The Bhutan women's national cricket team, nicknamed The Lady Dragons, represents Bhutan in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Bhutan Cricket Council Board, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2001. The team made its international debut against Qatar in 2009.
Arzoo Raj serves as the head coach of the team whereas Anju Gurung serves as the captain of the team.
History Bhutan made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.Other women's matches played by Kuwait – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. The team won its first match against Qatar (another international debutant) by 42 runs,Bhutan Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. but lost its four other group-stage games.Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. However, in the ninth-place play-off against Oman, Bhutan won by 101 runs, and consequently finished the tournament ranked ninth out of twelve teams.Bhutan Women v Oman Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (9th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. At the tournament's 2011 edition, Bhutan again won only a single group-stage game, against Oman, and were defeated by Kuwait in the seventh-place play-off.Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. The team returned to international competition at the 2013 ACC Women's Championship, where matches were played over 25 overs. In the group stage, Bhutan defeated both Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, finishing third.Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. They went on to narrowly defeat Iran in the fifth-place play-off.Bhutan Women v Iran Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (5th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. Both Bhutan and Iran qualified for the 2014 ACC Women's Premier competition as a result of finishing among the top six teams.Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bhutan women and another international side after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status. Bhutan made its Twenty20 International debut in Bangkok on 12 January 2019 against Hong Kong at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The Bhutan women's team made their debut at an ICC women's event when they played in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier group, opening their campaign with a 40-run victory against Kuwait.
Tournament history ICC Women's World Cup
World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify/No women's ODI status 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Did not qualify Total0/120 Titles00000
ICC Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup RecordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026Did not qualify Total0/80 Titles00000
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013 Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 2022 2024 2026Did not qualify Total0/60 Titles00000
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2017 Did not participate 2019 2021Group stages–51400 2023Group stages–51301 2025Group stages–41201Total3/40 Titles143902
ACC Women's Asia Cup Women's Asia Cup RecordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2004 Did not enter (ODI format)2005-06 2006 2008 2012 Did not qualify yet in the tournament2016 2018 2022 2024 Total0/90 Titles00000
ACC Women's Premier Cup
ACC Women's Premier Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2024 Group stages–31200Total1/10 Titles 31200
ACC Women's T20 Championship
ACC Women's T20 Championship recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2009 Group stages9/1262400 2011 Group stages8/1051400 2013Group stages5/1153200 2022Group stages–41300Total4/40 Titles 2071300
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Bhutan Women
Last updated 6 June 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 43 12 31 0 0 26 April 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 126/2 v. Bahrain on 22 June 2022 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi. Highest individual score: 78*, Ngawang Choden v. Malaysia on 24 January 2026 at Gelephu International Cricket Ground, Gelephu. Best innings bowling: 4/8, Dechen Wangmo v. Qatar on 1 September 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran.
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #2823. Last updated 6 June 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Associate members 1 1 0 0 0 22 June 2022 22 June 2022 8 0 8 0 0 13 January 2019 4 1 3 0 0 14 January 2019 7 July 2024 4 2 2 0 0 22 November 2021 22 November 2021 5 3 2 0 0 28 November 2021 20 January 2026 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024 6 0 6 0 0 15 January 2019 5 0 5 0 0 23 November 2021 2 2 0 0 0 1 September 2023 1 September 2023 3 2 1 0 0 3 July 2024 3 July 2024 2 0 2 0 0 16 January 2019 2 0 2 0 0 25 November 2021
See also Bhutan men's national cricket team List of Bhutan women Twenty20 International cricketers
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