Women's cricket is thriving and the national team (made up of top athletes from other sports) did very well to reach the final of the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Nepal won the 2008 ACC Under-19 Women's Championship and defended its title in 2010.

In the ACC Women Twenty20 in Malaysia in 2009, Singapore needed two runs off the last over for victory with five wickets intact. Rubina Chhetry was given the 'hopeless' over but she did a miracle by taking five wickets in five balls as the match ended in a draw as she threw a wide. Nepal won the match in bowl-out.^[6] With the rare incident, Rubina also became the first Nepalese cricketer, man or woman, to take a hat-trick. "I have never heard that any team has won the match taking five wickets in the last over, this is very, very rare," the then captain Binod Das commented.^[7]

On 26 April 2018, ICC announced that all the T20 matches played between ICC members will be awarded T20I status starting from 1 July 2018 for women's cricket, as a result Nepal played their first T20I match against China on January 12, 2019.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[8] Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.^[9]

At the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship, Nepal reached the semifinals before being eliminated, losing to the UAE not on the field, but rather on a lower net-run-rate than the latter, due to a rain-out.

In late May to early June 2023, the Nepal women returned to action for the first time since 2022, with a 5-match T20 series against Malaysia, winning 3-2. Later in June 2023, it was announced that Nepal would replace Thailand at the 2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup, due to reported visa issues with the latter team.^[10] This was announced on short notice, as the announcement was made on the 8th, and their first match would be on the 13th of the month. Ultimately, they would only get to play one match against Pakistan A, losing 87-78, with their other scheduled matches against India A and Hong Kong rained out.

The following is a list of players who were in the squad for the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, were centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2024.^[11]

As of 26 February 2024

Note - Sana Praveen, Shristi Jaisi & Jyotsinka Marasini are also given Emerging Category Contract but has not played for Nepal national team yet.

Pay grade edit

CAN awards central contracts to its players, their pay is graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:^[12]

• Grade A – रु.50,000
• Grade B – रु.35,000
• Grade C – रु.30,000
• Grade D – रु.25,000
• Grade EC (Emerging Category) – रु.20,000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier edit

• 2016: 2nd (DNQ)
• 2017:^[13] 3rd (DNQ)
• 2019: 2nd (DNQ)
• 2021: 3rd (DNQ)

Asia Cup edit

Asian Games edit

ACC Women's Tournament edit

South Asian Games edit

Others edit

• South Asian Games
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2019

International Match Summary — Nepal Women^[14]

Last updated 16 February 2024

Twenty20 International edit

• Highest team total: 227/4 v. Maldives on 13 February at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi.^[15]
• Highest individual score: 118*, Rubina Chhetri v Maldives on 13 February 2024 at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi.^[16]
• Best innings bowling: 6/0, Anjali Chand v Maldives, 2 December 2019 at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara.^[17]

T20I record versus other nations^[14]

Records complete to WT20I #1783. Last updated 16 February 2024.

• List of Nepal women Twenty20 International cricketers