The fourth edition of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 is all set to bowl off on August 11 at the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, with Gulbarga Mystics taking on Mangaluru Dragons in the tournament opener. The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) announced the full schedule on Wednesday (July 23), confirming that all 34 matches of the two-week T20 competition will be hosted at a single venue.
A blockbuster clash between defending champions Mysore Warriors and Bengaluru Blasters will headline the evening fixture on opening day, a rematch of last season’s final. With star-studded squads across all six franchises and high entertainment value guaranteed, the Maharaja Trophy 2025 is expected to build on the momentum of its successful previous edition, which reached over 39 million viewers via broadcast and streaming platforms.
Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025: Tournament Format & Details
- Tournament Name: Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 (4th Edition)
- Organizer: Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA)
- Title Sponsor: Shriram Capital
- Start Date: August 11, 2025
- End Date (Final): August 28, 2025
- Venue: All 34 matches at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Number of Teams: 6
- Total Matches: 34
- Format: Round-robin league + Playoffs
- Double-headers: Daily (league phase)
- Match Timings:
- Afternoon matches: 3:15 PM IST
- Evening matches: 7:15 PM IST
Franchises & Notable Players
- Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair, Manish Pandey, Prasidh Krishna
- Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal
- Hubli Tigers: Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinav Manohar
- Mangaluru Dragons: Shreyas Gopal
- Gulbarga Mystics: Vyshak Vijaykumar, Luvnith Sisodia
- Shivamogga Lions: Vasuki Koushik, Vidwath Kaverappa
List of all squads
Mysore Warriors
Karthik S U* (0.50 lakh), Karthik CA* (4.20 lakh), Prasidh Krishna* (2.00 lakh), Karun Nair* (6.80 lakh), Manish Pandey (12.20 lakh), Gowtham K (4.40 lakh), Yashovardhan Parantap (2.00 lakh), Venkatesh M (2.00 lakh), Harshil Dharmani (3.20 lakh), Lankesh KS (0.50 lakh), Kumar LR (1.50 lakh), Goutham Mishra (2.25 lakh), Shikhar Shetty (4.70 lakh), Sumit Kumar (1.00 lakh), Dhanush Gowda (0.50 lakh), Kushaal M Wadhwani (0.50 lakh), Sharath Srinivas (1.00 lakh), Shamanth SM (0.50 lakh)
Gulbarga Mystics
Luvnith Sisodia* (7.20 lakh), Pravin Dubey* (6.80 lakh), Vyshak V* (8.80 lakh), Smaran R* (3.15 lakh), Siddharth KV (6.10 lakh), Monish Reddy (4.65 lakh), Lavish Kaushal (7.75 lakh), Prithviraj (0.69 lakh), Harsha Wardhan Khuba (0.25 lakh), Sheetal Kumar (0.25 lakh), Jasper EJ (0.50 lakh), Mohith BA (0.50 lakh), Faizan Raiz (0.25 lakh), Sourab M Muttur (0.25 lakh), SJ Nikin Jose (1.00 lakh), Prajwal Pavan (0.50 lakh), Younus Ali Baig (0.25 lakh), Likhit M Bannur (0.80 lakh)
Shivamogga Lions
Vasuki Koushik* (5.90 lakh), Nihal Ullal* (2.10 lakh), Hardik Raj* (5.80 lakh), Avinash D* (5.40 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (10.80 lakh), Anirudha Joshi (3.60 lakh), Aneeshwar Gautam (8.20 lakh), Dhruv Prabhakar (0.50 lakh), Sanjay Ashwin C (0.50 lakh), Anand Doddamani (0.50 lakh), Sahil Sharma (0.25 lakh), Deepak Devadiga (1.20 lakh), Bharath Dhuri (0.25 lakh), Rohit Kumar K (0.25 lakh), Tushar Singh (1.05 lakh), Darshan MB (1.10 lakh), Maribasava Chandrashekhar Gowda (0.25 lakh), Sireesh Balgaar (0.25 lakh)
Hubli Tigers
Manvanth Kumar L* (1.00 lakh), Shrijith KL* (2.10 lakh), KC Cariappa * (4.20 lakh), Karthikeya KP* (1.20 lakh), Abhinav Manohar (12.20 lakh), Devdutt Padikkal (13.20 lakh), Mohammed Taha (4.60 lakh), Vijayaraj B (0.50 lakh), Prakhar Chaturvedi (0.50 lakh), Sankalp SS (0.50 lakh), Samarth Nagaraj (3.20 lakh), Rakshith S (0.50 lakh), Nithin Shanthaveri Nagaraja (0.25 lakh), Yash Raj Punja (0.25 lakh), Ritesh L Bhatkal (1.00 lakh), Shreesha S Achar (1.05 lakh), Nathan Joachim Francis Dmello (0.25 lakh), Nischith Pai (0.50 lakh)
Mangaluru Dragons
Paras Gurbax Arya* (0.50 lakh), Macneil Hadley Noronha* (5.00 lakh), Lochan S Gowda* (0.55 lakh), Abhilash Shetty* (6.30 lakh), Sharath BR (2.20 lakh), Ronit More (3.40 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (8.60 lakh), Melu Kranthi Kumar (5.60 lakh), Sachin Shinde (1.00 lakh), Aneesh KV (1.00 lakh), Thippa Reddy (0.80 lakh), Aaditya Nair (1.10 lakh), Aadarsh Prajwal (3.25 lakh), Abhishek Prabhakar (3.07 lakh), Shivaraj S (6.55 lakh), Pallav Kumar Das (1.00 lakh)
