Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 auction: Retentions, full squads & most expensive buys

Karnataka State Cricket Association’s (KSCA) biggest domestic tournament, the Maharaja Trophy T20, will be ready for the fourth edition. Earlier today, the 2025 auction of the Maharaja Trophy T20 took place. Each team has now assembled their 18-man squad after buying 14 players each, as they retained 4 players.

Most expensive picks of Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025

• Devdutt Padikkal (INR 13.2 L) – Hubli Tigers
• Abhinav Manohar (INR 12.2 L) – Hubli Tigers
• Manish Pandey (INR 12.2 L) – Mysore Warriors
• Vidwath Kaverappa (INR 10.8 L) – Shivamogga Lions
• Vidyadhar Patil (INR 8.3 L) – Bengaluru Blasters

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025: Full squads

Shivamogga Lions

Retained: Koushik V (INR 5.9L), Nihal Ullal (INR 2.1L), Hardik Raj (INR 5.8L), Avinash D (INR 5.4L)

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

Mysore Warriors

Retained: Karun Nair (INR 6.8L), Prasidh Krishna (INR 2L), Karthik S U (INR 0.5L), Karthik CA (INR 4.2L)

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

Mangaluru Dragons

Retained: Abhilash Shetty (INR 6.3L), Macneil Hadley Noronha (INR 5L), Paras Gurbax Arya (INR 0.5L), Lochan S Gowda (INR 0.5L)

Sharath BR, Ronit More, Shreyas Gopal, Melu Kranthi Kumar, Sachin Shinde, Aneesh KV, Thippa Reddy, Aaditya Nair, Aadarsh Prajwal, Abhishek Prabhakar, Shivaraj S, Pallav Kumar Das

Final squads after auction for Maharaja Trophy 2025: #MaharajaTrophy pic.twitter.com/sMrmfPMunG

— Karnataka Sports Fans (@karnataka_sport) July 15, 2025

Hubli Tigers

Retained: Manvanth Kumar L (INR 1L), Shrijith KL (INR 2.1L), Cariappa KC (INR 4.2L), Karthikeya KP (INR 1.2L)

Karthikeya KP, 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

Gulbarga Mystics

Retained: Luvnith Sisodia (INR 7.2L), Pravin Dubey (INR 6.8L), Vyshak V (INR 8.8L), Smaran R (INR 3.15L)

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

Bengaluru Blasters

Retained: Mayank Agarwal (INR 14L), Shubhang Hegde (INR 4.3L), Suraj Ahuja (INR 1L), Naveen MG (INR 2.3L)

A Rohan Patil, Chethan LR, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Siddharth Akhil, Madhav Prakash Bajaj, Rohan Naveen, Kruthik Krishna, Advith M Shetty, Bhuvan Mohan Raju, Rohan M Raju, Niranjan Naik, Prateek Jain, Ishaan S