Written by: Ankit Yadav
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The auction for the fourth edition of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 took place on Tuesday, July 15. All six teams came to the auction table with the motive to assemble an 18-player squad. Before the auction, all six teams announced the four players that they retained from the squad last year. 

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025
Source: Mykhel

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025: Retained Players

Here’s the list of players that the teams retained:

  1. Shivamogga Lions: Koushik V, Nihal Ullal, Hardik Raj, and Avinash D (Purse left – INR 30.80 lakh)
  2. Mysore Warriors: Karthik SU, Karthik CA, Prasidh Krishna, and Karun Nair (Purse left – INR 36.50 lakh)
  3. Mangaluru Dragons: Paras Arya, Magneil Noronha, Lochan S Gowda, and Abhilash Shetty (Purse left – INR 37.70 lakh)
  4. Hubli Tigers: Manvanth Kumar L, Shrijith KL, KC Cariappa, and Karthikeya KP (Purse left – INR 41.50 lakh)
  5. Gulbarga Mystics: Luvnith Sisodia, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Pravin Dubey, and Smaran R (Purse left – INR 24.05 lakh)
  6. Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal, Shubhang Hegde, Suraj Ahuja, and Naveen MG (Purse left – INR 28.40 lakh)

Devdutt Padikkal emerged as the most expensive player at the auction this year and was picked by Hubli Tigers for INR 13.20 lakhs. The Tigers spent INR 12.20 lakhs for Abinav Manohar, and the duo became the two most expensive players at the auction.

Mysore Warriors, the defending champions, picked Manish Pandey for INR 12.20 lakh. Shivamogga Lions bagged Vidwath Kaverappa for INR 10.80 lakh, while Vidyadhar Patil was picked by Bengaluru Blasters for INR 8.40 lakh. They were the top five most expensive player at the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 Auction. 

The upcoming season of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 will run from August 11 to 27 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. 

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All Six Teams After The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 Auction

1. Shivamogga Lions

Koushik V, Hardik Raj, Avinash B, Nihal Ullal, Vidwath Kaverappa, Anirudha Joshi,

Aneeshwar Gautam, Dhruv Prabhakar, Sanjay C, Anand Doddamani, Sahil Sharma,

Bharath Dhuri, Deepak Devadiga, Rohit Kumar K, Tushar Singh, Darshan MB,

Maribasava C Gowda, Sireesh Balgaar

2. Mysore Warriors

Karun Nair, Karthik CA, Prasidh Krishna, Karthik SU, Manish Pandey, Gowtham K,

Yashovardhan Parantap, Venkatesh M, Harshil Dharmani, Lankesh KS, Kumar LR,

Goutham Mishra, Shikhar Shetty, Sumit Kumar, Dhanush Gowda, Kushaal M

Wadhwani, Sharath Srinivas, Shamanth SM

3. Mangaluru Dragons

Abhilash Shetty, Macneil Noronha, Lochan S Gowda, Paras Gurbax Arya, Sharath

BR, Roni More, Shreyas Gopal, Melu Kranthi Kumar, Sachin Shinde, Aneesh KV,

Thippa Reddy, Aaditya Nair, Aadarsh Prajwal, Abhishek Prabhakar, Shivaraj S,

Pallav Kumar Das

4. Hubli Tigers

KC Cariappa, Srijith KL, Karthikeya KP, Manvath Kumar L, Abhinav Manohar,

Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Taha, Vijayaraj B, Prakhar Chaturvedi, Sankalp SS,

Samarth Nagaraj, Rakshith S, Nithin S Nagaraja, Yash Raj Punja, Ritesh L Bhatkal,

Shreesha S Achar, Nathan JF D Mello, Nischith Pai

5. Gulbarga Mystics

Vyshak Vijaykumar, Luvnith Sisodia, Pravin Dubey, Smaran R, Siddhath KV, Monish

Reddy, Harsha Wardhan Khuba, Prithviraj, Lavish Kaushal, Sheetal Kumar, Jasper

EJ, Mohith BA, Faizan Raiz, Sourab M Muttur, SJ Nikin Jose, Prajwal Pavan,

Younus Ali Baig, Likhit M Bannur

6. Bengaluru Blasters

Mayank Agarwal, Shubhang Hegde, Naveen MG, Suraj Ahuja, A Rohan Patil,

Chethan LR, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Siddharth Akhil. Madahv Prakash Bajaj,

Rohan Naveen, Kruthik Krishna, Advith M Shetty, Bhuvan Mohan Raju, Rohan M

Raju, Niranjan Naik, Prateek Jain, Ishaan S

About the Author

Meet Ankit Yadav, a dedicated cricket analyst at The Cricket Panda. Growing up playing street leagues and college tournaments, Ankit's love for cricket has been a lifelong journey. With a knack for numbers and a talent for data analysis, he brings a unique perspective to cricket reporting. At The Cricket Panda, Ankit combines his passion for cricket with his expertise in data analysis to provide fans with in-depth insights and comprehensive coverage of the sport.

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