Amar Singh Rautela

About Amar Singh Rautela

Amar Singh Rautela was signed by Janakpur Bolts for NPR 5 lakh at the Season 3 mini-auction in Kathmandu on July 6, 2026, listed as a bowling allrounder. He was one of 52 players picked from 155 registered. A right-hand batter and right-arm medium bowler from the APF Club, born on September 5, 1993, he is 33 — the experienced head among the domestic auction buys. His recent T20 record shows both skills working: 98 runs at a strike rate of 144.12 with the bat and five wickets at an economy of 8.09 with the ball. The "bowling" qualifier in his role label matters: the club bought him primarily for a full spell of overs, with his batting as a bonus.

Player details

Playing style and strengths

Amar Rautela is a right-arm medium bowler in the honest domestic tradition: he hits the pitch, holds a tight line, and lets accuracy do the work rather than pace or mystery. His recent T20 economy of 8.09 is respectable without being spectacular — the mark of a bowler captains trust for the unglamorous middle-overs quota, the overs that never make highlights but decide tournaments. He does not need conditions to be effective; his method travels. With the bat he is a different proposition: a 144.12 strike rate marks genuine late-order hitting power, built on a strong bottom hand and clean striking through midwicket.

That combination — reliable overs plus late hitting — is exactly what "bowling allrounder" means in a T20 squad: he lengthens the batting without weakening the bowling. At 33 with APF Club hardening, he brings the professionalism younger squad-mates lack: a decade of bowling at domestic batters means he knows his own game completely, sets his own fields, and does not need a captain to manage his overs. His best format is the long tournament, where reliability compounds and flash fades.

One more number deserves attention: that 144.12 batting strike rate. Domestic bowling all-rounders who strike above 140 are rare — most are picked for their overs and tolerated for their batting. Rautela's hitting gives Harmeet Singh genuine late-order flexibility: he can be held back for the last three overs as a designated hitter or sent in early to disrupt a spinner's rhythm. At 33, he knows exactly which balls he can hit; that self-awareness is what separates a useful lower-order bat from a dangerous one.

Amar Singh Rautela's role at Janakpur Bolts in Season 3

Rautela was bought as one half of a matched pair: he and Bishal Kumar Patel cost the same 5 lakh for the same bowling-allrounder role, and only match-ups and form will separate them across the tournament. His case rests on reliability — a 33-year-old who bowls his full spell and hits at 144 when promoted — against Patel's youth and left-arm angle. In the XI, he projects as the domestic seamer who bowls the overs the overseas stars don't: with Neesham the only overseas quick, Rautela's right-arm medium is the natural new-ball or middle-overs complement, and his batting at No. 8 or No. 9 means the tail never truly starts.

Harmeet Singh, a spinner-captain, will value a senior bowler who needs no managing — Rautela can be handed the ball in any phase and will produce a professional four overs. If Janakpur's spin-first plan misfires on a given night, or if the TU Ground plays quicker than expected early in the season, Rautela is the steady hand the captain reaches for. Five lakh for a known quantity is the opposite of a gamble; it is squad construction.

Amar Singh Rautela at NPL 2026

Season-by-season Nepal Premier League figures for Amar Singh Rautela.

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