Nepal Premier League 2024: Complete Squad and Team Information Of All Franchise
1. Biratnagar Kings
Biratnagar Kings is owned by the Paras Luniya, ex Nepali Cricket Team player. He bought this franchise for NRS 1,51,00,000
Head Coach: Kevin O’Brien (Ireland)
Marquee Player: Sandeep Lamichhane
Foreign Players:
- Chris Sole
- Martin Guptill
- Nicholas Kirton
- Aqib Ilyas
- Ismat Alam
Sold Players:
- Lokesh Bam (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Pratish GC (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Bashir Ahmad (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Rajesh Pulami Magar (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Anil Kharel (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Dipak Bohara (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Subhash Bhandari (NRs 250,000) – Category D
- Naren Bhatta (NRs 200,000) – Category D
- Mrinal Gurung (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 6,650,000
2. Chitwan Rhinos
Chitwan Rhinos is owend by the Chitwan Medical College. They paid NRS 1,76,01,000 for this franchise
Coach:Umesh Patwal
Marquee Player: Kushal Malla
Foreign Players:
- Ravi Bopara
- Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
- Marchant De Lange
- Luc Benkenstein
- Hassan Eisakhil
Sold Players:
- Rijan Dhakal (NRs 1,000,000) – Category A
- Kamal Singh Airee (NRs 1,000,000) – Category A
- Sharad Vesawkar (NRs 1,000,000) – Category A
- Bipin Rawal (NRs 800,000) – Category B
- Santosh Karki (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Dipesh Shrestha (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Amar Singh Rautela (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Deepak Bohara (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Ranjeet Kumar (NRs 300,000) – Category D
- Gautam KC (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 6,300,000
3. Janakpur Bolts
Amit Shrestha is the owner of Janakpur Bolts and he paid NRS 2,05,00,000 for this franchise.
Marquee Player: Aasif Sheikh
Foreign Players:
- James Neesham
- Sohaib Maqsood
- Lahiru Milantha
- Muhammad Mohsin
- Joshua Tromp
Sold Players:
- Lalit Rajbanshi (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Anil Kumar Sah (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Rupesh K Singh (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Kishor Mahato (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Aakash Tripathi (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Shubh Kansakar (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Sher Malla (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Hemant Dhami (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Arniko Prasad Yadav (NRs 225,000) – Category D
- Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 7,925,000
4. Karnali Yaks
Karnali Yaks is owned by Grihendra Ghimire and Jhanakdatta Khanal and they paid NRS 1,11,70,000 for this team
Coach: Gyanendra Malla
Consultant Coach: Raju Basnyat (Nepal)
Marquee Player: Sompal Kami
Foreign Players:
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Chadwick Walton
- Babar Hayat
- Hussain Talat
Sold Players:
- Gulshan Kumar Jha (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Nandan Yadav (NRs 1,100,000) – Category B
- Mausam Dhakal (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Arjun Gharti (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Dev Khanal (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Rit Gautam (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Bhuban Karki (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Dipendra Rawat (NRs 300,000) – Category D
- Dipak Dumre (NRs 300,000) – Category D
- Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 7,400,000
5. Kathmandu Gurkhas
Kathmandu Gurkhas is owned by Kathmandu Sports Development Ventures. It is the Joint ventures of Kailash Sirohiya, Upendra Mahato and Arun Sarraf. They bought this team for NRS 3,33,33,339.
Coach: Basanta Shahi
Marquee Player: Karan KC
Foreign Players:
- Michael Levitt
- Gerhard Erasmus
- Stevie Sean Eskinazi
- Dan Douthwaite
Local Iconic Player : Krish Karki
Sold Players:
- Shahab Alam (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Bhim Sharki (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Rashid Khan (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Shankar Rana (NRs 950,000) – Category B
- Dipesh Prasad Kandel (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Sumit Maharjan (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Krishna Karki (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Bibek KC (NRs 200,000) – Category D
- Pratik Shrestha (NRs 200,000) – Category D
- Raju Rizal (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 7,050,000
6. Lumbini Lions
Lumbini Lions is owned by Ishwor GC. Team price is NRS1,86,00,004.
Head Coach: Nandan Phadnis (India)
Consultant Coach: Shakti Gauchan (Nepal)
Marquee Player: Rohit Kumar Paudel
Foreign Players:
- Unmukt Chand
- Ben Cutting
- Tom Moores
- Ramon Simmonds
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
Pokhara Avengers – Nepal T20 Pvt. Ltd.
Subodh Tripathi and the Manobal Shrestha’s joint venture Nepal T20 Pvt Ltd got the right of Pokhara team for NRS 3,57,00,000.
Head Coach: Rajeev Kumar (India)
Advisor & Consultant: Jonty Rhodes (South Africa)
Assistant Coach: Rijan Prajoo (Nepal)
Marquee Player: Kushal Bhurtel
Foreign Players:
- Bas De Leede,
- Andries Gous,
- Matt Critchley,
- Raymon Reifer,
- Michael Leask
Sold Players:
- Sagar Dhakal (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Akash Chand (NRs 1,150,000) – Category B
- Kiran Kumar Thagunna (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Narayan Joshi (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Bipin Khatri (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Dilip Nath (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Trit Raj Das (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Sunam Gautam (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Dinesh Kharel (NRs 200,000) – Category D
- Amrit Gurung (NRs 200,000) – Category D
Total Spent: NRs 8,050,000
Sudurpaschim Royals
Head Coach: Jagat Tamata (Nepal)
Mentor: Brad Hodge (Australia)
Marquee Player: Dipendra Singh Airee
Foreign Players:
- Rohan Mustafa
- Scott Kuggeleijn
- Saif Zaib
- Brandon McMullen
Sold Players:
- Md Aarif Sheikh (NRs 1,500,000) – Category A
- Abinash Bohara (NRs 1,200,000) – Category B
- Binod Bhandari (NRs 1,000,000) – Category B
- Ishan Pandey (NRs 950,000) – Category B
- Arjun Kumal (NRs 750,000) – Category B
- Khadak Bahadur Bohara (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Naresh Budhayer (NRs 500,000) – Category C
- Bhoj Raj Bhatta (NRs 450,000) – Category C
- Amit Shrestha ( NRS 350,000 ) – Catagory C
- Naren Saud ( NRS 200,000 ) – Catagory C
Total Spent: NRs 7,400,000