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Nepal women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Nepal national cricket team.

The Nepal women's national cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली) represents Nepal in international women's cricket. They made their international debut in the ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia in July 2007. Nepal has been participating in various international tournaments since then.

Nepal
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AssociationCricket Association of Nepal
Personnel
CaptainIndu Barma
CoachManoj Katuwal
ManagerAmbika Budhathoki
Team information
Home groundPokhara International Cricket Stadium, Pokhara
Capacity18,500
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1996)
Affiliate member (1988)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 20th 14th (27 Feb 2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Thailand at Johor; 12 July 2007
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  China at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019
Last WT20Iv.  India at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 23 July 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 58 39/18
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[3] 8 5/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 23 July 2024

Manoj Katwal serves as the head coach of the team whereas Indu Barma captains the team in all formats. Bindu Rawal serves as the vice-captain of the team.

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nepal women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[4] Nepal made their Twenty20 International debut on 12 January 2019 against China, at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash in Bangkok. Nepal finished runner-up at the tournament losing to Thailand by 70 runs in the Final.[5]

Overview

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Women's cricket is thriving and the national team (made up of top athletes from other sports) did very well to reach the final of the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Nepal won the 2008 ACC Under-19 Women's Championship and defended its title in 2010.

In the ACC Women Twenty20 in Malaysia in 2009, Singapore needed two runs off the last over for victory with five wickets intact. Rubina Chhetry was given the 'hopeless' over but she did a miracle by taking five wickets in five balls as the match ended in a draw as she threw a wide. Nepal won the match in bowl-out.[6] With the rare incident, Rubina also became the first Nepalese cricketer, men or women, to take a hat-trick. "I have never heard that any team has won the match taking five wickets in the last over, this is very, very rare," the then captain Binod Das commented.[7]

On 26 April 2018, ICC announced that all the T20 matches played between ICC members will be awarded T20I status starting from 1 July 2018 for women's cricket, as a result Nepal played their first T20I match against China on January 12, 2019.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[8] Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[9]

At the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship, Nepal reached the semifinals before being eliminated, losing to the UAE not on the field, but rather on a lower net-run-rate than the latter, due to a rain-out.

In late May to early June 2023, the Nepal women returned to action for the first time since 2022, with a 5-match T20 series against Malaysia, winning 3-2. Later in June 2023, it was announced that Nepal would replace Thailand at the 2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup, due to reported visa issues with the latter team.[10] This was announced on short notice, as the announcement was made on the 8th, and their first match would be on the 13th of the month. Ultimately, they would only get to play one match against Pakistan A, losing 87-78, with their other scheduled matches against India A and Hong Kong rained out.

Current squad

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The following is a list of players who were in the squad for the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, were centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2024.[11]

Name Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Domestic team C/G Notes
Batters
Bindu Rawal (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Sudurpashchim Province D Vice captain
Samjhana Khadka (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Sudurpashchim Province EC
Apsari Begam (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Koshi Province D
Roma Thapa (1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Nepal A.P.F. Club —
Dolly Bhatta (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium Sudurpashchim Province —
All-rounders
Rubina Chhetry (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break Koshi Province A
Sita Rana Magar (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Nepal A.P.F. Club A
Indu Barma (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Nepal A.P.F. Club A Captain
Puja Mahato (2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm medium Madhesh Province C
Wicket-keepers
Kajal Shrestha (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Koshi Province D
Kanchan Shrestha (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Bagmati Province EC
Rubi Poddar (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Sudurpashchim Province EC
Spin Bowlers
Kabita Joshi (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break Sudurpashchim Province D
Khusi Dangol (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Bagmati Province EC
Sangita Rai (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break Koshi Province D
Pace Bowlers
Kabita Kunwar (2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium Sudurpashchim Province B
Asmina Karmacharya (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium Bagmati Province C
Sony Pakhrin (2007-11-02) 2 November 2007 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm medium Bagmati Province EC
As of 26 February 2024

Note - Sana Praveen, Shristi Jaisi & Jyotsinka Marasini are also given Emerging Category Contract but has not played for Nepal national team yet.

