Gorkhaz, who was unlucky 12 times in the lucky 'draw' out of 14 in the first edition of the auction last year, managed to get Adil, who became the most awaited player in the auction this year.
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Adil Alam Ansari was one such player in the mini auction of Nepal Premier League (NPL) Cricket Season-2 on Saturday, which was bid by all 8 franchise teams. In that, Kathmandu Gorkhaj got lucky and managed to get Adil in their team.
Adils in 'A' category started from a minimum of 10 lakhs. Gorkhaz got Adil in a round robin after all 8 teams bid up to 15 lakhs. Gorkhaz, who was unlucky 12 times in the lucky 'draw' out of 14 in the first edition of the auction last year, managed to get Adil who became the most awaited player in the auction this year.
Gorkhaz have got talented left-arm spinner Santosh Yadav along with Akash Tripathi, Uttam Thapamar and Tul Bahadur Thapa. Gorkhaz managed to overcome Lumbini Lions and Karnali Yaks in the lucky 'draw' after a maximum bid of 1 million on Santosh in the 'B' category. Adil, who was accused of spot-fixing in the Nepal Twenty-20 League 3 years ago, was approved by CAN to play in the national tournament only last month.
Kathmandu Gorkhaj spent 37 lakhs out of 43 lakhs he had. The highest spending team was Chitwan Rhinos. The team spent 3.9 million out of 58 savings. The team took Dev Khanal and Arjun Saud from the 'A' category for a maximum price of 15 lakhs. Chitwan, who was unlucky in the other lucky 'draw', picked Bipin Rawal for 5 and Bipin Acharya and Ranjit Kumar for 2 lakhs from the 'Wish List'.
Lumbini spent 32 lakhs. The team hired Dilip Nath and Sher Malla for Rs 10 lakh, Vishal Patel and Durgesh Gupta for Rs 5 lakh and Adil Khan for Rs 2 lakh. Karnali spent 15 lakhs on Pawan Sarraf, 10 lakhs on Yuvraj Khatri and 29 lakhs on Imran Sheikh and Deepak Dumre.
Biratnagar Kings spent 27 lakhs and took Surya Tamang for 10 lakhs, Sahil Patel, Narayan Joshi and Shankar Rana for 5 lakhs and Shravan Kisku for 2 lakhs. Sudurpaschim Royals spent 10 lakhs on Hemant Dhami, 5-5 on Deepak Bohra, Milan Bohra and 2-2 lakhs each on Tek Bahadur Rawal and Dipendra Thapa.
champion Janakpur Bolts spent 19 lakh 75 thousand and picked up Mayan Yadav for 7 lakh 75 thousand, Aditya Mahata and Vikas Agri for 5 lakh each and Sachin Bhatt for 2 lakh. Pokhara Avengers spent only 11 lakhs and took Arjun Kumal for 5 lakhs and Abhishek Tiwari, Krishna Paudel and Sandeep Khatri Chhetri for 2 lakhs each.
Sharad Bheshavkar, Sunil Dhamala and Sunam Gautam in the 'A' category failed to get any price in the auction. Out of a total of 161 players in the auction, 37 players were bid on.
