Nepal women's 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's current captain is Rubina Chhetry, coach is Samson Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.

For the men's team, see Nepal national cricket team.
Nepal
AssociationCricket Association of Nepal
Personnel
CaptainRubina Chhetry
CoachSamson Jung Thapa
ManagerSanjaya Raj Singh
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.  Thailand at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 8 September 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 46 32/13
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[3] 14 10/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 8 September 2023

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 her 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

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, man or woman, 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

The following is a list of players who were in the squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier, were centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2023.[11]

Name Date of birth Batting style Bowling style Domestic team C/G Notes
Batters
Samjhana Khadka (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg spinSudurpaschim
Bindu Rawal (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996Left-handedSudurpaschimC
Apsari Begam (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999Right-handedKoshiC
Mamta Chaudhary (1998-09-27) 27 September 1998Right-handedRight-arm mediumNepal A.P.F. ClubC
All-rounders
Rubina Chhetry (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993Right-handedRight-arm mediumKoshiACaptain
Sita Rana Magar (1992-03-05) 5 March 1992Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fastNepal A.P.F. ClubA
Indu Barma (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm mediumNepal A.P.F. ClubAVice Captain
Kabita Joshi (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm mediumSudurpaschimC
Wicket-keepers
Kajal Shrestha (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999Right-handedKoshiB
Jyoti Pandey (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997Right-handedNepal A.P.F. ClubC
Rubi Poddar (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000Right-handedSudirpaschim
Spin Bowlers
Khusi Dangol (2003-02-05) 5 February 2003Right-handedRight-arm off breakBagmati
Sangita Rai (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000Right-handedRight-arm off breakKoshiC
Pace Bowlers
Kabita Kunwar (2003-07-31) 31 July 2003Right-handedRight-arm mediumSudurpaschimB
Asmina Karmacharya (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000Right-handedRight-arm mediumBagmatiB
Puja Mahato (2006-02-17) 17 February 2006Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ishwori Bist (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002Right-handedLeft-arm mediumSudurpaschim

Coaching staff
Position Name
ManagerNepal Amrita Paudel
Head coachNepal Samson Jung Thapa
Assistant coachNepal Nira Rajopadhyay
ConsultantIndia Devika Palshikar
PhysiotherapistNepal Sakuna Dani

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

Asia Cup
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
2004 Sri Lanka did not enter (ODI format)
2005-06 Pakistan
2006 India
2008 Sri Lanka
2012 China Group stage 7/8 3 0 3 0 0
2016 Thailand Group stage 6/8 5 0 5 0 0
2018 Malaysia did not qualify (T20I format)
2022 Bangladesh
Total 2/7 8 0 8 0 0

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

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

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

Honours

Others

Records and Statistics
Main article: List of Nepal women Twenty20 international records

International Match Summary — Nepal Women[13]

Last updated 8 September 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 International4632130112 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1639. Last updated 8 September 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 101005 December 2019
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 2200020 June 202220 June 2022
 Bhutan 3300023 November 202123 November 2021
 China 2200012 January 201912 January 2019
 Hong Kong 5320024 February 201924 February 2019
 Indonesia 1100018 January 201918 January 2019
 Kuwait 4400027 February 201927 February 2019
 Malaysia 10730013 January 201913 January 2019
 Maldives 220002 December 20192 December 2019
 Qatar 4400016 November 202116 November 2021
 Thailand 3030019 January 2019
 Uganda 5230016 May 202220 May 2022
 United Arab Emirates 4210114 January 201914 January 2019

See also

References
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  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.
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