Karnataka Premier League 2019: Complete list of squads after KPL 2019 Auction

Bengaluru, Aug 1: The eighth edition of the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) will start on August 16 with defending champions Bijapur Bulls locking horns with Bengaluru Blasters at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

KPL 2019 will feature seven teams - Bijapur Bulls, Belagavi Panthers, Bengaluru Blasters, Hubli Tigers, Shivamogga Lions, Ballari Tuskers and Mysuru Warriors, who were all in the fray in the previous edition.

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The auction for the upcoming season saw some interesting buys and intense bidding war between all seven franchises. Prolific batsman Pavan Deshpande and off-spinner Aniruddha Joshi emerged as the most expensive players in the KPL 2019 Auction by cornering Rs 7.3 lakh and Rs 7.1 lakh.

Jonathan Rongsen emerged as a big surprise during the auction as the 32-year-old top-order batsman became the bone of contention between Mysuru Warriors, Bijapur Bulls and Bengaluru Blasters. He was eventually swooped up by the Blasters camp, who doled out Rs 6 lakh for his recent good run in Nagaland.

Interestingly, Rongsen emerged from Pool B to become one of the more prominent purchases. It is even more impressive as the minimum bid for his ilk was Rs 20,000. Pool B players started with Rs 20,000. The teams had a cap of Rs 30 lakhs to configure their combination of 18 players.

Six of Karnataka's top players didn't garner much interest in the initial Pool A round due to their domestic and international commitments. The other 18 who remained after the retention process, however, triggered intense bidding.

Here are the complete squads after PKL 2019 Auction:

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— BallariTuskers (@BallariTuskers) August 8, 2018

Ballari Tuskers

CM Gautam, Devdutt Paddikkal (Retained)

Prasidh Krishna - ₹5.8 lakh

CA Karthik - ₹4.7 lakh

Abrar Kazi - ₹4.6 lakh

KP Appanna - ₹3 lakh

Abhishek Reddy - ₹2.5 lakh

Krishnappa Gowtham - ₹1.9 lakh

Mohammad Niyas Nizar - ₹1.8 lakh

Bhavesh Gulecha - ₹1.4 lakh

Pradeep T - ₹ 50,000

Santok Singh - ₹45,000

Sharath Srinivas - ₹ 30,000

Zeeshan Ali Sayyad - ₹ 20,000

Ruchir Joshi - ₹ 20,000

Vishnu Priyan - ₹ 20,000

Gaurav Dhiman - ₹ 20,000

Suraj Reddy - ₹ 20,000

Sharana Basawa - ₹ 20,000

The new season of @KPLKSCA is around the corner. Come and support your favorite Panthers at the Chinnaswamy Stadium as we take on @BallariTuskers in our opening mach of #KPL8. #BelagaviPanthers #kplnoduguru

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— Belagavi Panthers (@Belagavi_kpl) August 1, 2019

Belagavi Panthers

Shubhang Hegde, Avinash D (Retained)

Abhinav Manohar - ₹4.6 lakh

Arshdeep Singh Brar - ₹4 lakh

Ritesh Bhatkal - ₹3.05 lakh

Mir Kaunain Abbas - ₹2.65 lakh

Ravikumar Samarth - ₹2.1 lakh

Zahoor Farooqui - ₹2.05 lakh

Manish Pandey - ₹2 lakh

Darshan MB - ₹1.30 lakh

Stalin Hoover - ₹1.1 lakh

Dikshankshu Negi - ₹1 lakh

Rakshith S - ₹ 60,000

Kiran AM - ₹ 20,000

Abdul Majid - ₹ 20,000

Darshan Machaiah - ₹ 20,000

Lochan Appanna - ₹ 20,000

We have Naga Bharat on board with us! #kpl #KPL8 #KPLNoduGuru #KPL2019 #KPLAuction #bengalurublasters #nammakpl pic.twitter.com/YJsSiRDXDm
— Bengaluru Blasters (@kbblasters) July 27, 2019

