Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

This article is about the women's domestic cricket tournament. For the men's domestic cricket tournament, see Prime Minister Cup Men's National Cricket Tournament.

Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament

Countries	Nepal
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

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	1
	Armed Police Force Club	2015	6	2
	Tribhuwan Army Club	2025	0	0

Defunct teams

Region-I (Biratnagar) Region-II (Birgunj) Region-III (Kathmandu) Region-IV (Bhairahawa) Region-V (Nepalgunj)

Region-VI (Baitadi) Region-VII (Janakpur) Region-VIII (Pokhara) Region-XI (Dhangadhi) Eastern Region

Central Region Western Region Mid-Western Region Far-Western Region

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 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]

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)
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	—

References

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