CAN announces Rs 100, 000 monthly remuneration for grade ‘A’ male players

KATHMANDU: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has decided to provide monthly remuneration of Rs 100, 000 each to male players listed in grade ‘A’.

A meeting of the CAN Board held on February 24-26 took a decision to this effect.

National cricket team captain Rohit Kumar Paudel, Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, Asif Sheikh and Kushal Bhurtel are listed as ‘A’ grade cricketers.

Similarly, Rs 70,000 per month have been announced each for ‘B’ grade players, including Kushal Malla, Gulshan Jha, Bhim Sarki, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi and Abhinash Bohora.

As per the Board meeting, Binod Bhandari, Arjun Saud, Sundeep Jora and Pratish GC who belong to ‘C’ grade are to get the monthly remuneration of Rs 55,000 each.

The ‘D’ grade players, including Pawan Sarraf, Sagar Dhakal, Anil Shah, Bibek Kumar Yadav, Akash Chand, Basir Ahamad and Surya Tamang are to be paid Rs 35,000 each.

The CAN has announced monthly Rs 25,000 each to those players who fall under a list of emerging group which includes Dipesh Kandel, Rupesh Singh, Rijan Dhakal, Bipin Khatri, Dev Khanal, Arjun Gharti and Hemant Dhami.

The monthly remuneration for women cricketers of grade ‘A’ has been fixed Rs 50,000 per month each. The list of ‘A’ grade women cricketers includes Indu Barma, Rubina Chhetri and Sita Rana Magar.

The ‘B’ grade women cricketers are to be paid Rs 35,000 per month and presently, Kabita Kunwar represents this category.

Puja Mahato and Ashmina Karmacharya who fall under the category of grade ‘C’ are to get Rs 30,000 per month and Apsari Begam, Kabita KC, Sangita Rai, Kajol Shrestha and Bindu Rawal representing grade ‘D’ are eligible to get Rs 25,000 each.

Similarly, the group of emerging women players comprising Soni Pakhrin, Khusi Dangol, Jyotsnika Marasini,  Kanchan Shrestha, Shristi Jaisi, Samjhana Khadka and Sana Prabin are to get Rs 20,000 each per month.