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager   Amrita Paudel
Head coach   Manoj Katuwal
Assistant coach   Nira Rajopadhyay
Physiotherapist   Sakuna Dani

Tournament history

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Women's World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  1973 Not an ICC member
  1978
  1982
  1988
  1993
  1997 No women's ODI status
  2000
  2005
  2009
  2013
  2017
  2022
  2025
Total 0/13 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Women's World T20

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Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2009 Did not qualify
  2010
  2012
  2014
  2016
  2018
  2020
  2023
  2024
  2026 TBD
Total 0/10 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2013 Did not qualify
  2015
  2018
  2019
  2022
  2024
Total 0/6 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

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Asia Cup

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Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2004   did not enter (ODI format)
2005-06  
2006  
2008  
2012   Group stage 7/8 3 0 3 0 0
2016   Group stage 6/8 5 0 5 0 0
2018   did not qualify (T20I format)
2022  
2024   Group Stage 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
Total 3/9 0 Titles 11 1 2 0 0

ACC Women's Tournament

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Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
ACC Women's Tournament
2007   Runners-Up 2/8 5 4 1 0 0
ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship
2009   Semi-finals 3/12 7 5 2 0 0
2011   Semi-finals 4/10 6 4 2 0 0
ACC Women's Championship
2013   Semi-finals 3/11 6 5 1 0 0
ACC Women's Premier
2014   Group Stage 4/6 5 2 3 0 0
Total Runners-Up 5/5 29 20 9 0 0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

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ACC Women's Premier Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024   Semi-finals 3/16 5 4 1 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 5 4 1 0 0

Asian Games

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Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
2010   First Round 5/8 3 1 2 0 0
2014   Quarter-finals 5/10 3 1 2 0 0
Total Quarter-finals 2/2 6 2 4 0 0

South Asian Games

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Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
2019   Third Place 3/4 4 2 2 0 0

Honours

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Others

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Records and statistics

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Main article: List of Nepal women Twenty20 international records

International Match Summary — Nepal Women[13]

Last updated 23 July 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 International 58 39 18 0 1 12 January 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1967. Last updated 23 July 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 5 December 2019
  India 1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2024
  Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 21 July 2024
ICC Associate members
  Bahrain 2 2 0 0 0 20 June 2022 20 June 2022
  Bhutan 4 4 0 0 0 23 November 2021 23 November 2021
  China 2 2 0 0 0 12 January 2019 12 January 2019
  Hong Kong 7 4 3 0 0 24 February 2019 24 February 2019
  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 0 18 January 2019 18 January 2019
  Japan 2 2 0 0 0 18 November 2023 18 November 2023
  Kuwait 5 5 0 0 0 27 February 2019 27 February 2019
  Malaysia 11 7 4 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019
  Maldives 3 3 0 0 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019
  Qatar 4 4 0 0 0 16 November 2021 16 November 2021
  Tanzania 1 0 1 0 0 15 November 2023
  Thailand 3 0 3 0 0 19 January 2019
  Uganda 5 2 3 0 0 16 May 2022 20 May 2022
  United Arab Emirates 5 3 1 0 1 14 January 2019 14 January 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Nepal Women Cricket Team 2021 Schedules, Fixtures & Results, Time Table, Matches and upcoming series".
  6. ^ "Scorecard of Nepal Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A)". cricketarchive.com.
  7. ^ "Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls". myrepublica.com.
  8. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Nepal to compete in ACC Women's Emerging Asia Cup after Thailand's withdrawal". Cricnepal. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Nepal Cricket awards central contracts to 19 Female Cricketers for 2024 season". Female Cricket. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Nepal defeat Hong Kong, finish third". The Himalayan Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Records Nepal Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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