Australian all-rounder Ben Cutting has joined Lumbini Lions. The Australian all-rounder is the second foreign player signed by Lumbini after Tom Moores. Ben Cutting played 4 ODIs and 7 T20Is for Australia. Nepal Premier League is scheduled to take place from November 30 to December 21 (Mangsir 15 to Paush 6) in Kathmandu. Nandan Phadnis has joined Lumbini Lions as a head coach along with Shakti Gauchan as the consultant coach. Rohit Paudel is the marquee player of Lumbini Lions.
Lumbini Lions is owned by Ishwor GC. Team price is NRS1,86,00,004.
Marquee Player: Rohit Kumar Paudel
Coach: Nandan Phadnis
Assistant Coach: Shakti Gauchan
International Players: Tom Moores ( England) , Ben Cutting ( Australia).
Sold Players:
- Surya Tamang (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Bibek Yadav (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Sundeep Jora (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Aashutosh Ghiraiya (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Tilak Raj Bhandari (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Durgesh Gupta (NRs 800,000) – Category B
- Arjun Saud (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Dinesh Adhikari (NRs 275,000) – Category D
- Abhishesh Gautam (NRs 200,000) – Category D
- Bikash Aagri (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 8,475,000