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Nepal

Association	Cricket Association of Nepal
Personnel
Captain	Indu Barma
Coach	Manoj Katuwal
Manager	Ambika Budhathoki
Team information
Home ground	Pokhara International Cricket Stadium, Pokhara
Capacity	18,500
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1996) Affiliate member (1988)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever WT20I 20th 14th (27 Feb 2019)
Women's international cricket
First international	v.  Thailand at Johor; 12 July 2007
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v.  China at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019
Last WT20I	v.  India at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 23 July 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total 58 39/18 (0 ties, 1 no result) This year 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 23 July 2024

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.

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. 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.

Overview

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. 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.

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. Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

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. 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

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.

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

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

Tournament history

Women's World Cup

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

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
2028
Total	0/10	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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

• 2016: 2nd (DNQ)
• 2017: 3rd (DNQ)
• 2019: 2nd (DNQ)
• 2021: 3rd (DNQ)
• 2023: Semi finalist (DNQ)

Asia Cup

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

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

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

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

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

Honours

Others

• South Asian Games
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2019

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nepal Women

Last updated 23 July 2024

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 227/4 v. Maldives on 13 February at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi.
• Highest individual score: 118*, Rubina Chhetri v Maldives on 13 February 2024 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi.
• Best innings bowling: 6/0, Anjali Chand v Maldives, 2 December 2019 at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara.

T20I record versus other nations

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

• List of Nepal women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Nepal women's national under-19 cricket team

References

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3. "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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