Bengaluru Blasters
Mayank Agarawal* (14.00 lakh), Shubhang Hegde* (4.30 lakh), Suraj Ahuja* (1.00 lakh), Naveen MG* (2.30 lakh), A Rohan Patil (2.70 lakh), Chetan L R (5.10 lakh), Mohsin Khan (1.00 lakh), Vidyadhar Patil (8.30 lakh), Siddharth Akhil (0.50 lakh), Madhav Prakash Bajaj (3.15 lakh), Rohan Naveen (4.25 lakh), Kruthik Krishna (0.50 lakh), Advith M Shetty (0.25 lakh), Bhuvan Mohan Raju (0.25 lakh), Rohan M Raju (0.25 lakh), Niranjan Naik (0.25 lakh), Prateek Jain (1.00 lakh), Ishaan S (0.50 lakh)
Broadcast & Streaming
- TV: Star Sports 1 (English) & Star Sports 1 (Kannada)
- Live Streaming: FanCode
Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 Schedule
| Match No. | Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 August | Gulbarga Mystics vs Mangaluru Dragons | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 2 | 11 August | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysore Warriors | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 3 | 12 August | Hubli Tigers vs Shivamogga Lions | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 4 | 12 August | Mysore Warriors vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 5 | 13 August | Bengaluru Blasters vs Hubli Tigers | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 6 | 13 August | Mangaluru Dragons vs Shivamogga Lions | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 7 | 14 August | Mysore Warriors vs Mangaluru Dragons | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 8 | 14 August | Gulbarga Mystics vs Bengaluru Blasters | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 9 | 15 August | Shivamogga Lions vs Bengaluru Blasters | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 10 | 15 August | Hubli Tigers vs Mangaluru Dragons | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 11 | 16 August | Shivamogga Lions vs Gulbarga Mystics | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 12 | 16 August | Mysore Warriors vs Hubli Tigers | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 13 | 17 August | Mangaluru Dragons vs Bengaluru Blasters | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 14 | 17 August | Mysore Warriors vs Shivamogga Lions | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 15 | 18 August | Mysore Warriors vs Bengaluru Blasters | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 16 | 18 August | Gulbarga Mystics vs Hubli Tigers | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 17 | 19 August | Gulbarga Mystics vs Shivamogga Lions | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 18 | 19 August | Mangaluru Dragons vs Hubli Tigers | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 19 | 20 August | Gulbarga Mystics vs Mysore Warriors | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 20 | 20 August | Hubli Tigers vs Bengaluru Blasters | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 21 | 21 August | Mangaluru Dragons vs Mysore Warriors | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 22 | 21 August | Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 23 | 22 August | Hubli Tigers vs Gulbarga Mystics | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 24 | 22 August | Shivamogga Lions vs Mangaluru Dragons | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 25 | 23 August | Hubli Tigers vs Mysore Warriors | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 26 | 23 August | Bengaluru Blasters vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 27 | 24 August | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mangaluru Dragons | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 28 | 24 August | Shivamogga Lions vs Mysore Warriors | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 29 | 25 August | Shivamogga Lions vs Hubli Tigers | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 30 | 25 August | Mangaluru Dragons vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 31 | 26 August | Qualifier 1 | 3.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 32 | 26 August | Eliminator | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 33 | 27 August | Qualifier 2 | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
| 34 | 28 August | Final | 7.15 pm | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium |
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