Kathmandu: The mini auction for the second edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) concluded on Saturday with eight franchises securing a total of 37 players from a pool of 164. With the signings, all teams have now reached the required quota of 11 Nepali players.

Four Players Fetch Highest Price of Rs 1.5 Million
Four ‘A’ category players were signed at the auction’s maximum price tag of Rs 1.5 million. These were Dev Khanal and Arjun Saud for Chitwan Rhinos, Adil Alam for Kathmandu Gorkhas, and Pawan Saraf for Karnali Yaks. Multiple franchise bids for the same players led to their final selection via a ‘lucky draw’.

Additionally, Dilip Nath, Sher Malla, Hemant Dhami, Surya Tamang, Santosh Yadav, and Yuvraj Khatri each fetched Rs 1 million.

Chitwan Rhinos Lead in Spending, Pokhara Avengers Spend Least
Chitwan Rhinos emerged as the top spenders, investing Rs 3.9 million, while Pokhara Avengers were the most frugal at Rs 1.1 million.

Team-Wise Player Lists

Janakpur Bolts: Asif Sheikh (marquee), Anil Kumar Sah, Shubh Kansakar, Kishore Mahato, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, Rupesh Singh, Sachin Bhatt, Aditya Mahata, Mayan Yadav, Vikash Agri.

Sudurpaschim Royals: Dipendra Singh Airee (marquee), Binod Bhandari, Arif Sheikh, Avinash Bohra, Ishan Pandey, Naren Saud, Hemant Dhami, Tek Bahadur Rawat, Dipesh Thapa, Deepak Bohra, Milan Bohra.

Karnali Yaks: Sompal Kami (marquee), Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Dipendra Rawat, Bipin Prasad Sharma, Yunish Bikram Singh Thakuri, Pawan Sarraf, Imran Sheikh, Deepak Dumre, Yuvraj Khatri.

Chitwan Rhinos: Kushal Malla (marquee), Rijan Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee, Deepak Bohara, Amar Singh Rautela, Gautam KC, Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Bipin Rawal, Bipin Acharya, Ranjit Kumar.

Kathmandu Gorkhas: Karan KC (marquee), Bhim Sarki, Dipesh Kandel, Shahab Alam, Prateek Shrestha, Rashid Khan, Uttam Thapa Magar, Tul Bahadur Thapa, Santosh Yadav, Akash Tripathi, Adil Alam.

Biratnagar Kings: Sandeep Lamichhane (marquee), Lokesh Bam, Pratish JC, Basir Ahmed, Naren Bhatt, Subhas Bhandari, Surya Tamang, Sahil Patel, Narayan Joshi, Shravan Kisku, Shankar Rana.

Pokhara Avengers: Kushal Bhurtel (marquee), Dinesh Kharel, Bipin Khatri, Sagar Dhakal, Kiran Thagunna, Akash Chand, Tritraj Das, Abhishek Tiwari, Arjun Kumal, Krishna Poudel, Sandeep Khatri Chhetri.

Lumbini Lions: Rohit Poudel (marquee), Sandeep Zora, Vivek Yadav, Tilakraj Bhandari, Abhishesh Gautam, Dinesh Adhikari, Dilip Nath, Vishal Patel, Sher Malla, Durgesh Gupta, Adil Khan.