Janakpur Bolts had a good round of auction signing lots of quality players making it a balanced squad. The former head coach of Nepal national cricket team and former head coach of United States and Canada, Pubudu Dassanayake is appointed as the head coach of the Janakpur Bolts for the inaugural season of Nepal Premier League. Moreover, the team management has announced some big names as an international signing like Kiwi's allround sensation Jimmy Neesham and more discussed below.

James Neesham (New Zealand)

Who might not have known about this star Kiwi allrounder? You might already have remembered his famous tweet just after reading the name that says "Kids, don't take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy".

This was delivered after New Zealand faced a heartbreaking loss in a super over thriller final match in the 2019 World Cup finals against England. He was at the non-striker's end for the last ball of the superover at which Martin Guptill was runout coming back for a two that would have won Kiwis the World Cup. Ever since, the quote became so popular.

James Douglas Sheahan Neesham, better known as Jimmy Neesham is a New Zealand international cricketer and a batting allrounder who bats left handed and bowls right arm medium fast. He has played in many franchises around the world and IPL with Delhi Capitals (2014), Punjab Kings (2020), Mumbai Indians (2021) and Rajasthan Royals (2022). He has played 79 T20 International matches with the average of 22.5 with the bat and taken 39 wickets with an economy of 9 runs per over.

Joshua Tromp (USA)

Joshua Tromp is a young top order batsman based on USA who is also a wicketkeeper and occasionally a right arm spin bowler. He has a twin brother Matthew Warren Tromp who is associated with cricket as a bowling allrounder.

He has featured for Texas Super Kings which is owned by the Chennai Super Kings franchise in the major league cricket. He has played 8 matches for TSK with an average of 19 and strike rate of almost 120.

Lahiru Milantha (USA)

Lahiru Milantha is a Sri-Lankan born American left-handed wicket-keeper batsman who was one of those several Sri Lanksns who migrated USA during early 2020s. He has previously played for Sri Lanka A team and currently plays for Silicon Valley Strikers in the Minor League Cricket.

Milantha has played 46 T20 matches scoring more than 1000 runs at an average of 25 and striker rate of 135+. He has been consistently performing well in the franchise cricket and Bolts can rely on him for his better services.

Muhammad Mohsin (Pakistan)

Muhammad Mohsin is Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for Texas Super Kings in Major League Cricket. He is a bowling allrounder who bowls legbreak googly and bats left-handed.

He has played in franchises like CPL with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, PSL with Peshawar Zalmi and Major League Cricket with Texas Super Kings. He has 22 wickets by his name in 30 T20 matches with an economy of 8 runs per over. He bats with the strike rate of 114 in T20s averaging 12 runs per match.

Full Squad List of Janakpur Bolts (excluding 1 local player yet to be announced) :

Marquee Player:

• Aasif Sheikh

Grade A Players:

• Anil Kumar Sah (15L)
• Lalit Rajbanshi (15L)
• Kishore Mahato (10L)

Grade B Players:

• Rupesh K Singh (10L)
• Aakash Tripathi (10L)
• Sher Malla (5L)
• Hemant Dhami (5L)

Grade C Players:

• Shubh Kansakar (5L)
• Arniko Yadav (2.25L)
• Tul Bahadur Thapa Magar (2L)

International Signings:

• James Neesham (NEW)
• Joshua Tromp (USA)
• Lahiru Milantha (USA)
• Muhammad Mohsin (PAK)