Live coverage: Nepal T20 League 2025 Auction - Detailed roster of sold and unsold players, along with final teams
The much-anticipated 2025 Nepal Premier League player auction took place on August 9, 2025, resulting in finalized squads for the league's eight teams. Each team retained some players from the previous season and bought others in the auction, with a total squad size around 16 per team.
Here are the key players and their team assignments after the auction based on multiple sources, including full lists of retained and auctioned players:
| Team | Retained Players (Selected) | Bought in Auction (Selected) | |--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | Janakpur Bolts | Aasif Sheikh, Anil Sah, Subash Khakurel, Lalit Rajbanshi, Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar, Rupesh Singh, Kishore Mahato | Sachin Bhatt, Aditya Mehta, Mayan Yadav, Bikash Agri | | Karnali Yaks | Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Deepak Dumre, Yuvraj Khatri | Pawan Sarraf (15 lakh rupees), Imran Sheikh (2 lakh rupees), Bipin Prasad Sharma | | Chitwan Rhinos | Kushal Malla, Rijan Dhakal, Deepak Bohora, Amar Singh Rautela, Gautam KC, Kamal Singh Airee | Arjun Saud (15 lakh rupees), Dev Khanal (15 lakh rupees, tied bid), Dipendra Rawat | | Lumbini Lions | Rohit Paudel, Sundeep Jora, Bibek Yadav, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhisesh Gautam, Tilak Bhandari | Sher Malla (10 lakh rupees), Dilip Nath | | Kathmandu Gorkhas | Tul Bahadur Thapa, Aakash Tripathi, Uttam Magar | Mohammad Aadil Alam (15 lakh rupees), Santosh Yadav (10 lakh rupees) | | Sudurpaschim Royals | Dipendra Singh Airee, Binod Bhandari, Aarif Sheikh | Hemant Dhami (10 lakh rupees), Tek Bahadur Rawat (2 lakh rupees), Dipendra Thapa | | Biratnagar Kings | Surya Tamang (10 lakh rupees) | Nayaran Joshi | | Pokhara Avengers | Krishna Paudel, Arjun Kumal | Abhisekh Tiwari (2 lakh rupees) |
Some notable highest-value buys were Arjun Saud and Dev Khanal (Chitwan Rhinos), Pawan Sarraf (Karnali Yaks), and Mohammad Aadil Alam (Kathmandu Gorkhas), each fetching 15 lakh rupees at the auction.
The squads combine retained players from the previous season with auction acquisitions, and the league will feature a mix of domestic and overseas players. Overseas players were selected outside the auction.
This information was compiled from various sources, including a detailed YouTube video listing squad members for all teams, auction coverage and full team lists from Wisden and Cricket.com dated August 9-10, 2025. If you want the complete squad list for any specific team or player, please let me know.
Notable unsold players include: Anil Kharel, Basant Khatri, Bhuwan Karki, Krishna Karki, Mausam Dhakal, Milan Bohora, Ravi Kumar Sah, Rit Gautam, Santosh Karki, Shankar Rana, Bhupal Luitel, Nabin Tamang, Nirmal Gurung, Pradeep Paswan, Prem Kamat, Raju Prasad Shah, Rajendra Bham, Raju Rijal, Ranjeet Kumar Madhesh, Raunak Srivastav, Roshan Bishwakarma, Sachin Lekhak, Samrat Bhusal, Sijan Bajgain, Sunil Gautam, Suryanshu Koirala, Aarif Khan, Afrudin Rain, Amit Shrestha, Avinash Karn, Ayub Chand, Bhulan Sahani, Bipin Neupane, Firdosh Ansari, Kamal Gupta, Kamal Pariyar, Mohammad Husen Gaddi, Prakash Pandey, Sunil Duallyal, Bikram Khadka, Bishesh Budhathoki, Amar Mishra, Sonu Ansari, Nischal Kshetri, Sunil Dhamala, Salahuddin Khan, Arun Airee, Sandeep Dhangana.
Bikash Aagri, Rose Shrestha, Sharad Vesawkar, Ankit Subedi, Dilsad Ali, Dipesh Das, Anuj Chanara, Symon Roy, Sameer Kandel, Prajwal Thapa, and Narayan Joshi were added to the unsold list.
The auction began at 3:00pm local time in Nepal.
- The 2025 Nepal Premier League will showcase a blend of domestic and overseas players, with some notable acquisitions including Arjun Saud, Dev Khanal, Pawan Sarraf, and Mohammad Aadil Alam who were bought for 15 lakh rupees each.
- Notable players like Anil Kharel, Basant Khatri, Bhuwan Karki, and others were unsold in the auction, and some additional players like Bikash Aagri, Rose Shrestha, Sharad Vesawkar, and Narayan Joshi were added to the list of unsold players.
