The player auction for the 2025 Nepal Premier League will take place on August 9, 2025. Follow the auction live, right here.
When is the Nepal Premier League 2025 player auction?
The auction will begin at 3:00pm local time in Nepal. There are 37 slots available across the eight teams. Each franchise will have 16 players, with a maximum of four overseas.
Find more information about the auction and available players right here.
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NPL 2025 player auction, live updates:
Watch the Nepal Premier League 2025 auction live right here
Nepal Premier League: The final squads
Janakpur Bolts: Aaditya Mahata, Sachin Bhatta, Mayan Yadav
Sudurpaschim Royals: Tek Bahadur Rawat, Dipendra Thapa, Hemant Dhani
Karnali Yaks: Deepak Prasad Dumre, Pawan Sarraf, Imran Shekh, Yuvraj Khatri
Chitwan Rhinos: Arjun Saud, Dev Khanal
Kathmandu Gorkhas: Tul Bahadur Thapa, Aakash Tripathi, Uttam Magar, Santosh Yadav, Mohamad Alam
Biratnagar Kings: Nayaran Joshi, Surya Tamang, Sahil Patel
Pokhara Avengers: Krishna Paudel, Arjun Kumal, Abhisekh Tiwari
Lumbini Lions: Dilip Nath, Bishal Patel, Sher Malla,
Yuvraj Khatri sold for 10L
The Yaks have bought him
Sher Malla sold for 10L
Bought by Lumbini Lions
MD Adil Alam is sold
Bought by the Gorkhas for 15L
Deepak Prasad Ghumre sold for 2L
Bought by the Yaks
Aakash Tripathi goes to Kathmandu Gorkhas
Sold for 5L
The Lions squad so far
The Avengers, as of now:
Biratnagar Kings' lineup as of now
The Gorkhas have the following squad as of now
The Rhinos squad so far
The Yaks have lined up the following team so far
The Royals squad so far
Current Janakpur lineup
Imran Shekh sold for 2L
Bought by Karnali Yaks
More additions to the unsold list
Bikash Aagri
Rose Shrestha
Sharad Vesawkar
Ankit Subedi
Narayan Joshi sold for 5L
Biratnagar Kings bag him
The following players were added to the unsold list:
Dilsad Ali
Dipesh Das
Anuj Chanara
Symon Roy
Sameer Kandel
Prajwal Thapa
Krishna Paudel
Mayan Yadav goes to Janakpur Bolts
Sold for 7.75L
Krishna Paudel goes to Pokhara Avengers
Bought for 2L
Santosh Yadav goes to Kathmandu Gorkhas for 10L
No takers for Bishal Bikram KC and Rabin Joshi
NPL 2025 auction part 1 - Unsold players
Anil Kharel, Basant Khatri, Bhuwan Karki, Krishna Karki, Mausam Dhakal, Milan Bohara, 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.
NPL 2025 auction part 1 - Sold players
Janakpur Bolts - Sachin Bhatta (2 lakh)
Kathmandu Gorkhas - Uttam Thapa Magar (3 lakh)
Karnali Yaks - Pawan Sarraf (15 lakh)
Chitwan Rhinos - Arjun Saud (15 lakh), Dev Khanal (15 lakh)
Sudurpaschim Royals - Hemant Dhami (10 lakh), Tek Bahadur Rawat (2 lakh)
Lumbini Lions - Dilip Nath (10 lakh)
Biratnagar Kings - Surya Tamang (10 lakh), Sahil Patel (5 lakh)
Pokhara Avengers - Abhishek Tiwari (2 lakh)
All amounts in Nepali rupees.
Pokhara sign Arjun Kumal
The wicketkeeper will join for 5 lakh.
Pokhara Avengers pick up Abhisekh Tiwari
He is signed for the base price of 2 lakh.
Sahil Patel joins Biratnagar Kings
He moves for 5 lakh.
Sudurpaschim Royals pick up Tek Bahadur Rawat
He is bought for his base price of 2 lakh.
Arjun Saud earns 15 lakh!
Like Dev Khanal, Arjun also joins Chitwan Rhinos.
Chitwan Rhinos sign U19 captain Dev Khanal
The franchise win the lucky draw after a tied bid, to sign him for 15 lakhs!
The auction is underway!
Pokhara Avengers - retained players
Kushal Bhurtel (Marquee), Aakash Chand, Trit Raj Das, Bipin Khatri, Kiran Thagunna, Dinesh Kharel, Sagar Dhakal.
Biratnagar Kings - retained players
Sandeep Lamichhane (Marquee), Pratish GC, Lokesh Bam, Bashir Ahmad, Naren Bhatta, Subash Bhandari.
Lumbini Lions - retained players
Rohit Paudel (Marquee), Sundeep Jora, Bibek Yadav, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhisesh Gautam, Tilak Bhandari.
Sudurpaschim Royals - retained players
Dipendra Singh Airee (Marquee), Binod Bhandari, Aarif Sheikh, Abinash Bohara, Ishan Pandey, Naren Saud.
Chitwan Rhinos - retained players
Kushal Malla (Marquee), Rijan Dhakal, Deepak Bohora, Amar Singh Rautela, Gautam KC, Kamal Singh Airee.
Karnali Yaks - retained players
Sompal Kami (Marquee), Gulshan Kumar Jha, Nandan Yadav, Arjun Gharti, Dipendra Rawat, Unish Bikram Singh Thakuri, Bipin Prasad Sharma.
Kathmandu Gorkhas - retained players
Karan KC (Marquee), Rashid Khan, Dipesh Kandel, Bhim Sharki, Pratik Shrestha, Shahab Alam.
Janakpur Bolts - retained players
Aasif Sheikh (Marquee), Anil Kumar Sah, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Rupesh Singh, Kishore Mahato, Shubh Kansakar, Tul Bahadur Thapa.
The latest Nepal Premier League auction will be held on August 9 – here’s all you need to know about the NPL 2025 mini-auction, including the format, player list, teams, date, time and streaming details.
