NPL auction: Team lineups revealed

KATHMANDU: The mini auction for the second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) concluded on Saturday, with 37 players signed from a pool of 164 registered cricketers.

Following the auction, each franchise now has 11 players, including their marquee signings.

Teams will still add one player each from a talent hunt program and can recruit up to four foreign players.

Here’s how the squads are shaping up after the mini auction:

Biratnagar Kings

• Retained: Sandeep Lamichhane (Marquee), Lokesh Bam, Pratish GC, Bashir Ahmad, Subas Bhandari, Naren Bhatt

• Auction Buys: Surya Tamang (Rs 10L), Shahil Patel (Rs 5L), Narayan Joshi (Rs 5L), Sarwan Kisku (Rs 2L), Shankar Rana (Rs 5L)

Janakpur Bolts

• Retained: Aasif Sheikh (Marquee), Anil Kumar Shah, Lalit Rajbanshi, Kishor Mahato, Rupesh Singh, Shubh Kanshakar, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar

• Auction Buys: Sachin Bhatta (Rs 2L), Aditya Mehta (Rs 5L), Mayan Yadav (Rs 7.75L), Bikash Agri (Rs 5L)

Chitwan Rhinos

• Retained: Kushal Malla (Marquee), Rijan Dhakal, Kalamsingh Airee, Amar Singh Routela, Deepak Bohara, Gautam KC

• Auction Buys: Dev Khanal (Rs 15L), Arjun Saud (Rs 15L), Bipin Rawal (Rs 5L), Bipin Acharya (Rs 2L), Ranjit Kumar (Rs 2L)

Kathmandu Gurkhas

• Retained: Karan KC (Marquee), Bhim Sharki, Shahab Alam, Rashid Khan, Dipesh Kandel, Pratik Shrestha

• Auction Buys: Adil Ansari (Rs 15L), Santosh Yadav (Rs 10L), Akash Tripathi (Rs 7L), Uttam Rangu Thapa Magar (Rs 3L), Tul Bahadur Thapa (Rs 2L)

Pokhara Avengers

• Retained: Kushal Bhurtel (Marquee), Sagar Dhakal, Aakash Chand, Kiran Kumar Thagunna, Bipin Khatri, Tritraj Das, Dinesh Kharel

• Auction Buys: Abhishek Tiwari (Rs 2L), Arjun Kumal (Rs 5L), Krishna Paudel (Rs 2L), Sandeep Kumar Kshetri (Rs 2L)

Lumbini Lions

• Retained: Rohit Kumar Paudel (Marquee), Vivek Yadav, Sandeep Jora, Tilakraj Bhandari, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhisesh Gautam

• Auction Buys: Dilip Nath (Rs 10L), Vishal Patel (Rs 5L), Sher Malla (Rs 10L), Durgesh Gupta (Rs 5L), Adil Khan (Rs 2L)

Karnali Yaks

• Retained: Sompal Kami (Marquee), Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Dipendra Rawat, Yunish Bikram Singh Thakuri, Bipin Sharma

• Auction Buys: Pawan Sharraf (Rs 15L), Yuvraj Khatri (Rs 10L), Imran Sheikh (Rs 2L), Deepak Dumre (Rs 2L)

Sudurpaschim Royals

• Retained: Dipendra Singh Airee (Marquee), Abinash Bohara, Aarif Sheikh, Binod Bhandari, Ishan Pandey, Naren Saud

• Auction Buys: Tek Rawat (Rs 2L), Dipendra Thapa (Rs 2L), Hemanta Dhami (Rs 10L), Deepak Bohora (Rs 5L), Milan Bohora (Rs 5L)