Bikash Aagri Profile
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Right-arm medium pacer for Janakpur Bolts — previously Lumbini Lions, retained ahead of NPL Season 3.
Bikash Aagri is a Nepali right-arm medium-pace bowler and right-hand batter who plays for Janakpur Bolts in the Nepal Premier League. He previously played for Lumbini Lions in NPL 2024, moved to Janakpur Bolts in NPL 2025 for NRs 5 lakh, and was retained by Janakpur ahead of NPL Season 3 in 2026.
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Bikash Aagri (also spelled Bikash Agri) is a Nepali cricketer from Kanchanpur who has built his career as a right-arm medium pacer for Nepal Premier League (NPL) franchises and for Nepal A. He is best known for being part of the inaugural NPL 2024 squad with Lumbini Lions, before moving to Janakpur Bolts — the tournament's first champions — ahead of NPL 2025.
Player Profile
Cricket Career
Playing Style
Bikash Aagri is primarily a right-arm medium-pace bowler who bats right-handed lower down the order. His domestic and franchise appearances to date show he is used mainly as a support seamer rather than a frontline strike bowler or top-order batter. In the limited match data publicly available, he has bowled in the death and middle overs for his province and NPL sides, and has not yet posted a significant score with the bat at franchise or List A level.
Early Career
Public records do not currently detail Bikash Aagri's junior or age-group cricket career. He has represented Province Number 7 and Sudurpaschim in domestic Nepali cricket, appearing in List A and other domestic one-day and T20 fixtures.
Domestic Career
Bikash Aagri has played domestic one-day matches for Sudurpaschim, including fixtures against Bagmati, Army, and Armed Police sides during March 2025. He has also represented Province Number 7 in Nepal's domestic structure.
International Career
Bikash Aagri has represented Nepal A, Nepal's second-string national side used for List A and youth-transition fixtures. His only confirmed List A appearance is for Nepal A against Ireland A at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, on April 7, 2024.
He has not appeared in senior Nepal ODI or Test cricket based on currently available records.
Franchise Career (Nepal Premier League)
NPL 2024 (Season 1): Signed by Lumbini Lions at the inaugural NPL auction held in Kathmandu on October 6, 2024, going for NRs 200,000 in Category D. He played alongside marquee player Rohit Kumar Paudel in a Lumbini Lions squad that also included Ben Cutting, Unmukt Chand, and Tom Moores.
NPL 2025 (Season 2): Ahead of the second season, Bikash Aagri moved to Janakpur Bolts, who signed him from the "wish list" during the auction process, alongside Mayan Yadav, Sachin Bhatta, and Aaditya Mahata, for a reported NRs 500,000 (5 lakh).
NPL 2026 (Season 3): Janakpur Bolts retained Bikash Aagri as part of their core group ahead of the Season 3 auction, alongside Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi (the team's new marquee player) and Anil Kumar Sah.
Across two completed NPL seasons (2024 and 2025) and into a third (2026), Bikash Aagri has played for two franchises: Lumbini Lions (2024) and Janakpur Bolts (2025–present). The most recent confirmed NPL data point is a bowling figure of 0/5 for Janakpur against Kathmandu on November 17, 2025.
Career Timeline
2024 (Apr) — List A debut for Nepal A vs Ireland A at Kirtipur.
2024 (Oct) — Signed by Lumbini Lions at the inaugural NPL auction (Category D, NRs 200,000).
2024 (Nov–Dec) — Part of the Lumbini Lions squad in NPL Season 1.
2025 — Signed by Janakpur Bolts via the NPL auction wish list (NRs 5 lakh).
2025 (Nov) — Played NPL fixture for Janakpur Bolts vs Kathmandu at Kirtipur.
2026 (Jun) — Retained by Janakpur Bolts ahead of NPL Season 3.
2026 (Nov–Dec) — Scheduled to feature for Janakpur Bolts in NPL Season 3.
Salary & Auction
His current match-fee or annual salary outside these NPL contract prices has not been publicly disclosed. Season 3 retention context is covered on the NPL auction page.
NPL Stats
Career Statistics
T20I Career
ODI Career
His only List A appearance is for Nepal A against Ireland A at Kirtipur on April 7, 2024 (3 runs and 1/25). Aggregated T20 career figures are not fully published; domestic one-day spells for Sudurpaschim in 2025 include 1/33, 2/36, and 0/27.
NPL Records & Achievements
- Retained by Janakpur Bolts ahead of NPL Season 3 (2026)
- List A debut for Nepal A vs Ireland A (April 2024)
- NPL career across Lumbini Lions (2024) and Janakpur Bolts (2025–present)
Latest News
July 2026
Retained by Janakpur Bolts ahead of the NPL Season 3 auction. Janakpur released marquee Aasif Sheikh and named Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi as the new marquee, with Aagri remaining in the retained core alongside Anil Kumar Sah.