The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced new grades for male and female players following a meeting on Monday. Grade A players will receive one lakh nepali rupees per month.
The Grade A category includes captain Rohit Kumar Paudel, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Dipendra Singh Airee, Aasif Sheikh, and Kushal Bhurtel. Grade B consists of Kushal Malla, Gulsan Jha, Bhim Sharki, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Aarif Sheikh, and Abinash Bohara.
Binod Bhandari, Arjun Saud, Sundeep Jora, and Pratish GC fall under the C grade. Pawan Sarraf, Sagar Dhakal, Anil Sah, Bibek Kumar Yadav, Aakash Chand, Basir Ahamad, and Surya Tamang are categorized in Grade D,
CAN has also introduced an emerging category, with one player selected from each province: Dipesh Kandel (Koshi), Rupesh Singh (Madhesh), Rijan Dhakal (Bagamati), Bipin Khatri (Gandaki), Dev Khanal (Lumbani), Arjun Gharti (Karnali), and Hemant Dhami (Sudurpaschim).
According to CAN’s announcement, Grade A players will receive one lakh nepali rupees per month, Grade B players will be paid 70,000, Grade C 55,000, Grade D 35,000, and emerging category players will receive 25,000 monthly.
