Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025: Auction Update, Players Category, Full Squads, Auction Price and More

Maharaja Trophy T20 2025: Auction Category 

Before the auction, KSCA had divided all the players present for the auction into 4 different categories according to their experience and past performance. Categories are given below:

Category A: This category includes all those players who have played for India and the IPL. 

Category B: All those players were included in this category who have given a very good performance in domestic cricket.

Category C: All junior state-level players were included in this category. 

Category D: This includes all other KSCA-registered players.

Maharaja Trophy T20 Auction 2025: Retained Players  

This time, the purse limit for each team has been kept at Rs 50 lakh, out of which each team can retain a maximum of four players, after which the remaining Purse will be available for use in the auction. 

Mysuru Warriors: SU Karthik (50 K), Prasidh Krishna (2 Lakh), Karthik CA (4.2 Lakh), Karun Nair (6.8 Lakh),

Hubli Tigers: Shrijith KL (2.1 Lakh), Karthikeya KP (1.2 Lakh), Cariappa KC (4.2 Lakh), Manvanth Kumar (1 Lakh),

Bengaluru Blasters: Suraj Ahuja (1 Lakh), Naveen MG (2.3 Lakh), Shubhang Hegde (4.3 Lakh), Mayank Agarwal (14 Lakh),

Mangaluru Dragons: Abhilash Shetty (6.3 Lakh), Macneil Hadley Noronha (5 Lakh), Paras Gurbax Arya (50 K), Lochan S Gowda (50 K)

Shivamogga Lions: Koushik V (5.9 Lakh), Nihal Ullal ( 2.1 Lakh), Hardik Raj (5.8 Lakh), Avinash D (5.4 Lakh)

Gulbarga Mystics: Vyshak Vijaykumar (8.8 Lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (7.2 Lakh), Prabin Dubey (6.8 Lakh), Smaran R (3.15 Lakh)

Maharaja Trophy T20 Auction 2025: Full Squad & Price

As expected, all the teams made big bets by targeting IPL stars while also keeping in mind the local talent and every team made every effort to build a strong team. Bangalore Blasters surprised everyone by acquiring 16-year-old Madhav Prakash Bajaj. The top two most expensive players were seen playing for the Hubli Tigers in the upcoming season.

Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair (Rs 6.80 Lakh) Retained, Prasidh Krishna (Rs 2.00 Lakh) Retained, Karthik S U (Rs 0.50 Lakh) Retained, Karthik CA (Rs 4.20 Lakh) Retained, Manish Pandey (Rs 12.20 Lakh), Gowtham K (Rs 4.40 Lakh), Yashovardhan Parantap (Rs 2.00 Lakh), Venkatesh M (Rs 2.00 Lakh), Harshil Dharmani (Rs 3.20 Lakh), Lankesh KS (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Kumar LR (Rs 1.50 Lakh), Goutham Mishra (Rs 2.25 Lakh), Shikhar Shetty (Rs 4.70 Lakh), Sumit Kumar (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Dhanush Gowda (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Kushaal M Wadhwani (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Sharath Srinivas (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Shamanth SM (Rs 0.50 Lakh) 

Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal (Rs 14.00 Lakh) Retained, Shubhang Hegde (Rs 4.30 Lakh) Retained, Suraj Ahuja (Rs 1.00 Lakh) Retained, Naveen MG (Rs 2.30 Lakh) Retained, Rohan Patil (Rs 2.70 Lakh), Rohan M Raju (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Niranjan Naik (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Prateek Jain (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Ishaan S (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Chetan LR (Rs 5.10 Lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Vidyadhar Patil (Rs 8.30 Lakh), Siddharth Akhil (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Madhav Prakash Bajaj (Rs 3.15 Lakh), Rohan Naveen (Rs 4.25 Lakh), Kruthik Krishna (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Advith M Shetty (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Bhuvan Mohan Raju (Rs 0.25 Lakh),

