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Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
CountriesNepal
AdministratorCricket Association of Nepal
FormatTwenty20
First edition2015
Latest edition2024–25
Next edition2025–26
Tournament formatRound-robin and Knockout
Number of teams8
Current championAPF Club (7th title)
Current trophy holderAPF Club
Most successfulAPF Club
(7 titles)
Most runsRubina Chhetry (628)[1]
Most wicketsKaruna Bhandari (31) [2]
TVHimalaya TV

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]

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/Department First season Titles Runner-up
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 2
APF Club 2015 7 2
Tribhuwan Army Club 2024-25 0 0

Defunct teams

Winners

Season Final Best batter Best bowler Player of the tournament Ref
Winner Runner-up
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 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]
2024–25 APF Club Sudurpashchim Mamta Chaudhary (APF) Manisha Upadhyay (Bagmati) Indu Barma (APF) [18]

Team's performance

Seasons

  • C – Champion
  • RU – Runner-up
  • SF – Semi-final
  • GS – Group stage
Season
(Teams)
2016
(6)
2017
(6)
2018
(6)
2019
(8)
2020
(8)
2021
(8)
2023
(8)
2023–24
(8)
2024–25
(9)
Koshi Province SF C RU RU RU GS
Madhesh Province SF GS GS SF GS GS
Bagmati Province GS GS GS GS SF Super 4
Gandaki Province GS GS GS GS GS GS
Lumbini Province GS SF SF GS GS GS
Karnali Province GS GS GS GS GS GS
Sudurpashchim Province RU SF SF C SF RU
APF Club C C C C RU C SF C C
Tribhuwan Army Club Super 4
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

References

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  18. ^ "APF wins Prime Minister's Cup Cricket tournament". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 25 January 2025.