The women's T-20 international triangular cricket series starting on Thursday involving Thailand and the Netherlands is one of the big tournaments that Nepal is going to play. This series will give a great opportunity to the Nepali women's team, which is getting very few opportunities in international cricket.

The Women's Asia Cup held in Sri Lanka in July is the biggest tournament played by Nepal. Coincidentally, since then, the Nepali women's team is playing in an international tournament for the first time. This reflects the lack of international games in the Nepali women's team. 

'International women's cricket has returned to Nepal after three years, there are questions about CAN that women's teams have not been given as much opportunity as they should,' Paras Khadka, secretary of Nepal Cricket Association (CAN), said, 'By calling two strong teams, we have women's teams from this series. We have started international cricket. In the coming year, we are planning to hold more competitions for women, be it national or international.

This is the third time that the Nepali women's team is going to play at home and the second time that they are going to play in Kirtipur. The Nepali women's team played for the first time at home in the 13th South Asian Games of 2019 in Pokhara. Similarly, since playing against Uganda in Kirtipur in May 2022, the Nepali women's team is going to play at home for the first time. 

Nepal is starting the tournament by playing against the Netherlands on Thursday. The series will be contested in three round robins and the team with the most points will be the tournament winner. Can's cricket manager Vinod Das says that the final was not held so that all teams get equal opportunities. Can has already announced that supporters can watch the match from inside the stadium for free. 

Thailand is 13th, Netherlands 16th and Nepal 20th in the ranking of women's Twenty20 international tournament. Due to being in the Asian region, Nepal is playing regularly with Thailand in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournament, but it is going to play against the Netherlands for the first time. 

This triangular series is very important for us, in terms of batting we have to take ourselves to a higher level. Our team is balanced. We will give our best performance and try to win," Nepal's captain Indu Burma said, "After a long time, we are playing at home. This series is also a challenge for us, so the fans should come to the field and support us.'

Indu says that all the players are in good shape after playing the Prime Minister's Cup. Four days ago, Indu was selected as the player of the series in the Prime Minister's Cup held in Dhangadhi. Also, captain Pooja Mahato and Elisha Kumari Yadav, who have played in the U-19 World Cup, are in the national team. Pooja has already played for the national team.

As the only wicket-keeper in the team, Elisha is almost certain to make his 'debut' for the national team. Manisha Upadhyay is also likely to play for the Nepali team for the first time. 

Despite coming to Nepal to play for the first time, Netherlands captain Babette de Leede remained very enthusiastic. She said, "We have been playing with Thailand, but we are going to play with Nepal for the first time. We are also here to win, which is certainly difficult. The pitch has a lot of turns, we come from sea level and it's a very high altitude place. We have to coordinate with all these things.'

Thailand, which was once lower than Nepal, has made great strides in women's cricket in the last decade. Thailand is also a contender in this triangular series. "We are very excited to come here and play. We trained in Pune, India before coming here. We also played some matches there with men and women. It helped us a lot. We came to win this series," said Thailand captain Maruibol Chaiwai. 

Nepali team : Indu Burma (captain), Bindu Rawal, Yakkan Khadka, Kavita Kunwar, Mamta Kumari Chaudhary, Pooja Mahato, Rajmati Airi, Kavita Joshi, Rubina Chhetri, Elishakumari Yadav, Roma Thapa, Manisha Upadhyay, Sita Ranamgar , Ishwari Bishta, Revati Dhami, Coach (Manoj Katuwal)