Kajal Shrestha

{{Short description|Nepali cricketer (born 1999)}}

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| name = Kajal Shrestha

| image =Kajal-Shrestha.jpg

| country = Nepal

| fullname = Kajal Shrestha

| female = true

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|5|20|df=yes}}

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role =Wicket-keeper

| international = true

| T20Idebutdate = 12 January

| T20Idebutyear = 2019

| T20Idebutagainst = China

| T20Icap = 10

| lastT20Idate = 23 July

| lastT20Iyear = 2024

| lastT20Iagainst = India

| date = 8 October 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/779623.html Cricinfo

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| medals = {{MedalCountry| {{NEP}}}}

{{MedalSport|Women's Cricket}}

{{MedalCompetition|South Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara|Team}}

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Kajal Shrestha ({{Langx|ne|काजल श्रेष्ठ}}) is a Nepali right hand batswoman and a wicketkeeper for the Nepal women's national cricket team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/779623.html|title=Kajal Shrestha|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-02-26}}

Kajal was in the playing 11 of the Nepal women first twenty 20 International debut match against China women's national cricket team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19111/scorecard/1171347/china-women-vs-nepal-women-group-a-thailand-womens-t20-smash-2018-19|title=Full Scorecard of China Women vs Nepal Women, Thailand Women's T20 Smash, Group A - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}} She also represented Nepal in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a tournament which is an Asia region qualifier for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier as well as the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments, with the top team progressing to both of them.{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1056731|title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier – Asia 2019 set to begin in Bangkok|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}

In October 2021, she was named in Nepal's side for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|url=https://czarsportzauto.com/nepal-squad-announced-for-womens-t20-world-cup-asia-qualifiers-in-uae/ |title=Nepal squad announced for Women's T20 World Cup Asia qualifiers in UAE |work=Czarsportz |access-date=27 October 2021}}