Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Teams List: Coaches, Captains, Players, Owners, Acquisition, Squad Composition, Salaries

The 2024 Nepal Premier League (NPL), also known as Siddhartha Bank NPL 2024 due to sponsorship, marks the inaugural season of Nepal’s franchise-based Twenty20 cricket league. The tournament will feature eight teams competing in 32 matches from 30 November to 21 December 2024 (15 Mangsir to 6 Poush 2081 BS).

Organized by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), the 2024 NPL will see teams representing major cities across the country. This expansion comes after previous leagues like Everest Premier League, Pokhara Premier League, and Dhangadi Premier League, which had six teams. On 5 September 2024, CAN auctioned the eight franchise teams for a total of NPR 16,88,93,231. The Pokhara franchise was purchased for the highest price of NPR 3,57,00,000 by Nepal T-Twenty Cricket Pvt. Ltd., followed by the Kathmandu team at NPR 3,33,33,339 by Kantipur Publications. The team representing Karnali was acquired for the lowest bid of NPR 1,11,70,000 by Himalayan Builders.

The player auction was held on 6 October 2024.

NPL 2024 Player acquisition, squad composition, and salaries

Teams in the Nepal Premier League (NPL) acquire players through an auction. Each team has a squad of 16 players, with the option to sign up to four foreign players: one marquee player through a lucky draw, three grade A players, four grade B players, three grade C players, and one player through talent hunt. Unsold players at the auction can be signed as replacement players.

Key auction rules for the 2024 season include:

• Teams can buy up to 10 players in the auction: 3 grade A, 4 grade B, and 3 grade C.
  • Grade A player base price: रु. 10 lakhs to रु. 15 lakhs
  • Grade B player base price: रु. 5 lakhs to रु. 10 lakhs
  • Grade C player base price: रु. 2 lakhs to रु. 5 lakhs
• The highest bidder acquires the player. If multiple teams bid the same amount, a lottery will determine the team.
• The salary cap for auctioned players is set at रु. 90 lakhs per team.

Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Teams List: Coaches, Captains, Players, Owners, Acquisition, Squad Composition, Salaries

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List of Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Teams

• Biratnagar Kings
• Chitwan Rhinos
• Janakpur Bolts
• Karnali Yaks
• Kathmandu Gurkhas
• Lumbini Lions
• Pokhara Avengers
• Sudurpaschim Royals

List of Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Captains

• Sandeep Lamichhane
• Kushal Malla
• Anil Sah
• Sompal Kami
• Karan KC
• Rohit Paudel
• Kushal Bhurtel
• Dipendra Singh Airee

Nepal Premier League (NPL) 2024 Squads

Biratnagar Kings Squad 2024: Sandeep Lamichhane (Captain), Anil Kharel, Oman Aqib Ilyas, Basir Ahamad, Scotland Chris Sole, Dipak Bohara, Afghanistan Ismat Alam, Jitendra Mukhiya, Kamal Khatri, Lokesh Bam (wk), New Zealand Martin Guptill, Mrinal Gurung, Naren Bhatt, Canada Nicholas Kirton, Pratish GC, Rajesh Pulami, Subash Bhandari.

Chitwan Rhinos Squad 2024: Kushal Malla (Captain), Amar Routela, Bipin Rawal (wk), Dipesh Shrestha, Kamal Singh Airee, Deepak Bohara, Gautam KC, Afghanistan Hassan Eisakhil, Namibia Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, England Luc Benkenstein, South Africa Marchant de Lange, Nar Bahadur Sarki, Ranjit Kumar, England Ravi Bopara, Rijan Dhakal, Sallahuddin Khan, Santosh Karki, Sharad Vesawkar, Pakistan Sohail Tanvir.

Janakpur Bolts Squad 2024: Anil Sah (Captain), Aakash Tripathi, Aasif Sheikh (Wk), Arniko Yadav, England Ben Mike, Bishal Shusling, Canada Harsh Thaker, Hemant Dhami, New Zealand James Neesham, United States Joshua Tromp, Kishore Mahato, United States Lahiru Milantha (Wk), Lalit Rajbanshi, United States Mohammad Mohsin, Rupesh Singh, Shubh Kansakar, Sher Malla, Pakistan Sohaib Maqsood, Tul Thapa.

Karnali Yaks Squad 2024: Sompal Kami (Captain), Arjun Gharti (Wk), Hong Kong Babar Hayat, Bhuvan Karki, Bipin Prasad Sharma, Cricket West Indies Chadwick Walton (Wk), Deepak Dumre, Dev Khanal, Dipendra Rawat, Gulshan Jha, Pakistan Hussain Talat, Mousom Dhakal, Nandan Yadav, Rit Gautam, India Shikhar Dhawan, Unish Singh, Oman Zeeshan Maqsood.

Kathmandu Gurkhas Squad 2024: Karan KC (Captain), Bibek KC, Bhim Sharki, England Dan Douthwaite, Dipesh Kandel, Namibia Gerhard Erasmus, Krish Karki, Krishna Karki, Netherlands Michael Levitt, England Nathan Sowter, Pratik Shrestha, Raju Rijal (wk), Rashid Khan, Shahab Alam, Shankar Rana, Sumit Maharjan, Australia Stephen Eskinazi.

Lumbini Lions Squad 2024: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Arif Khan, Abhishesh Gautam, Arjun Saud (wk), Ashutosh Ghiraiya, Bibek Yadav, Bikash Aagri, Australia Ben Cutting, Dinesh Adhikari, Durgesh Gupta, Cricket West Indies Ramon Simmonds, Canada Saad Bin Zafar, Sundeep Jora, Surya Tamang, Tilak Bhandari, England Tom Moores (wk), United States Unmukt Chand.

Pokhara Avengers Squad 2024: Kushal Bhurtel (Captain), Aakash Chand, Amrit Gurung, Cricket West Indies Anderson Phillip, United States Andries Gous (wk), Netherlands Bas de Leede, Bipin Khatri, Dilip Nath (wk), Dinesh Kharel, Kiran Thagunna, England Matt Critchley, Scotland Michael Leask, Narayan Joshi, Cricket West Indies Raymon Reifer, Sagar Dhakal, Sudip Aryal, Sunam Gautam, Trit Raj Das, England Zen Malik.

Sudurpaschim Royals Squad 2024: Dipendra Singh Airee (Captain), Aarif Sheikh, Abinash Bohara, Amit Shrestha, Arjun Kumal, Basant Khatri, Binod Bhandari (wk), Bhoj Raj Bhatta, Scotland Brandon McMullen, Ishan Pandey, Khadak Bohora, Naresh Budhayer, Naren Saud, United Arab Emirates Rohan Mustafa, England Saif Zaib, New Zealand Scott Kuggeleijn.

Highest Paid Players in NPL 2024 Auction