Trit Raj Das

About Trit Raj Das

Trit Raj Das was Janakpur Bolts' most expensive domestic auction buy for Season 3: NPR 15 lakh, Category A, listed as a batter. He was one of 52 players picked from 155 registered at the mini-auction in Kathmandu on July 6, 2026. A right-hand batter who bowls right-arm medium, he represents Nepal A and plays domestic cricket for the Army club — in March 2026 he fired Army to a seven-wicket win over Gandaki alongside Binod Bhandari and Bhim Sharki. Born in Kalaiya on October 18, 2002, he is 23, the classic age for a breakout: old enough for a hardened technique, young enough for the NPL to be a career launchpad. The price is a statement: the franchise wanted this batter specifically, and it leaves no middle ground — he was bought for runs, immediately.

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Playing style and strengths

Trit Raj Das is a right-hand top-order batter in the Nepal A mould: technically tight, strong on the front foot, and schooled in the Army club system where discipline is non-negotiable. His game is built on traditional scoring areas — the cover drive and the flick off the pads — rather than manufactured T20 invention, which makes him a powerplay and middle-overs accumulator in a line-up full of finishers. He wears jersey No. 1, a small detail that hints at how he sees himself: the first name on the sheet. The right-arm medium bowling is a bonus skill rather than a selection case, useful for an over or two when a partnership needs breaking, but his 15-lakh price was paid for runs.

What the price really buys is temperament. Nepal A cricket and Army dressing rooms produce batters who treat every innings as an examination, and Janakpur will expect him to bat long and bat deep. His recent domestic form — the March 2026 match-winning innings for Army — arrived months before the auction, so the Bolts bought a batter in form, not just a batter with potential. Against the new ball his technique should hold up; the question, as with every 15-lakh buy, is whether the price sharpens him or weighs on him.

Trit Raj Das's role at Janakpur Bolts in Season 3

As the 15-lakh Category A buy, Trit Raj Das has the clearest role in the domestic batting group: top-order runs, from ball one. He projects as an opener or No. 3, the right-handed anchor who lets the overseas hitters — Moeen Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, James Neesham — bat around a stable base rather than rebuild after early wickets. His price also makes him the standard against which the other auction batters are measured: Rit Gautam at 4.25 lakh is the low-cost alternative, which means Das carries the expectation while Gautam carries the freedom.

The tactical fit is neat: with Anil Kumar Sah and Santosh Karki both keeping options, Das can focus purely on batting, and his right-handedness balances a middle order that leans left through Moeen and Neesham. Fifteen lakh buys no patience — but it does buy a defined job, and Das's is the most defined in the squad: face the new ball, bat deep, and turn the franchise's biggest domestic investment into the season's biggest domestic run tally.

Trit Raj Das at NPL 2026

Season-by-season Nepal Premier League figures for Trit Raj Das.

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