The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), the official governing body of cricket in Nepal, has made public a new list of cricket players’ rankings on Sunday.
Out of 30 players, national cricket team captain Rohit Paudel, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Dipendra Singh Airee, Aasif Sheikh and Kushal Bhurtel have been categorized as Grade A.
Players and their new rankings
Grade A – Rohit Paudel, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Dipendra Singh Airee, Asif Sheikh and Kushal Bhurtel
Grade B – Kushal Malla, Gulshan Jha, Bhim Sarki, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Aarif Sheikh and Avinash Bohara
Grade C – Binod Bhandari, Arjun Saud, Sandeep Jora and Pratis GC
Grade D – Pawan Sarraf, Sagar Dhakal, Anil Sah, Bibek Kumar Yadav, Aakash Chand, Basir Ahmed and Surya Tamang
Emerging Category – Dipesh Kandel (Koshi), Rupesh Singh (Madhesh), Rijan Dhakal (Bagmati), Bipin Khatri (Gandaki), Dev Khanal (Lumbini), Arjun Gharti (Karnali) and Hemanta Dhami (Sudurpaschim).
According to the CAN, a monthly salary of 100,000 rupees will be given to the players belonging to Grade A.
Similarly, the CAN has decided to provide monthly salary of Rs 70 thousand to Grade B, 55 thousand to Grade C, 35 thousand to Grade D and 25 thousand to those players categorized as Emerging Category.