Bengaluru Blasters

V Koushik, Manoj Bhandage (Retained)

Rongsen Jonathon - ₹6 lakh

Bharath Duri - ₹3.85 lakh

Naga Bharath - ₹3.55 lakh

Rohan Kadam - ₹3.2 lakh

Anand Doddamani - ₹2.5 lakh

Sharath BR - ₹2.4 lakh

Anil IG - ₹1.05 lakh

Nikin Jose - ₹ 80,000

Anuraj Bajpai - ₹ 20,000

Bharath Devaraj - ₹ 20,000

Nishanth Singh Shekhawat - ₹ 20,000

Muthanna Chandrasekhar - ₹ 20,000

Kishore Kamath - ₹ 20,000

Kuldeep Kumar - ₹ 20,000

Rishi Bopanna - ₹ 20,000

Aditya Goyal - ₹ 20,000

Carri back with @KKRiders pic.twitter.com/nkfEq9f7To
— Bijapur Bulls (@kplbijapurbulls) March 17, 2019

Bijapur Bulls

Bharat Chipli, KC Cariappa (Retained)

Prateek Jain - ₹4.5 lakh

Suneel Raju - ₹4.1 lakh

Naveen MG - ₹3.5 lakh

Bhareth NP - ₹3.1 lakh

SL Akshay - ₹2 lakh

Rajoo Bhatkal - ₹1.8 lakh

Pranav Bhatia - ₹1.4 lakh

Swapnil Yelave - ₹1 lakh

Suraj Kamath - ₹ 50,000

R Praveen Kumar - ₹ 30,000

Liyan Khan - ₹ 20,000

Shimon Luiz - ₹ 20,000

BA Mohit - ₹ 20,000

Chiranjeevi GS - ₹ 20,000

Samarth Ooty - ₹ 20,000

Jaswath Acharya - ₹ 20,000

5. Hubli Tigers

R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Dubey (Retained)

Mohammed Taha - ₹5.7 lakh

Pawan KB - ₹3.55 lakh

Aditya Somanna - ₹2.6 lakh

Vidyadhar Patil - ₹2.45 lakh

Shishir Bhavane - ₹1.8 lakh

Mahesh Patel - ₹1.2 lakh

Abhilash Shetty - ₹1 lakh

Luvnith Sisodia - ₹ 90,000

Shivil Kaushik - ₹ 75,000

KL Srijith - ₹ 60,000

David Mathias - ₹ 50,000

Vishwanath M - ₹ 45,000

Mithrakanth Yadav - ₹ 30,000

Suraj Seshadri - ₹ 20,000

Parikshith Shetty - ₹ 20,000

Dheeraj Shashidhar - ₹ 20,000

Welcoming back Shoaib Manager! We have bagged him for 4.65 Lakhs. #GoWarriors #KPLAuction #KPL8 #NammaKPL #KPLNoduGuru pic.twitter.com/vKjd5N8x3e
— Mysuru Warriors (@MysuruWarriors) July 27, 2019

Mysuru Warriors

Jagdeesha Suchith, Vyshak Vijaykumar (Retained)

Aniruddha Joshi - ₹7.1 lakh

Amit Verma - ₹5.2 lakh

Shoaib Manager - ₹4.65 lakh

M Venkatesh - ₹2.65 lakh

Devaiah KS - ₹1.80 lakh

Kushal Wadhwani - ₹1.05 lakh

Vinay N Sagar - ₹ 65,000

KV Siddharth - ₹ 50,000

Saurabh Yadav - ₹ 20,000

Manjesh Reddy - ₹ 20,000

Sankalp Shettinavar - ₹ 20,000

BU Shivkumar - ₹ 20,000

Ram Sarikh Yadav - ₹ 20,000

Jayesh Babu - ₹ 20,000

Kishan Bedare - ₹ 20,000

Dega Nischal - ₹ 20,000

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— Shivamogga Lions (@shivamoggalions) August 1, 2019