Hubli Tigers: Manvanth Kumar L (Rs 1.00 Lakh) Retained, Shrijith KL (Rs 2.10 Lakh) Retained, KC Cariappa (Rs 4.20 Lakh) Retained, Karthikeya KP (Rs 1.20 Lakh) Retained, Abhinav Manohar (Rs 12.20 Lakh), Devdutt Padikkal (Rs 13.20 Lakh), Mohammed Taha (Rs 4.60 Lakh), Vijayaraj B (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Prakhar Chaturvedi (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Shreesha S Achar (Rs 1.05 Lakh), Nathan Joachim Francis Dmello (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Nischith Pai (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Sankalp SS (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Samarth Nagaraj (Rs 3.20 Lakh), Rakshith S (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Nithin Shanthaveri Nagaraja (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Yash Raj Punja (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Ritesh L Bhatkal (Rs 1.00 Lakh),

Mangaluru Dragons: Paras Gurbax Arya (Rs 0.50 Lakh) Retained, Macneil Hadley Noronha (Rs 5.00 Lakh) Retained, Lochan S Gowda (Rs 0.55 Lakh) Retained, Abhilash Shetty (Rs 6.30 Lakh) Retained, Sharath BR (Rs 2.20 Lakh), Ronit More (Rs 3.40 Lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 8.60 Lakh), Aadarsh Prajwal (Rs 3.25 Lakh), Abhishek Prabhakar (Rs 3.07 Lakh), Shivaraj S (Rs 6.55 Lakh), Pallav Kumar Das (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Melu Kranthi Kumar (Rs 5.60 Lakh), Sachin Shinde (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Aneesh KV (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Thippa Reddy (Rs 0.80 Lakh), Aaditya Nair (Rs 1.10 Lakh),

Shivamogga Lions: Vasuki Koushik (Rs 5.90 Lakh) Retained, Nihal Ullal (Rs 2.10 Lakh) Retained, Hardik Raj (Rs 5.80 Lakh) Retained, Avinash D (Rs 5.40 Lakh) Retained, Vidwath Kaverappa (Rs 10.80 Lakh), Anirudha Joshi (Rs 3.60 Lakh), Aneeshwar Gautam (Rs 8.20 Lakh), Dhruv Prabhakar (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Sanjay Ashwin C (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Darshan MB (Rs 1.10 Lakh), Maribasava Chandrashekhar Gowda (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Sireesh Balgaar (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Anand Doddamani (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Sahil Sharma (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Deepak Devadiga (Rs 1.20 Lakh), Bharath Dhuri (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Rohit Kumar K (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Tushar Singh (Rs 1.05 Lakh),

Gulbarga Mystics: Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 7.20 Lakh) Retained, Pravin Dubey (Rs 6.80 Lakh) Retained, Vyshak Vijaykumar (Rs 8.80 Lakh) Retained, Smaran R (Rs 3.15 Lakh) Retained, KV Siddharth (Rs 6.10 Lakh), Mohith BA (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Faizan Raiz (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Sourab M Muttur (Rs 0.25 Lakh), SJ Nikin Jose (Rs 1.00 Lakh), Harsha Wardhan Khuba (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Sheetal Kumar (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Jasper EJ (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Prajwal Pavan (Rs 0.50 Lakh), Younus Ali Baig (Rs 0.25 Lakh), Likhit M Bannur (Rs 0.80 Lakh), Monish Reddy (Rs 4.65 Lakh), Lavish Kaushal (Rs 7.75 Lakh), Prithviraj (Rs 0.69 Lakh)

Maharaja Trophy T20 Auction 2025: Top 10 Buys

RCB star player Devdutt Padikkal becomes the most expensive player in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 Auction 2025. He was signed by Hubli Tigers for ₹13.20 lakhs. While other IPL stars like Abhinav Manohar, Manish Pandey, and Shreyas Gopal also get a good deal. Players like Vidwath Keverappa, Aneeshwar Gautam, Vidyadhar Patil, and Lavish Kaushal surprised everyone by getting a good amount in the auction.