Maharaja Trophy T20: Full squads after 2026 auction, KL Rahul unsold & Karun Nair most expensive buy

Karun Nair has emerged as the most expensive buy at the 2026 Maharaja Trophy T20 auction. The Karnataka State Cricket Association’s premier T20 tournament begins on June 20 in Mysuru as two new franchises enter the fray. Hubballi and Bengaluru will serve as the other two venues, with the final scheduled for July 12 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

KL Rahul goes unsold

India’s Test vice-captain KL Rahul went unsold at the 2026 Maharaja Trophy T20 auction. The reason wasn’t that no franchise was interested but rather unavailability. The wicketkeeper-batter is currently in Mullanpur for the India vs Afghanistan one-off Test. He’ll play ODIs against Afghanistan next week and then fly to England in early July.

🔴 CLARIFICATION ON KL RAHUL UNSOLD IN MAHARASHTRA LEAGUE 🤯

Auctioneer say🎙️: KL may not be available as yet. As of now, the information is that KL Rahul may not be available for the tournament.👏 pic.twitter.com/0iCCSGfEri
— Sam (@cricsam02) June 5, 2026

Most expensive buys at 2026 Maharaja Trophy T20 auction

Karun Nair – INR 18 lakh (Coastal Kings Mangaluru)
Smaran Ravichandran – INR 15.75 (Shivamogga Yodhas)
Abhinav Manohar – INR 13.50 lakh (Hubli Tigers)
Manish Pandey – INR 12.75 (Gulbarga Mystics)
Macneil Noronha – INR 12.25 (Gulbarga Mystics)

Maharaja Trophy T20: Squads after 2026 auction

Coastal Kings Mangaluru: Karun Nair (18.00 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (10.25 lakh), Koushik V (8.00 lakh), Suraj Ahuja (6.00 lakh), Venkatesh M (3.40 lakh), Nikin Jose SJ (2.40 lakh), Dheeraj Gowda (2.00 lakh), Santokh Singh (1.20 lakh), Kushaal M Wadhwani (1.00 lakh), Aadharsh SJ (0.95 lakh), Anvay Dravid (0.90 lakh), Karthik CA (0.75 lakh), Rajvir Wadhwa (0.65 lakh), Sidharth Akhil (0.50 lakh), Rathan BR (0.30 lakh), Prithviraj Shekhawat (0.30 lakh), Arya J Gowda (0.30 lakh), Aaron Cyril Christie (0.30 lakh).

Gulbarga Mystics: Manish Pandey (12.75 lakh), Macneil Noronha (12.25 lakh), Melu Kranthi Kumar (8.75 lakh), Sharath BR (5.75 lakh), Dhruv Prabhakar (4.25 lakh), Paras Gurbax Arya (3.60 lakh), Thippa Reddy (2.40 lakh), Lochan S Gowda (2.20 lakh), Prakhar Chaturvedi (1.90 lakh), Ronit More (1.40 lakh), Aaditya Nair (1.20 lakh), Gautam Mishra (1.00 lakh), Shaun Tristan Joseph (0.50 lakh), Aarav Mahesh (0.50 lakh), Nathan D’Mello (0.50 lakh), Suhas Purushotham (0.30 lakh), Aashish Mahesh (0.30 lakh), Kush Marathe (0.30 lakh).

Hubli Tigers: Abhinav Manohar (13.50 lakh), Mayank Agarwal (11.50 lakh), Hardik Raj (7.50 lakh), Manvanth Kumar L (7.50 lakh), Shikhar Shetty (4.00 lakh), Mohammed Taha (3.20 lakh), Aneeshwar Gautam (3.20 lakh), Rakshith S (1.90 lakh), Vaibhav Sharma (1.20 lakh), Kruthik Krishna (1.00 lakh), Kumar LR (0.95 lakh), Aditya Goyal (0.75 lakh), Abhishek Ahlawat (0.50 lakh), Tanish Mahesh (0.50 lakh), Preetesh Ingale (0.30 lakh), Vikas Gowda (0.30 lakh), Ronak Yelwal (0.30 lakh), Vinayak Holla K (0.30 lakh).

Kalyani Bengaluru Blasters: Shubhang Hegde (11.00 lakh), Pravin Dubey (9.50 lakh), KL Shrijith (9.00 lakh), A Rohan Patil (5.75 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (5.00 lakh), Wahid Faizan Khan (3.80 lakh), Shreevatsa Acharya (2.60 lakh), Shivaraj S (1.80 lakh), Rohan Naveen (1.70 lakh), Samit Dravid (1.50 lakh), Shashikumar K (1.30 lakh), Ishaan S (0.50 lakh), Nischith N Rao (0.50 lakh), Vijayaraj B (0.50 lakh), Manikanth Shivanand (0.50 lakh), Bhuvan Mohan Raju (0.30 lakh), Naman GD (0.30 lakh), Darshan MB (0.30 lakh).

Mysore Warriors: Chethan LR (11.50 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (10.00 lakh), Vijaykumar Vyshak (8.25 lakh), Karthikeya KP (5.00 lakh), Madhav Prakash Bajaj (3.20 lakh), Karthik S U (3.00 lakh), Lavish Kaushal (3.00 lakh), Prasidh Krishna (2.60 lakh), Devdutt Padikkal (2.60 lakh), Monish Reddy (2.40 lakh), Abhishek Prabhakar (2.00 lakh), Ritesh Bhatkal (1.90 lakh), Sanjay Ashwin C (0.50 lakh), Agastya S (0.50 lakh), Yuvraj Arora (0.50 lakh), Likhit M Bannur (0.50 lakh), Deepak Devadiga (0.30 lakh), Jasper EJ (0.30 lakh).

Shivamogga Yodhas: Smaran Ravichandran (15.75 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (7.75 lakh), Abhilash Shetty (5.75 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (5.00 lakh), Naveen MG (4.75 lakh), Harshil Dharmani (4.00 lakh), Yashovardhan Parantap (3.40 lakh), Mohsin Khan (2.00 lakh), Aadarsh Prajwal (1.90 lakh), Tushar Singh (1.80 lakh), Aneesh KV (1.80 lakh), Shreesha S Achar (1.00 lakh), Dhanush Gowda R (0.50 lakh), Vaasav Venkatesh (0.50 lakh), Bheema Rao Navle (0.30 lakh), Shreyank Sagar (0.30 lakh), Yadugiri Yadav S (0.30 lakh), Chiranth Shivarudra (0.30 lakh).