The Nepal Premier League Auction Season 3 was holed on July 6, 2026 in Kathmandu. In this, all eight franchises acquired players for their squads ahead of the upcoming Season 3, scheduled for the November 17–December 13 tournament window.
During the auction, eight teams recruited 52 players out of the 155 registered players. Opener and wicketkeeper-batter Aasif Sheikh was the most expensive player this year; he was bought by Lumbini Lions for 2 million (20 Lakh) rupees.
Here is the Sold Players and Top Buys players list.
Nepal Premier League 2026 Squad & Full Players List after NPL Season 3 Auction
Sudurpaschim Royals Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Dipendra Singh Airee (Captain), Binod Bhandari, Aarif Sheikh, Ishan Pandey, Abinash Bohara, Hemanta Dhami and Hikmat Mahara.
Auction Signings Players: Dipak Bohara (Rs 1 million), Anil Kharel (Rs 500,000), Milan Bohara (Rs 500,000), Tek Rawat (Rs 200,000), Sachin Bhatt (Rs 200,000), Ayush Chand (Rs 200,000).
Karnali Yaks Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Nandan Yadav, Dipak Dumre, Pawan Sarraf, Yunish Bikram Thakuri and Yuvraj Khatri
Auction Signings Players: Shubh Kansakar (Rs 1 million), Bipin Prasad Sharma (Rs 500,000), Dipendra Rawat (Rs 500,000), Surya Tamang (Rs 200,000), Divan Pun (Rs 200,000), Sachin Sharma (Rs 200,000)..
Lumbini Lions Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Rohit Paudel (Captain), Sandeep Jora, Sher Malla, Dilip Nath, Dinesh Adhikari, Abhishek Gautam and Tilak Bhandari
Auction Signings Players: Aasif Sheikh (Rs 2 million), Kishore Mahato (Rs 1 million), Durgess Gupta (Rs 500,000), Aakash Tripathi (Rs 500,000), Ajay Chauhan (Rs 200,000), Araniko Prasad Yadav (Rs 200,000)..
Pokhara Avengers Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Kushal Bhurtel (Marquee), Aakash Chand, Trit Raj Das, Bipin Khatri, Kiran Thagunna, Dinesh Kharel, Sagar Dhakal
Auction Signings Players: Abhishek Tiwari, Arjun Kumal, Krishna Paudel, Sandeep Khatri Chettri.
Kathmandu Gorkhas Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Karan KC (Marquee), Bhim Sharki, Rashid Khan, Shahab Alam.
Auction Signings Players: Uttam Thapa, Tul Bahadur Thapa, Santosh Yadav, Aakash Tripathi, MD Adil Alam..
Chitwan Rhinos Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Kushal Malla, Rijan Dhakal, Dipak Bohara, Ranjit Kumar, Kamal Singh Airee, Dev Khanal and Arjun Saud.
Auction Signings Players: Bibek Kumar Yadav (Rs R 1.5 million), Mausam Dhakal (Rs 300,000), Ashok Dhami (Rs 200,000), Bipin Rawal (Rs 200,000), Gautam KC (Rs 200,000), Salauddin Khan (Rs 200,000).
Janakpur Bolts Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Anil Kumar Shah, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Bikash Agri, Mayan Yadav and Aditya Mehta.
Auction Signings Players: Tirtha Raj Das (Rs 1.5 million), Abhishek Tiwari (Rs 500,000), Bishal Patel (Rs 500,000), Amar Singh Rautela (Rs 500,000), Rit Gautam (Rs 425,000), Santosh Karki (Rs 300,000), Ashutosh Pandey (Rs 200,000), Bishal Susling (Rs 200,000).
Biratnagar Kings Squad: Retain & Signings Players for NPL 2026
Retained Players: Sandeep Lamichhane, Lokesh Bam, Basir Ahmed, Narayan Joshi, Pratis GC and Subash Bhandari
Auction Signings Players: Rupesh Singh (Rs 1.5 million), Naren Saud (Rs 500,000), Dilsad Ali (Rs 500,000), Sujan Thapaliya (Rs 425,000), Aparajit Poudel (Rs 200,000), Pratik Shrestha (Rs 200,000), Imran Sheikh (Rs 200,000).
