Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- Indu Barma has been associated with Nepali cricket since 2010, after she represented the country in the defence of the ACC U19 Women's Championship title in Singapore. But despite starting early, her numbers got recorded in international cricket only after Nepal and all ICC members were granted full WT20I status in July 2018.

Barma's first international T20I match for Nepal, therefore, came almost a decade later-in Thailand Women's T20 Smash tournament, where they faced China on January 12, 2019. She neither got the chance to bat nor bowl in the match against China, which Nepal won by 10 wickets while chasing 49 runs.

However, by the end of the tournament, Barma was Nepal's second-highest run scorer. She followed Si...