Event Management Pvt.