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26 players signed in first round of auction of NPL 2nd edition

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Kathmandu — 26 players have been signed through the first round of auction of the second edition of Nepal Premier League (NPL). The 8 teams participating in the auction held on Saturday have selected their preferred players.

Dev Khanal, Arjun Saud, Adil Alam and Pawan Saraf are among the players who will receive the highest prices. They will receive Rs 1.5 million each. Dev and Arjun will play for Chitwan Rhinos, Adil for Kathmandu Gorkhas and Pawan for Karnali Yaks.

Similarly, Dilip Nath and Sher Malla (Lumbini Lions), Hemant Dhami (Sudurpaschim Royals), Surya Tamang (Biratnagar Kings), Santosh Yadav (Kathmandu Gorkhas) and Yubaraj Khatri (Karnali Yaks) have been signed for Rs 1 million each.

Mayan Yadav has been signed by Janakpur Bolts for Rs 750,000 and Akash Tripathi by Kathmandu Gorkhas for Rs 700,000. Narayan Joshi and Sahil Patel (Biratnagar Kings), Arjun Kumal (Pokhara Avengers), Vishal Patel (Lumbini Lions) and Aditya Mahat (Janakpur Bolts) have been signed for Rs 500,000 each. Kathmandu Gorkhas has brought in Uttam Thapa Magar for Rs 300,000.

Similarly, Tek Bahadur Rawat and Dipendra Thapa (Sudur Paschim Royals), Abhishek Tiwari and Krishna Poudel (Pokhara Avengers), Sachin Bhatt (Janakpur Bolts), Tul Bahadur Thapa (Kathmandu Gorkhas) and Imran Sheikh and Deepak Dumre (Karnali Yaks) have been signed for Rs 200,000 each.

Kathmandu Gorkhas has signed 5 players as per its quota, while other teams will be able to sign the remaining players at the lowest price in the second phase. This time, 150 players selected out of 458 registered players participated in the mini auction.

Janakpur Bolts wins NPL title

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Kathmandu: Janakpur Bolts have won the first season of the Nepal Premier League. Janakpur defeated Sudurpaschim Royals by 5 wickets at the TU Cricket Ground to clinch the NPL title.

Chasing a target of 185 runs set by Sudurpaschim Royals in the final at the TU Cricket Ground, Janakpur achieved the target in 19.2 overs, losing 5 wickets.

Janakpur, the winner of the first edition of the NPL, will receive a prize of Rs 11 million. Similarly, the runner-up Sudurpaschim Royals settled for Rs 5.1 million. Similarly, the third-placed Karnali Yaks received a prize of Rs 2.5 million and the fourth-placed Chitwan Rhinos received a prize of Rs 1.5 million. Lumbini Lions has been successful in winning the Fair Play Award in the competition.

The winners were presented with awards by former Prime Ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Youth and Sports Minister Tejulal Chaudhary, and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) President Chatur Bahadur Chand, among others.

Sudurpaschim Royals captain Dipendra Singh Airi has been declared the best player of the Nepal Premier League. Dipendra scored 227 runs in eight matches, including one half-century. He played a key role in taking Sudurpaschim Royals to the final and was presented with an Omoda E-5 EV car by Omoda. The organizer CAN had announced that the best Nepali player would be presented with an Omoda E-5 EV car worth 6.2 million.

Similarly, Janakpur’s Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi was declared the best bowler of the NPL. He received a motorcycle award. Lalit and Sudurpaschim Royals’ Scott Kegulein jointly became the highest wicket-taker.

Sudurpaschim’s Saif Ali Zaib was awarded the Player of the Series. He received a cash prize of Rs 500,000. Sudurpaschim’s opening batsman Saif had scored 275 runs in nine NPL matches. Karnali Yaks’ Bipin Prasad Sharma won the Emerging Player title. He received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a scholarship worth Rs 100,000. 16-year-old Bipin had proven his ability by showing the way to the pavilion to world-renowned players.

Karnali advances to Qualifier Two after defeating Chitwan Rhinos

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Kathmandu – Karnali Yaks have advanced to Qualifier Two of the NPL after defeating Chitwan Rhinos.

Karnali defeated Chitwan by 21 runs in the eliminator match.

Karnali will now play the team that lost in Qualifier One in Qualifier Two.

Chasing a target of 176 runs, Chitwan scored only 154 runs.