Nepal women's national cricket team

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The Nepal women's national cricket team () 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.

Harshal Pathak serves as the head coach of the team whereas Indu Barma captains the team in all formats. Puja Mahato 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 12 January 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.

2024—present

Current squad The following players, highlighted in bold, were selected in the squads for the Women's Qualifier at the 2026 Asian Games.

Key Symbol Meaning CG Contract grade with CAN No. Shirt number of the player in all formats

No. Name Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Domestic team CG Notes Batters5 Bindu Rawal Left-handed Sudurpashchim Province C 6 Samjhana Khadka Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Sudurpashchim Province B Sabitri Dhami Right-handed Right-arm medium Sudurpashchim Province D Sana Praveen Right-handed Madhesh Province D All-rounders 1 Indu Barma Right-handed Right-arm medium Nepal A.P.F. Club A Captain 2 Puja Mahato Right-handed Right-arm medium Madhesh Province A Vice captain 3 Rubina Chhetry Right-handed Right-arm off break Koshi Province A 8 Sita Rana Magar Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Nepal A.P.F. Club A 12Suman Bist Right-handed Left-arm medium Nepal A.P.F. Club D Seemana KC Right-handed Right-arm medium Gandaki Province D Wicket-keepers Rubi Podda Right-handed C 63 Roma Thapa Right-handed Nepal A.P.F. Club D Fast Bowlers88 Kabita Kunwar Right-handed Right-arm medium Sudurpashchim Province B 15 Manisha Upadhayay Left-handed Left-arm medium Bagmati Province B Ishwori Bist Right-handed Left-arm mediumTribhuvan Army D Spin Bowlers 35 Kabita Joshi Right-handed Right-arm off break Sudurpashchim Province C 13Riya Sharma Right-handed Right-arm leg break Koshi Province C Rachana Chaudhary Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Gandaki Province D

Pay grade

CAN awards central contracts to its players, their pay is graded according to the importance of the player. Players' Monthly salaries are as follows: Grade A – रु. 55,000 Grade B – रु. 40,000 Grade C – रु. 35,000 Grade D – रु. 25,000

Match fees Players also receive a match fee of Rs 5,000 per T20I match.

Coaching staff PositionName Manager Amrita Paudel Head coach Harshal Pathak Assistant coach Nira Rajopadhyay Physiotherapist Sakuna Dani Consultant Coach Manish Jha Fitness Trainer Monika

Tournament History +Key Champions Runners-up 3rd position Host

ICC Women's World T20 Twenty20 World Cup records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Not able to qualify for global qualifier 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026Didnot Qualified 2028To be determinedTotal–0 Titles00000

ICC Women's Qualifiers T20 Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers recordsT20 Asia Qualifier recordHost YearRoundHost YearRound 2013 Did not qualify Did not enter 2015 2018 2017Semi Final3rd53200 2019 2019Round Robin 2/765100 2022 2021Round Robin3/653200 2024 2023Semi Final3/1164101 2026 Group Stage8/104 1 3 00 2025Runners-up2/963201Total1/7 0 Titles 41300Total 6/60 Titles2315701

ODI World Cup

ODI World Cup records Cricket World Cup Qualifier records HostYearRound Host YearRound 1973 Did not qualify Did not enter 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2003Did not qualify 2009 2008 2013 2011 2017 2017 2022 2021 2025 2025Total0/120 Titles00000Total0/60 Title00000

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000

Asia Cup Year HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR2004 did not enter (ODI format)2005-06 2006 2008 2012 Group stage7/8303002016 Group stage6/8505002018 did not qualify (T20I format)2022 2024 Group Stage6/8312002026 2028 Total3/90 Titles111200

ACC Women's Premier Cup ACC Women's Premier Cup RecordYear HostRound Position GP W L T NR 2024 Semi-finals3/16541002026 Total1/10 Titles 54100

Women‘s Asia Cup Rising Stars

Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars RecordYear Host Round Position GP W L T NR 2023 Group Stage6/8301022026 Group Stage7/830300

ACC Women's Tournament Year Host Round Position GP W L T NR ACC Women's Tournament2007 Runners-Up2/854100ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship2009 Semi-finals3/12752002011 Semi-finals4/1064200ACC Women's Championship2013 Semi-finals3/1165100ACC Women's Premier2014 Group Stage4/652300TotalRunners-up5/52920900

Asian Games Year Host Round Position GP W L T NR 2010 First Round5/8312002014 Quarter-finals5/10312002022 Didnot Participate2026 To be determinedTotalQuarter-finals2/262400

South Asian Games Year Host Round Position GP W L T NR 2019 Third Place3/4422002027

Honours Others South Asian Games Bronze Medal (1): 2019

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nepal Women

Last updated 10 June 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 International 102 59 42 0 1 12 January 2019

Twenty20 International Highest team total: 227/4 v. Maldives on 13 February 2024 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.

Most T20I runs for Nepal Women

PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanIndu Barma 1,322 18.61 2019–2026Rubina Chhetry 1,100 18.64 2019–2026Sita Rana Magar 1,078 20.73 2019–2026Puja Mahato 859 17.18 2023–2026Samjhana Khadka 728 14.00 2023–2026

Most T20I wickets for Nepal Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanKabita Kunwar 79 12.93 2019–2026Rubina Chhetry 67 16.17 2019–2026Sita Rana Magar 66 15.87 2019–2026Puja Mahato 42 18.11 2023–2026Indu Barma 41 15.51 2019–2026

T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to WT20I #2836. Last updated 10 June 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 5 December 2019 1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2024 1 0 1 0 0 21 July 2024 1 1 0 0 0 24 January 2026 24 January 2026 ICC Associate members 4 4 0 0 0 20 June 2022 20 June 2022 5 5 0 0 0 23 November 2021 23 November 2021 4 3 1 0 0 12 January 2019 12 January 2019 11 5 6 0 0 24 February 2019 24 February 2019 2 2 0 0 0 18 January 2019 18 January 2019 2 2 0 0 0 19 April 2026 19 April 2026 2 2 0 0 0 18 November 2023 18 November 2023 5 5 0 0 0 27 February 2019 27 February 2019 19 12 7 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019 3 3 0 0 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019 2 0 2 0 0 8 March 2025 4 0 4 0 0 30 January 2025 5 5 0 0 0 16 November 2021 16 November 2021 2 2 0 0 0 22 April 2026 22 April 2026 1 0 1 0 0 26 January 2026 1 0 1 0 0 15 November 2023 9 0 9 0 0 19 January 2019 7 3 4 0 0 16 May 2022 20 May 2022 6 4 1 0 1 14 January 2019 14 January 2019 2 0 2 0 0 18 April 2026 2 1 1 0 0 24 April 2026 30 April 2026

See also

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

References