The third Soaltee Crowne Plaze super sixes six a side cricket tournament started at the Tribhuvan University Grounds Friday. Chairman of the Soaltee Hotel Ltd. Prabhakar Rana inaugurated the tournament supported by Bottlers Nepal and Gorkha Brewery.
Sixteen corporate and institutional teams are taking part in the tournament. Teams have been divided into four groups consisting of four teams each and preliminaries will be played on a round robin basis for three days beginning Thursday; 27 matches will be played over three days.
The first match Thursday was played between defending champion Khetan Group and Radisson Hotel. Five overs will be bowled by each team per innings as per tournament format developed by the Cricket Association of Nepal.