Maharaja Trophy T20 2024: Mayank Agarwal to Manish Pandey – Players Retained by The 6 Teams Ahead of Auction

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Mayank Agarwal and Manish Pandey were among the 24 players retained by the six teams ahead of the Maharaja Trophy T20 2024 Auction, which is scheduled to be held on Thursday (July 25).

The tournament, scheduled for August 15 to September 1 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, will see defending champions Hubli Tigers, runners-up Mysore Warriors, Gulbarga Mystics, Bengaluru Blasters, Mangaluru Dragons, and Shivamogga Lions vying for the title.

Each franchise exercised their right to retain four players from their previous season's squad as Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair, Abhinav Manohar, and Vyshak Vijaykumar also were amongst the retained stars for Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 Season 3.

Defending champions Hubli Tigers, retained the services of skipper Manish Pandey, who returns from a championship season with the Kolkata Knight Riders, wicketkeeper Shrijith KL and the young all-rounder, Manvanth Kumar.

Ace medium pacer, Vidwath Kaverappa will also return to lead the Hubli Tigers' bowling attack. Notably, Manish Pandey and Shrijith KL were amongst the top five run scorers in the previous season while Manvanth Kumar was the leading wicket taker.

Last year's runners up, Mysore Warriors retained last season's top scorer and Captain Karun Nair, the explosive CA Karthik, and the prodigious S.U Karthik. The hard-hitting all-rounder Manoj Bhandage will also feature for the Mysore Warriors yet again.

While the southpaw Devdutt Paddikal was forced to miss Gulbarga Mystics' previous campaign due to an injury, he returns to join Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Vyshak Vijaykumar as well as Smaran Ravi and Aneesh KV as the retentions.

The Shivamogga Lions retained Abhinav Manohar, who was also the most expensive player in last year's auction with a price tag of 15 lakhs. Experienced medium pacer Vasuki Koushik, Nihal Ullal and Shivraj also have been retained by the Shivamogga Lions.

The Mangaluru Dragons will see the return of top-order batsman, Nikin Jose, who missed out on a majority of the previous season due to NCA commitments. Rohan Patil, Siddharth KV and Paras Gurbax Arya complete their list of retentions.

While the Bengaluru Blasters had a lukewarm season last year, their retentions include the experienced opener, Mayank Agarwal, Suraj Ahuja, all-rounder Shubhang Hegde and Mohsin Khan. Here is the full list of players retained ahead of the auction:

Maharaja Trophy T20 2024 Retained Players List

• Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal, Suraj Ahuja, Shubhang Hegde, Mohsin Khan
• Gulbarga Mystics: Vyshak Vijaykumar, Devdutt Paddikal, Smaran Ravi, Aneesh KV
• Hubli Tigers: Manish Pandey, Manvanth Kumar, KL Srijith, Vidwath Kaverappa
• Mangaluru Dragons: Nikin Jose, Rohan Patil, Siddharth KV, Paras Gurbax Arya
• Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair, Manoj Bhandage, CA Karthik, SU Karthik
• Shivamogga Lions: Abhinav Manohar, Vasuki Koushik, Nihal Ullal, Shivraj