In the auction of the first season held last year, there was a provision that a team could spend a minimum of Rs 65 lakh and a maximum of Rs 90 lakh, excluding the marquee.
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In the mini auction of Nepal Premier League (NPL) cricket to be held on Saturday, it is expected that there will be intense competition between 5 teams to get players. Chitwan Rhinos, Biratnagar Kings, Lumbini Lions, Kathmandu Gorkhas and Sudurpaschim Royals are in intense competition.
In the auction of the first season held last year, there was a provision that a team could spend a minimum of 65 lakhs and a maximum of 90 lakh rupees excluding the marquee. Chitwan was able to spend only 63 lakhs. As the team released Sharad Bheshavkar (10 lakhs), Bipin Rawal (8 lakhs), Santosh Karki (5 lakhs), Dipesh Shrestha (5 lakhs), Ranjit Kumar (3 lakhs) from last season's team, the team has strengthened the 'purse' for the mini auction.
On Saturday, Chitwan will be allowed to spend 58 lakh, Biratnagar 45 lakh 50 thousand, Lumbini 45 lakh 20 thousand, Kathmandu 43 lakh and Sudurpaschim 41 lakh 50 thousand. In the mini auction, Arjun Saud, Dilip Nath, Dev Khanal, Pawan Sarraf, Sharad Bheshavkar, Mohammad Adil Alam, Surya Tamang and Sunam Gautam are in the 'A' category. Their price is minimum 10 lakhs and maximum 15 lakhs.
Adil, who was accused of spot-fixing in the Nepal Twenty-20 League three years ago, was approved by CAN to play in the national tournament only last month. Vetran Sharad was released in Chitwan, Arjun and Surya in Lumbini, Dilip and Sunam in Pokhara and Dev Khanal in Karnali.
The price of 'B' category is 5 lakh rupees and will end up at a maximum of 10 lakh. The 35 players in the 'B' category are Akash Tripathi, Ashutosh Ghirohia, Anil Kharel, Arjun Kumal, Avinash Karna, Vasant Khatri, Bhuvan Karki, Bipin Rawal, Darsh Sonar, Deepak Bohra, Dipesh Shrestha, Durgesh Gupta, Harishankar Sah, Hemant Dhami, Khadk Bahadur Bohra, Krishna Karki, Shankar Rana, Musam Dhakal, Mayan Yadav, Milan Bohra, Narayan. Joshi, Pradeep Airey, Prithu Baskota, Prajwal Thapa, Rabindrajung Shahi, Ravi Sah, Sahil Patel, Santosh Karki, Rit Gautam, Santosh Yadav, Sher Malla, Sumit Maharjan, Yuvraj Khatri, Vishalvikram KC, Nikhil Kumar Singh and others.
Similarly, there are more than 100 players in the 'C' category. Abhishek Tiwari is the vice-captain of the Nepali U-19 cricket team, along with Araniko Yadav and Deepak Dumre.
