The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2023, the domestic T20 competition organised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association, held its player auction on July 22 – here’s the full list of players bought by each team at the auction.

Rebranded as the Maharaja trophy last year, and earlier organised as the Karnataka Premier League, the T20 tournament works on the model of the franchise-based IPL.

The tournament will begin on August 12, with the final on August 29.

Maharaja T20 Trophy 2023: The teams

Gulbarga Mystics, Mangaluru Dragons, Mysore Warriors, Bengaluru Blasters, Shivamogga Lions and Hubli Tigers.

Maharaja Trophy KCSA T20 2023: Auction details

The auction saw 700 players go under the hammer at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, to fill the 18 spots on offer for each team.

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2023: The most expensive buys

Abhinav Manohar – INR 15 lakh

Mayank Agarwal – INR 14 lakh

Devdutt Padikkal – INR 13.2 lakh

Manish Pandey – INR 10.6 lakh

Maharaja Trophy 2023 auction: 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.