Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

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Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament logo.png
Countries Nepal
Administrator Cricket Association of Nepal
Format Twenty20
First edition2015
Latest edition 2023–24
Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout
Number of teams 8
Current champion APF Club (6th title)
Current trophy holder APF Club
Most successful APF Club
(6 titles)
Most runs Rubina Chhetry (628) [1]
Most wickets Karuna Bhandari (31) [2]
TV Himalaya TV

Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal. [3]

Contents

The inaugural edition was contested among 10 teams and six teams contested the tournament from 2016 to 2018. The competition has featured 8 teams from the 2019 edition. Nepal A.P.F. Club are the most successful team in the history of the competition, winning 6 titles. [4]

Competition format

The inaugural tournament had 10 teams, nine regional and one departmental team, competing in two round-robin groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals. [5] The following season the regional teams were replaced by teams representing the five development regions and the tournament was reduced to six teams while retaining the previous format. [6]

Ahead of the 2020 season, the five regional teams were replaced by teams representing the seven provinces, taking the number of teams to eight. [7] The tournament format remained unchanged until the 2023 season.

The format was changed for the 2023–24 season, with the eight teams competing in a round-robin format with the top four advancing to the play-offs. [8]

Teams

Province/DepartmentFirst seasonTitlesRunner-up
Koshi Province 201913
Madhesh Province 201900
Bagmati Province 201900
Gandaki Province 201900
Lumbini Province 201900
Karnali Province 201900
Sudurpashchim Province 201911
Nepal A.P.F. Club 201562

Defunct teams

Tournament season and results

YearWinnerRunner-upBest batterBest bowlerPlayer of the tournamentRef
2015R-VII (Janakpur) APF Club Shobha Ale (Region-VII)Trishna Singh (Region-V)Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) [9]
2016 APF Club Eastern RegionLaxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western)Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) Sarita Magar (APF) [10]
2017 APF Club Far-Western RegionRekha Rawal (Far-Western)Ritu Kanojiya (APF) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [11]
2018 APF Club Eastern Region Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) [12]
2019 APF Club Sudurpashchim Province Kabita Kunwar (APF)Khushi Dangol (Bagmati Province) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [13]
2020 Koshi Province APF Club Jyoti Pandey (APF) Karuna Bhandari (APF) Sangita Rai (Koshi Province) [14]
2021 APF Club Koshi Province Apsari Begum (Koshi Province)Alisha Khadiya (Koshi Province) Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) [15]
2023 Sudurpashchim Province Koshi Province Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province)Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim Province) Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province) [16]
2023–24 APF Club Koshi Province Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki Province) Puja Mahato (Madhesh Province) Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) [17]

Team's performance

Legend
Season
(Teams)		2016
(6)		2017
(6)		2018
(6)		2019
(8)		2020
(8)		2021
(8)		2023
(8)		2023-24
(8)
Koshi Province —SFCRURURU
Madhesh Province —SFGSGSSFGS
Bagmati Province —GSGSGSGSSF
Gandaki Province —GSGSGSGSGS
Lumbini Province —GSSFSFGSGS
Karnali Province —GSGSGSGSGS
Sudurpashchim Province —RUSFSFCSF
Armed Police Force Club CCCCRUCSFC
Eastern Development RegionRUGSRU—
Central Development RegionGSGSGS—
Western Development RegionGSGSGS—
Mid-Western Development RegionGSGSGS—
Far Western Development RegionGSRUGS—

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