Nickname(s) | KPW |
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League | Prime Minister Women's Cup |
Personnel | |
Captain | Rubina Chhetry |
Chairman | Sarbajit Raj Pandey |
Owner | Koshi Province Cricket Association |
Team information | |
City | Biratnagar |
Colours | Green |
Established | 2019 |
Home ground | MBJ Cricket Ground |
Capacity | 15,000 |
Secondary home ground(s) | Girija Prasad Koirala Cricket Stadium |
Secondary ground capacity | 45,000 |
History | |
PM Cup wins | Champions (2020) |
Official website | https://cricketnepal.org.np [1] |
Koshi Province women's cricket team, also known as Team Koshi (former Province 1) is a Nepali provincial women's cricket team, based in the Koshi Province of Nepal. The team plays Twenty20 cricket in the Prime Minister Women's Cup [2] The team is currently being run under the Koshi Province Cricket Association, with Rubina Chhetry [3] as the team captain.
Name [4] | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batter | |||||
Namita Shrestha | Nepal | 25 June 1999 | Right-handed | ||
Sanu Rajbanshi | Nepal | 18 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Bimala Mahala | Nepal | 4 July 2006 | - | Unknown | |
Lakita Rajbanshi | Nepal | 29 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-rounders | |||||
Rubina Chhetry | Nepal | 26 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
Apsari Begam | Nepal | 7 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Nisha Shah | Nepal | 8 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Riya Sharma | Nepal | Unknown | Right-handed | Bowling all-rounder | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Kajal Shrestha | Nepal | 20 May 1999 | Right-handed | ||
Bowlers | |||||
Sangita Rai | Nepal | 24 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
Sabnam Rai | Nepal | 23 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
Bandana Rajbanshi | Nepal | - | - | - | |
Alisha Kumari Khadiya | Nepal | 2 August 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm offbreak | |
Kajol Rajbanshi | Nepal | 10 November 2006 |
Position | Name |
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Team manager | |
Head coach | |
Technical Analyst | |
Assistant coach | N/A |
Season | Teams | Position |
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2019 | 8 | Semi Finalist |
2020 | 8 | Champions |
2021 | 8 | Runners-up |
2023 | 8 | Runners-up |
2023-24 | 8 | Runners-up |
Season | Teams | Position |
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2021 | 5 | 3rd |
2022 | 5 | 3rd |
2023 | 5 | Runners-up |
2024 | 5 | 4th |
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