Maharaja Trophy auction: Abhinav the most expensive buy; Agarwal, Padikkal also fetch big money

Agarwal was signed for INR 14 lakh by Bengaluru Blasters, whereas Padikkal (INR 13.2 lakh) and Pandey (INR 10.6 lakh) attracted the following highest bids, by defending champions Gulbarga Mystics and Hubli Tigers, respectively.

In all, over 700 cricketers from throughout the state have been slotted and auctioned throughout 4 teams. Class A included India and IPL gamers, whereas Class B comprised those that have performed within the BCCI tournaments on the senior stage. State gamers from throughout the BCCI’s age-group tournaments shaped Class C. All different gamers from the state have been bracketed in Class D.

This yr, the event returns to a franchise mannequin following a season wherein the KSCA had full management of all cricketing points – proper from participant drafts to funds to the appointments of coaches and employees. On the time, aside from “restoring credibility” after the event had been struck by a collection of spot-fixing controversies, the KSCA mentioned the shift had been made holding in thoughts the nation’s tax legal guidelines.

Every staff will play the opposite 5 twice. The highest 4 will then compete in Qualifiers and Eliminator, similar to the IPL playoffs system. All matches will probably be performed on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Maharaja Trophy squads

Gulbarga Mystics: Devdutt Padikkal, KP Appana, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Srinivas Sharath, LR Chethan, Aqib Jawad, R Smaran, KV Aneesh, Macneil Noronha, Sharan Goud, Abhilash Shetty, Hardik Raj, Shimon Luiz, Avinash D, Yashovardhan Parantap, Aadarsh ​​Prajwal, Abul Hasan Khalid, Shaun Joseph

Hubli Tigers: KC Cariappa, Pravin Dubey, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Shrijith KL, Mohammed Taha, Vidhwath Kaverappa, MB Darshan, Shivam MB, Naga Bharath, Santokh Singh, Mohith BA, Manvanth Kumar L, Mitrakant Singh Yadav, Malliksab G, Nathan D’mello, Rakshekar Harikant, 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 Ok, Nischith Rao, Deepak Devadiga

Mysuru Warriors: Karun Nair, Suchith J, Prasidh Krishna, Shoaib Supervisor, Samarth R, Karthik CA, Manoj Bhandage, Venkatesh M, Tushar Singh, Kushal Wadhwani, Shashi Kumar Ok, Rakshith S, Shreesha S Achar, Monish Reddy, Aditya Mani, Gautam Mishra, Rahul Singh Rawat, Bharath Dhuri

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, Aman Khan

Mangalore Dragons: Ronit Extra, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Nikin Jose, BR Sharath, Prateek Jain, Aniruddha Joshi, Rohan Patil, Gaurav Dhiman, BU Shivakumar, Thippa Reddy, Aaditya Nair, Aditya Goyal, Doddamani Anand, Kruthik Krishna, Gneshwar Naveen, Dheeraj Gowda, Aneeshwar Gautam