Countries | Nepal |
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Administrator | Cricket Association of Nepal |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2015 |
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 |
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Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal. [3]
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]
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]
Province/Department | First season | Titles | Runner-up |
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Koshi Province | 2019 | 1 | 3 |
Madhesh Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Bagmati Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Gandaki Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Lumbini Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Karnali Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Sudurpashchim Province | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
Nepal A.P.F. Club | 2015 | 6 | 2 |
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Year | Winner | Runner-up | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | Ref |
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2015 | Region-VII (Janakpur) | APF Club | Shobha Ale (Region-VII) | Trishna Singh (Region-V) | Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) | [9] |
2016 | APF Club | Eastern | Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) | Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) | Sarita Magar (APF) | [10] |
2017 | APF Club | Far-Western | Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) | Ritu Kanojiya (APF) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [11] |
2018 | APF Club | Eastern | Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | [12] |
2019 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim | Kabita Kunwar (APF) | Khushi Dangol (Bagmati) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [13] |
2020 | Koshi Province | APF Club | Jyoti Pandey (APF) | Karuna Bhandari (APF) | Sangita Rai (Koshi) | [14] |
2021 | APF Club | Koshi | Apsari Begum (Koshi) | Alisha Khadiya (Koshi) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | [15] |
2023 | Sudurpashchim Province | Koshi | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim) | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | [16] |
2023–24 | APF Club | Koshi | Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki) | Puja Mahato (Madhesh) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | [17] |
Season (Teams) | 2016 (6) | 2017 (6) | 2018 (6) | 2019 (8) | 2020 (8) | 2021 (8) | 2023 (8) | 2023-24 (8) |
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Koshi Province | — | SF | C | RU | RU | RU | ||
Madhesh Province | — | SF | GS | GS | SF | GS | ||
Bagmati Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | ||
Gandaki Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ||
Lumbini Province | — | GS | SF | SF | GS | GS | ||
Karnali Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ||
Sudurpashchim Province | — | RU | SF | SF | C | SF | ||
Armed Police Force Club | C | C | C | C | RU | C | SF | C |
Eastern Development Region | RU | GS | RU | — | ||||
Central Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
Mid-Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
Far Western Development Region | GS | RU | GS | — |
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