Arjun Gharti Profile
Wicketkeeper-Batter
Nepali wicketkeeper-batter from Karnali Province, signed by Pokhara Avengers for NPR 15 lakh in the 2026 mini-auction.
Arjun Gharti is a Nepali wicketkeeper-batter from Karnali Province who plays for Pokhara Avengers in the Nepal Premier League. He previously played for Karnali Yaks in NPL 2024 and 2025 before being signed by Pokhara Avengers for NPR 15 lakh in the 2026 mini-auction. He has no senior international caps for Nepal.
Career Highlights
Key numbers
Arjun Gharti is a specialist wicketkeeper-batter whose NPL career has now moved from Karnali Yaks to Pokhara Avengers. His 2026 signing came at the maximum bracket price after both Janakpur Bolts and Pokhara Avengers bid for him, with Pokhara winning through a lucky draw.
Player Profile
Cricket Career
Playing Style
Gharti is a specialist wicketkeeper rather than a bowling option, and his batting is best described by his own domestic numbers: across his recorded T20 appearances, he has scored his runs at a strike rate above 145, with an even faster scoring rate in shorter-format matches — figures that point to a middle-order finisher's role rather than an anchor. His List A batting is considerably more measured, with a strike rate closer to 70, suggesting he adapts his tempo depending on the format and match situation, a trait scouts and franchises value in a keeper-batter.
Early Career
Gharti has played his domestic cricket for Karnali Province. Detailed information about his age-group or school-level cricket is not publicly available.
Domestic Career
According to CAN's official player statistics portal, Gharti's domestic career figures show 35 T20 matches with 695 runs at a strike rate of 145.09, 30 List A matches with 676 runs at a strike rate of 70.86, and 7 matches in a further limited-overs format with 233 runs at a strike rate of 245.26. He does not bowl, and his bowling economy is listed as 0.00 across formats, confirming his role as a specialist gloveman.
International Career
Gharti has not debuted for Nepal's senior national team in any format. His only representative honour is a single Nepal A appearance: he made his Nepal A T20 debut against Ireland A at Kirtipur on 29 March 2024, scoring 3 runs in his only innings — his sole game at that level to date.
Franchise Career (Nepal Premier League)
Gharti's entire franchise career has been in the NPL. He has not played in any overseas T20 league.
NPL 2024 (Season 1): Signed by Karnali Yaks for NPR 10 lakh.
NPL 2025 (Season 2): Retained by Karnali Yaks as part of their core squad, and used as a wicketkeeping option alongside Deepak Dumre.
NPL 2026 (Season 3): Released by Karnali Yaks and re-entered the auction pool in the returning-from-injury premium bracket. Both Janakpur Bolts and Pokhara Avengers bid the maximum price for him; Pokhara Avengers won him through a lucky draw, signing him for NPR 15 lakh — his first move to a different NPL franchise.
Captaincy Record
There is no verified record of Arjun Gharti captaining Karnali Yaks, Pokhara Avengers, Nepal A, or any other side.
Career Timeline
- 2024 (NPL auction) — Signed by Karnali Yaks for NPR 10 lakh in NPL's inaugural season.
- 29 March 2024 — Nepal A T20 debut vs Ireland A at Kirtipur, his only representative appearance at that level to date.
- 2025 — Retained by Karnali Yaks for NPL Season 2.
- July 2026 — Released by Karnali Yaks; signed by Pokhara Avengers for NPR 15 lakh via lucky draw, his first franchise switch.
Salary & Auction
His NPR 15 lakh price in 2026 placed him in the same top bracket as fellow returning-from-injury signings Bibek Kumar Yadav, Rupesh Singh, and Tirtha Raj Das, all of whom also fetched the maximum price and had their franchise decided by lucky draw after multiple teams bid the same amount.
NPL Stats
Career Statistics
T20I Career
ODI Career
No senior international caps are on record for Arjun Gharti in any format. Match-by-match NPL batting figures, wicketkeeping dismissals, catches, and stumpings are not consistently published across trusted sources at the time of writing.
NPL Records & Achievements
- Played in all three NPL seasons held so far (2024, 2025, 2026), across two different franchises
- Commanded the maximum auction price (NPR 15 lakh) available in his bracket during the 2026 mini-auction, won by Pokhara Avengers via lucky draw over Janakpur Bolts
Latest News
July 2026
Released by Karnali Yaks and signed by Pokhara Avengers for NPR 15 lakh in the NPL Season 3 mini-auction, after both Pokhara and Janakpur Bolts bid the maximum price for him and Pokhara won the resulting lucky draw. This is his first move between NPL franchises.