Tejaswini Bai produced a moment of magic as Storm Queens survived a last-minute scare to beat Fire Birds 24-23 in a pulsating encounter and became the first champions of Women's Kabaddi Challenge. Storm Queens were cruising till the 29th minute but Fire Birds made a dramatic come back to score five points in the last minute to turn the game on its head and made it a nail-biting finish. However, it wasn't enough as TejaswiniBai scored two points in the dying seconds to clinch it for Storm Queens.

The Women's Kabaddi Challenge final began with a bang as a super raid by Sakshi Kumari in the fourth minute to give Storm Queens a 4-1 lead. Fire Birds responded brilliantly with a super tackle in the fifth minute and trailed 3-4.

Fire Birds forced another super tackle in the ninth minute to lead 7-6 as their skipper MamthaPoojary struggled to get going in the first half. Storm Queens' skipper TejaswiniBai scored just one point in the first half. There was little to chose between both teams in the first 15 minutes and Fire Birds took a slender 10-8 lead at the break.

Storm Queens began the second half with a super tackle as they trailed 10-11 in the 17th minute. They got two more points in the 19th minute to take a one-point lead. An all-out was duly inflicted in the same minute as Storm Queens led 18-12.

With less than five minutes to go, Storm Queens led 20-13 and were cruising to be the inaugural champions. Fire Birds turned the game on its head in the last minute with a brilliant super raid as they trailed just by two points. Fire Birds then inflicted an all out to lead 23-22 in a dramatic last few seconds. Tejaswini Bair, however, got two points in the dying seconds of the game as Storm Queens narrowly beat Fire Birds 24-23 to clinch the trophy.