Kathmandu, Aug. 10 -- Mohammad Adil Alam, who is returning to the cricketing world after over two years, stole the spotlight at the auction for the second season of the much-anticipated Nepal Premier League on Saturday.

Alam, a Category A player, was the only one out of 164 cricketers in the auction list who garnered the attention of all eight franchises.

Earlier, 150 players-eight in Category A, 35 in Category B, and 107 in Category C-were shortlisted for the auction. However, on the day of the auction, 14 players were added-one in Category A, two in Category B, and 11 in Category C.

When a player reached his maximum price, a lucky draw was conducted among the interested teams. In Saturday's auction, all the players who got sold for t...