NPL 2026 franchise

Kathmandu Gorkhas

Also spelled: Kathmandu Gurkhas, Gurkhas

Captain: Karan KC2025: 4thSeason not started

Team profile

Captain: Karan KC
Head coach: Monty Desai
2026 venue: Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Owner: Kathmandu Sports Development Venture
Franchise fee: NPR 3.33 crore
2025 finish: 4th
NPL titles: 0
League status: Season not started
Squad: 19 players · 6 overseas
Colours: #1A7B78#44124F

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 #5 · 7 league matches left · Full table · Win 2 · Tie/NR 1

NPL history

Season	League	Outcome
2024	5th	League stage
2025	Playoffs	Lost in the Eliminator

Team details from nplcricketleague.com.

Kathmandu Gorkhas fans on the wall

Next match

Match 5Upcoming

Janakpur Bolts

Kathmandu Gorkhas

Thu 29 Oct, 12:30 NPTTU International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Starts Thu 29 Oct, 12:30 NPT. Predict it

Recent results

No results yet this season.

Players to watch

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

Karan KCCaptainBowling all-rounder
K. S. BharatWicketkeeper · Overseas · IndiaWicketkeeper
Sahil PatelWicketkeeperWicketkeeper
Smit PatelWicketkeeper · Overseas · United StatesWicketkeeper
Sahan ArachchigeOverseas · Sri LankaBatting all-rounder
Will BosistoOverseas · AustraliaBatsman
Sam HeazlettOverseas · AustraliaBatter
David WarnerOverseas · AustraliaOpening batter

Squad

19 players · 6 overseas

Batters (5)

✈ Overseas
Will Bosisto
Batsman · Australia
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off break
✈ Overseas
Sam Heazlett
Batter · Australia
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Slow left-arm orthodox
Suryanshu Koirala
Batter · Nepal
Bhim Sharki
Batsman · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off-break
✈ Overseas
David Warner
Opening batter · Australia
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right arm leg break

Wicketkeepers (3)

✈ Overseas
K. S. BharatWK
Wicketkeeper · India
Bats: Right-handed
Sahil PatelWK
Wicketkeeper · Nepal
✈ Overseas
Smit PatelWK
Wicketkeeper · United States
Bats: Right-handed

All-rounders (5)

Karan KCC
Bowling all-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm fast-medium
Mohammad Aadil Alam
All Rounder, Middle Order Batsman - 5 · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium
✈ Overseas
Sahan Arachchige
Batting all-rounder · Sri Lanka
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Right-arm off-break
Prashiddha Jaisi
All-rounder · Nepal
Santosh Yadav
All-rounder · Nepal
Bats: Left-handed · Bowls: Left-arm orthodox

Bowlers (4)

Shahab Alam
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Slow left arm orthodox
Sonu Devkota
Bowler · Nepal
Rashid Khan
Bowler · Nepal
Bats: Right-handed · Bowls: Right-arm medium fast
Dayanand Mandal
Bowler · Nepal

Role not listed (2)

Krishna Paudel
Nepal
Dev Shah
Nepal

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.