In the auction of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 on Saturday, close to 700 players came under the hammer at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Teams like Mangalore Dragons, Shivamogga Lions, Gulbarga Mystics, Bengaluru Blasters, Mysore Warriors, and Hubli Tigers competed to get the best players for their team in order to win the coveted Maharaja Trophy.
Players like Abhinav Manohar, Devdutt Padikkal, Mayank Agarwal, and Manish Pandey were the most expensive buys of the day. Manohar got roped in by Shivamogga Lions for 15 Lakhs while opener batter Mayank Agarwal went to Kalyani Bengaluru Blasters jersey for yet another campaign at a price of 14 Lakhs. Padikkal was included in Gulbarga Mystics for 13.2 Lakhs while the veteran batter Manish Pandey went to Hubli Tigers for 10.6 Lakhs.
The high-octane auction was a nail-biting affair and it kept the franchises and viewers on the edge. About 700 players from across the state were placed in four categories based on their credentials.
Full Team List
Gulbarga Mystics: Devdutt Padikkal, Appana KP, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Sharath Srinivas, Chethan LR, Mohammed Aqib Jawad, Smaran R, Aneesh KV, Macneil Noronha, Sharan Goud, Abhilash Shetty, Hardik Raj, Shimon Luiz, Avinash D, Yashovardhan Parantap, Aadarsh Prajwal, Abul Hasan Khalid and Shaun Tristan Joseph.
Hubli Tigers: KC Cariappa, Pravin Dubey, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Shrijith KL, Mohammed Taha, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Darshan MB, Shivam MB, Naga Bharath, Santokh Singh, Mohith BA, Manvanth Kumar L, Mitrakant Singh Yadav, Malliksab G, Nathan D’mello, Rakshekar Harikant and Clement Raju.
Shivamogga Lions: Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Nihal Ullal, Koushik V, Sharath HS, Kranthi Kumar, Rohan Kadam, Shreyas Puranik, Pranav Bhatia, Vinay Sagar, Aditya Somanna, Adhoksh Hegde, Pavan Shridi, Rohan Naveen, Shivaraj, Rohit Kumar K, Nischith Rao and Deepak Devadiga.
Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair, Suchith J, Prasidh Krishna, Shoaib Manager, Samarth R, Karthik CA, Manoj Bhandage, Venkatesh M, Tushar Singh, Kushal Wadhwani, Shashi Kumar K, Rakshith S, Shreesha S Achar, Monish Reddy, Aditya Mani, Gautam Mishra, Rahul Singh Rawat and Bharath Dhuri.
Kalyani Bengaluru Blasters: Mithun A, Mayank Agarwal, Pradeep T, Mohammed Sarfaraz Ashraf, Pavan Deshpande, Shubhang Hegde, Nishchal D, Vidyadhar Patil, Jeshwanth Acharya, Jasper EJ, Kumar LR, Mohsin Khan, Aashish Mahesh, Rishi Bopanna, Suraj Ahuja, Aaron Christie, Abhishek Ahlawat, and Aman Khan.
Mangaluru Dragons: Ronit More, Krishnappa Gowtham, Siddharth KV, Nikin Jose, Sharath BR, Prateek Jain, Anirudha Joshi, Rohan Patil, Gaurav Dhiman, Shivakumar BU, Thippa Reddy, Aaditya Nair, Aditya Goyal, Anand Doddmani, Kruthik Krishna, Naveen MG, Dheeraj J Gowda, and Aneeshwar Gautam.