NPL 2026 franchise

Karnali Yaks

Captain: Sompal Kami2025: 6thSeason not started

Team profile

Captain: Sompal Kami
Head coach: Gyanendra Malla
Home region: Karnali Province
2026 venue: Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Owner: Himalayan Builders
Founded: 2024
Franchise fee: NPR 1.11 crore
2025 finish: 6th
NPL titles: 0
League status: Season not started
Squad: 19 players · 6 overseas
Colours: #0B1E66#E1B443

Captain, coach, 2025 finish, venue: Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-10-26). Team details from nplcricketleague.com (owner, founded, fee, home, titles; retrieved 2026-10-26). Colours sampled from the team logo.

Season 2026

P: 0
W: 0
L: 0
Pts: 0

FormNo results yet

Position #4 · 7 league matches left · Full table · Win 2 · Tie/NR 1

NPL history

Season	League	Outcome
2024	Top four	Lost in Qualifier 2
2025	6th	League stage

Team details from nplcricketleague.com.

Karnali Yaks fans on the wall

Next match

Match 3Upcoming

Karnali Yaks

Janakpur Bolts

Tue 27 Oct, 17:00 NPTTU International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Starts Tue 27 Oct, 17:00 NPT. Predict it

Recent results

No results yet this season.

Players to watch

Captain, wicketkeepers and overseas players, as listed in the squad.

Sompal KamiCaptainBowling all-rounder
Akbar AliWicketkeeper · Overseas · BangladeshWicketkeeper
Deepak DumreWicketkeeperWicketkeeper
Sahibzada FarhanOverseas · PakistanTop-order batter
Ariful IslamOverseas · BangladeshBowler
David MillerOverseas · South AfricaMiddle-order batter
Hussain TalatOverseas · PakistanBatting all-rounder
Mark WattOverseas · ScotlandBowler

Squad

19 players · 6 overseas

Batters (5)

✈ Overseas
Sahibzada Farhan
Top-order batter · Pakistan
Bats: Right-handed
Shubh Kansakar
Batter · Nepal
✈ Overseas
David Miller
Middle-order batter · South Africa
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off break
Sachin Sharma
Batter · Nepal
Unish Thakuri
Batter · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Off-break

Wicketkeepers (2)

✈ Overseas
Akbar AliWK
Wicketkeeper · Bangladesh
Bats: Right-handed
Deepak DumreWK
Wicketkeeper · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed

All-rounders (6)

Sompal KamiC
Bowling all-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm Fast medium
Gulshan Jha
All-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium
Diwan Pun
All-rounder · Nepal
Dipendra Rawat
All-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off-break
Pawan Sarraf
All-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off break
✈ Overseas
Hussain Talat
Batting all-rounder · Pakistan
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium-fast

Bowlers (6)

✈ Overseas
Ariful Islam
Bowler · Bangladesh
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Slow left-arm orthodox
Yuvraj Khatri
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm leg-break
Bipin Sharma
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Slow left-arm orthodox
Surya Tamang
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Left-arm orthodox
✈ Overseas
Mark Watt
Bowler · Scotland
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Slow left-arm orthodox
Nandan Yadav
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right arm medium

Legend: C captain · WK wicketkeeper · OS overseas. Roles and countries from players' Wikipedia articles where available; gaps for 9 players filled from nplcricketleague.com (Team details from nplcricketleague.com); blank where not stated. Squad data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (retrieved 2026-10-26). Avatars are initials, not photos.