NPL auction concludes

The auction for the Nepal Premier League (NPL) concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday, with eight franchise teams securing their lineups for the upcoming season. Each team purchased three players in Grade A, four in Grade B, and three in Grade C. Out of the 164 players who participated in the auction, 80 players were sold to various teams.

Eight marquee players were already snapped up by the teams, including Kushal Malla for Chitwan Rhinos, Sompal Kami for Karnali Yaks, Rohit Kumar Paudel for Lumbini Lions, Dipendra Singh Airee for Sudurpaschim Royals, Sandeep Lamichhane for Biratnagar Kings, Aasif Sheikh for Janakpur Bolts, Karan KC for Kathmandu Gurkhas, and Kushal Bhurtel for Pokhara Avengers.

Wicketkeeper Anil Kumar Sah was the most sought-after player, with bids from all eight franchise teams. Gulsan Jha, Lokesh Bam, and Rupesh Singh also attracted bids from seven teams each.

Below are the players sold in the NPL auction:

Chitwan Rhinos  

Rijan Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee, Sharad Vesawkar, Bipin Rawal, Santosh Karki, Dipesh Shrestha, Amar Singh Rautela, Deepak Bohra, Ranjit Kumar, Gautam KC.

Karnali Yaks  

Gulsan Kumar Jha, Nandan Yadav, Mausam Dhakal, Arjun Gharti, Dev Khanal, Rit Gautam, Bhuban Karki, Dipendra Rawat, Dipak Dumre, Unish BS Thakuri.

Lumbini Lions  

Surya Tamang, Bivek Yadav, Sundeep Jora, Aashutosh Ghiraiya, Tilak Raj Bhandari, Durgesh Gupta, Arjun Saud, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhishek Gautam, Bikas Aagri.

Sudurpaschim Royals

Aarif Sheikh, Abhinash Bohra, Binod Bhandari, Ishan Pandey, Arjun Kumal, Khadak Bahadur Bohora, Naresh Budhayer, Amit Shrestha, Naren Saud.

Biratnagar Kings  

Lokesh Bam, Pratish GC, Basir Ahmad, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya, Anil Kharel, Dipak Bohora, Subhash Bhandari, Naren Bhatta, Mrinal Gurung.

Janakpur Bolts  

Lalit Rajvanshi, Anil Kumar Sah, Rupesh K Singh, Aakash Tripathi, Kishor Mahato, Shubh Kansakar, Sher Malla, Hemant Dhami, Arniko Prasad Yadav, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar.

Kathmandu Gurkhas  

Shahab Alam, Bhim Sharki, Rashid Khan, Shankar Rana, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Sumit Maharjan, Krishna Karki, Bivek KC, Pratik Shrestha, Raju Rizal.

 

Pokhara Avengers  

Sagar Dhakal, Akash Chand, Kiran Kumar Thangunna, Narayan Joshi, Bipin Khatri, Dilip Nath, Trit Raj Das, Sunam Gautam, Dinesh Kharel, Amrit Gurung.