The Nepal national women's cricket team represents

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

in international

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. They made their international debut in the ACC Women's Tournament in

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in July 2007. Nepal has been participating in various international tournaments since then. Nepal's current captain is

Rubina Chhetry Rubina Chhetry ( ne, रुबिना क्षेत्री; born 26 November 1993) is a Nepali cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium pace bowler. She has been the captain of the team since 2012, ...

, coach is Shyam Sun Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh. In April 2018, the

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(ICC) granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Nepal women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Nepal made her

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debut on 12 January 2019 against

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, at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash in Bangkok. Nepal finished runner-up at the tournament losing to

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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

in 2009,

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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

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. 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 Binod Kumar Das ( ne, विनोद कुमार दास; born 26 April 1983) is a Nepalese former cricketer and a former captain of Nepal national cricket team. All-rounder Binod is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bow ...

commented. On 26 April 2018, ICC announced that all the T20 matches played between

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will be awarded

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status starting from 1 July 2018 for women's cricket, as a result Nepal played their first T20I match against

on January 12 2019. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the

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

Current squad

The following is a list of players who were in the squad for

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or was centrally contracted by the

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for 2022.

Coaching Staff

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

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: 2nd (DNQ) * 2017: 3rd (DNQ) *

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: 2nd (DNQ) *

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: 3rd (DNQ)

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ACC Women's Tournament

South Asian Games

Honours

Others

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** Bronze Medal (1):

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Nepal Women ''Last updated 24 June 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 164/3 v.

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on 18 November 2021 at

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. * Highest individual score: 82 *, Sita Rana Magar v

on 18 November 2021 at

. * Best innings bowling: 6/0,

Anjali Chand Anjali Chand ( ne, अञ्जली चन्द, born 16 September 1995) is a Nepali cricketer who plays for the Nepali national women's team. She has scored a century in a domestic national tournament, becoming the third Nepali woman to scor ...

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, 2 December 2019 at

Pokhara Rangasala The Pokhara Rangasala ( ne, पोखरा रङ्गशाला) is a multi-purpose stadium in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It has a capacity of 16,500 spectators. The venue is located to the south of Pokhara at Rambazaar on the easter ...

Pokhara Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...

. Most T20I runs for Nepal Women Most T20I wickets for Nepal Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1146. Last updated 24 June 2022.''

References

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Women's sport in Nepal 2007 establishments in Nepal