| Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament | |
| Administrator: | Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| First: | 2015 |
| Last: | 2023–24 |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Participants: | 8 |
| Champions: | APF Club (6th title) |
| Trophyholder: | 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]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | R-VII (Janakpur) | APF Club | Shobha Ale (Region-VII) | Trishna Singh (Region-V) | Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) | [9] | |
| 2016 | APF Club | Eastern Region | Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) | Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) | Sarita Magar (APF) | [10] | |
| 2017 | APF Club | Far-Western Region | Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) | Ritu Kanojiya (APF) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [11] | |
| 2018 | APF Club | Eastern Region | Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | [12] | |
| 2019 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim Province | Kabita Kunwar (APF) | Khushi Dangol (Bagmati Province) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [13] | |
| 2020 | Koshi Province | APF Club | Jyoti Pandey (APF) | Karuna Bhandari (APF) | Sangita Rai (Koshi Province) | [14] | |
| 2021 | APF Club | Koshi Province | Apsari Begum (Koshi Province) | Alisha Khadiya (Koshi Province) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) | [15] | |
| 2023 | Sudurpashchim Province | Koshi Province | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province) | Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim Province) | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province) | [16] | |
| 2023–24 | APF Club | Koshi Province | Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki Province) | Puja Mahato (Madhesh Province) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) | [17] |
| 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 | — | |||||