Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 Auction: Devdutt Padikkal receives highest bid, Rahul Dravid’s Son remains Unsold & More

The fourth season of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 is set to begin on August 11, 2025, featuring six franchise-based teams. The auction for this much-awaited tournament took place on July 16 (Monday) with intensified bidding. The stalwart batsman who hails from Karnataka, Devdutt Padikkal, received the highest bid during the day as Hubli Tigers picked up his services at a whopping INR 13.20 lakhs. With this aggressive bid, he has become the most costly cricketer of the auction held in 2025.

All the teams have chosen their 18-member squad to revamp the strategy. Out of all franchises, the Hubli Tigers spent heavily in the auction, marking a focused investment in the top-notch cricketing talents. Besides Padikkal, the franchise also brought in Abhinav Manohar, who has a price tag of INR 12.20 lakhs. The previous champions, Mysore Warriors, roped in a seasoned cricketer, Manish Pandey, at the same cost, jumping on the bandwagon.

Amid a string of acquisitions, Samit Dravid, who is Rahul Dravid’s son, has remained unsold in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 auction. According to the sources, the star-studded event excluded him, receiving several questions as to what didn’t work for him despite his name being nominated under Category C, prepared for the junior wing of state players. His name was missing from the final list. 

Speaking of other franchises, Shivamogga Lions bought the services of a pacer, Vidwath Kaverappa for INR 10.80 lakh. Meanwhile, an emerging bowler, Vidyadhar Patil, received the contract worth INR 8.30 lakh as Bengaluru Blasters selected him in the squad. 

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 Sold Players: Category Wise

Here is the complete list of the sold players in the auction for the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20. 

Category A 

Category B

Category C

Category D

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20: Squads

Shivamogga Lions 

Koushik V, Hardik Raj, Avinash B, 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

Karun Nair, Karthik CA, Prasidh Krishna, Karthik SU, 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

Abhilash Shetty, Macneil Noronha, Lochan S Gowda, Paras Gurbax Arya, Sharath BR, Roni More, Shreyas Gopal, Melu Kranthi Kumar, Sachin Shinde, Aneesh KV, Thippa Reddy, Aaditya Nair, Aadarsh Prajwal, Abhishek Prabhakar, Shivaraj S, Pallav Kumar Das.

Hubli Tigers 

KC Cariappa, Srijith KL, Karthikeya KP, Manvath Kumar L, 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

Vyshak Vijaykumar, Luvnith Sisodia, Pravin Dubey, Smaran R, 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 

Mayank Agarwal, Shubhang Hegde, Naveen MG, Suraj Ahuja, A Rohan Patil, Chethan LR, Mohsin Khan, Vidyadhar Patil, Siddharth Akhil. Madahv Prakash Bajaj, Rohan Naveen, Kruthik Krishna, Advith M Shetty, Bhuvan Mohan Raju, Rohan M Raju, Niranjan Naik, Prateek Jain, Ishaan S.

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 Winners (2022-2024)

The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament commenced in 2022 with the first edition, and since then, three different champions have surfaced till 2024. 

The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 will get underway on August 11 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, where all exciting T20 clashes will take place.