The auction of players for Karnataka’s prestigious T20 league Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2026 has been completed. The tournament will be organized between June 20 and July 12. The biggest discussion of this auction was about the vice-captain of the Indian Test team and star wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul, who was not bought by any team. Rahul, who performed brilliantly for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026, scored 593 runs in 14 matches. During the same season, he also made the record of the biggest innings played by an Indian male batsman in T20 cricket. Despite this, he remained unsold in the auction.

Reason for doubt over availability

The main reason for Rahul remaining unsold is believed to be his availability. Being a regular member of the Indian team, his international schedule is quite busy. India has to play the third ODI against Afghanistan on June 20, while an ODI series against England is also scheduled on July 14.
During the auction, when questions were asked about Rahul’s availability, the auctioneer indicated that his chances of playing in the tournament were less. Due to this uncertainty, no franchise placed bets on him.

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The biggest bid on Karun Nair

Indian batsman Karun Nair got the highest price in the auction. Coastal Kings Mangaluru included him in their team for Rs 18 lakh. With this he became the most expensive player of this season. At the same time, Shivamogga Yodhas, who became a part of the league for the first time, bought young batsman Ravichandran Smaran, who played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, for Rs 15.75. Apart from this, the teams added Abhinav Manohar for Rs 13.5 lakh, Manish Pandey for Rs 12.75 lakh and Mayank Agarwal for Rs 11.50 lakh. All these players were included in the list of most expensive players of the auction.

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Six teams will participate

This will be the fifth edition of Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20. This time six teams will participate in the tournament. These include Kalyani Bengaluru Blasters, Hubli Tigers, Mysore Warriors, Gulbarga Mystics, Coastal Kings Mangaluru and Shivamogga Yoddhas. In the tournament, once again many experienced and young players of Karnataka will get a chance to showcase their talent, while the results of the auction have created an atmosphere of discussion even before the start of the season.

Ksca t20 League: While some players received a hefty amount in the auction of the players for the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 League 2025, no franchise was included in his team by any franchise. The Samit, who has played KSCA League last time, was not even named in the final auction list, which surprised the fans.

Who was the most expensive player

India’s emerging batsman Devdutt Padikkal proved to be the most expensive player in this auction. He was included in his team by Hubli Tigers with the tallest bid of Rs 13.20 lakh. Padikal’s batting has also been seen in the IPL and now he is expected to have a big innings in this league as well.

Why did the name of the committee not come?

Communicated Dravid was bought by Mysore Warriors last season for 50 thousand rupees, but this time his name remained missing from the final auction list. Earlier there were reports that the Samit has been kept in the category C (junior state player), but it became clear that they have not been given a chance this time due to lack of name in the final list. Let us tell you that the Indian under-19 was in the Australia tour, but was out due to injury.

Pandey and Abhinav were also in discussion

Veteran batsman Manish Pandey and Abhinav Manohar in IPL also got a great price. Manish Pandey was bought by Mysore Warriors while Abhinav was bought by Hubli Tigers for Rs 12.20 lakh. Shivamoga Lions had bid for Rs 10.80 lakh on Karnataka fast bowler Vidwath Kareppa. At the same time, Vidyadhar Patil was bought by Bengaluru Blasters for 8.30 lakh.

These players were also high-profiles

Shreyas Gopal was bought by Mangalore Dragons for Rs 8.60 lakh.

Anishwar Gautam was connected by Shivamoga Lions with his team for 8.20 lakhs.

These 6 teams will land in the tournament

There will be a total of 6 teams in the league which will compete from 11 to 27 August. All matches will be done without audience. There are teams involved in the tournament,

1. Mysore Warriors

2. Bangalore Blasters

3. Gulbarga Mistics

4. Hubli tigers

5. Mangalore Dragons

6. Shivamogga Lions

Each team has been allowed to choose two more players from their area.