Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
Cricket tournament
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Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament (Nepali: प्रधानमन्त्री कप महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट प्रतियोगिता) is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal.[3]
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| Countries | Nepal |
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| Administrator | Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Latest edition | 2024–25 |
| Next edition | 2025–26 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Number of teams | 9 (10 form 2026) |
| Current champion | APF Club (7th title) |
| Current trophy holder | APF Club |
| Most successful | APF Club (7 titles) |
| Most runs | Rubina Chhetry (628)[1] |
| Most wickets | Karuna Bhandari (31) [2] |
| TV | Himalaya TV |
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 | |
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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 | 2 | |
| APF Club | 2015 | 7 | 2 | |
| Tribhuwan Army Club | 2024-25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nepal Police Club | ||||
Defunct teams
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Winners
| Season | Final | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | No. of teams | Ref | ||
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| Winner | Runner-up | |||||||
| 2015 | Region-VII (Janakpur) | APF Club | Shobha Ale (Region-VII) | Trishna Singh (Region-V) | Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) | 10 | [9] | |
| 2016 | APF Club | Eastern | Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) | Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) | Sarita Magar (APF) | 6 | [10] | |
| 2017 | APF Club | Far-Western | Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) | Ritu Kanojiya (APF) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | 6 | [11] | |
| 2018 | APF Club | Eastern | Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | 6 | [12] | |
| 2019 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim | Kabita Kunwar (APF) | Khushi Dangol (Bagmati) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | 8 | [13] | |
| 2020 | Koshi Province | APF Club | Jyoti Pandey (APF) | Karuna Bhandari (APF) | Sangita Rai (Koshi) | 8 | [14] | |
| 2021 | APF Club | Koshi | Apsari Begum (Koshi) | Alisha Khadiya (Koshi) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | 8 | [15] | |
| 2023 | Sudurpashchim | Koshi | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim) | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) | 8 | [16] | |
| 2023–24 | APF Club | Koshi | Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki) | Puja Mahato (Madhesh) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) | 8 | [17] | |
| 2024–25 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim | Mamta Chaudhary (APF) | Manisha Upadhyay (Bagmati) | Indu Barma (APF) | 9 | [18] | |
| 2025–26 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | 10 | ||
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 | — | |||||