After the culmination of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL 2025) season, fans will gear up for season four of The Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2025 season. The auction will be held on Tuesday, July 15 in Bengaluru. Several high-profile and local players will go under the hammer. Teams will be vying to get hold of some of the talented players to bolster their chance of winning the KSCA T20 League.
Top players like Manish Pandey, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhinav Manohar, and Chethan LR will be under the spotlight, owing to their terrific performances in domestic matches, as all the squads look to build a strong team for the fourth KSCA season.
Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2025 Auction Purse
It is to be noted that all six franchises in KSCA have a purse of INR 50 lakhs for the auction, following the mandatory retention's of four players each. All the teams must assemble a squad of at least 16 players and no more than 18 players (Excluding two mandatory catchment picks).
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Hubli Tigers - INR 41.50 lakhs has the highest purse among the six franchises. After the Tigers, Mangaluru Dragons has a purse of INR 37.70 lakhs. Mysore Warriors next come in the list with INR 36.50 lakhs. Shivamogga Lions are next with INR 30.80 lakhs purse. Gulbarga Mystics have the least purse - INR 24.05 lakhs.
Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2025 Auction Categories
Category A
The top bracket category features India and IPL cricketers like Manish Pandey, Padikkal, Abhinav Manohar, and Shreyas Gopal
Category B
Includes last year's expensive players Chethan LR (INR 8.60 lakhs) Vidyadhar Patil, and other exciting and emerging talent.
Category C
This category is reserved for junior state players, highlighted by last season's top run-scorer and wicket-takers. Players like Samit Dravid, and Samarth Nagaraj will be in this category.
Category D
All the other registered KSCA 2025 players will feature in the last category.
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KSCA Maharaja Trophy 2025 Retained Players
Mysuru Warriors: Karun Nair (INR 6.8L), Prasidh Krishna (INR 2L), Karthik S U (INR 0.5L), Karthik CA (INR 4.2L)
Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal (INR 14L), Shubhang Hegde (INR 4.3L), Suraj Ahuja (INR 1L), Naveen MG (INR 2.3L)
Hubli Tigers: Manvanth Kumar L (INR 1L), Shrijith KL (INR 2.1L), Cariappa KC (INR 4.2L), Karthikeya KP (INR 1.2L)
Gulbarga Mystics: Luvnith Sisodia (INR 7.2L), Pravin Dubey (INR 6.8L), Vyshak V (INR 8.8L), Smaran R (INR 3.15L)
Shivamogga Lions: Koushik V (INR 5.9L), Nihal Ullal (INR 2.1L), Hardik Raj (INR 5.8L), Avinash D (INR 5.4L)
Mangaluru Dragons: Abhilash Shetty (INR 6.3L), Macneil Hadley Noronha (INR 5L), Paras Gurbax Arya (INR 0.5L), Lochan S Gowda (INR 0.5L)
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Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2025 Live Streaming Details
The Maharaja KSCA 2025 auction will be live-streamed on Tuesday, July 15 on the FanCode app and website.
