Maharaja Trophy T20 Auction Highlights: Chetan LR Becomes Most Expensive Buy; Shreyas Gopal, Gowtham & Sisodia Attract Big Bids

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction Ends

And that's a wrap from the auction as all six teams finalize their squads for the upcoming season, which gets underway in Bengaluru from August 15.

Accelerated process sees 12 players find bids

The accelerated process finished with 12 players, including the unsold Karnataka pacers Prasidh Krishna and HS Sharath land deals.

Final part of Maharja Trophy Auction begins!

The final part, the accelerated process has started as the unsold players return for the auction with 12 slots left to fill.

Category D comes to a close!

Ritesh Bhatkal (Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 25,000), Mitrakant Singh Yadav (Hubli Tigers for Rs 35,000), Wahid Faizan Khan (Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 25,000), Abhishek Prabhakar (Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 25,000) and Varun Kumar HC (Bengaluru Blasters for Rs 25,000) wrapped up the auction for Category D players. The auction will resume after a 15-minute break with the accelerated process that will see the unsold player return as teams just need to fill a few more slots.

Mangaluru Dragons fill their quota!

Mangaluru Dragons completed their quota of 18 players with the signing of Sagar Solanki for Rs 25,000.

Hubli Tigers rope in two players in a row

Sreesha S Achar landed big money as he was roped in by Hubli Tigers for Rs 2.30 Lakh. The defending champions also signed Daman Deep Singh for a base price of Rs 25,000.

Lavish Kaushal attracts huge bid!

Left arm pacer Lavish Kaushal goes to Bengaluru Blasters for Rs 6.20 Lakh afterFaizan Riaz and Rohan Naveen went to Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 25,000 each, and Rohit K was roped in by Shivamogga Lions for Rs 50,000.

Aditya Mani heads to Shivamogga Lions!

Shivamogga Lions continued to fill up their vacant slots as they roped in Aditya Mani for Rs 1 Lakh, while Bengaluru Blasters buyNiranjan Naik for Rs 27,000 and Deepak Devadiga went to Mysuru Warriors for Rs 65,000. Madhav Prakash Bajaj was roped in by Hubli Tigers for Rs 25,000.

Category D pre-nominated players auction begins

Auction resumes with the last set of players before we head to the accelerated process. Aaditya Vishwa Karma, Dheeraj Mohan and Bharath Dhuri were roped in by Shivamogga Lions for base price of Rs 25,000, while Sanjay Ashwin was roped in by Mangaluru Dragonsfor Rs 29,000.Nathan Joachim D'Mello goes to Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 60,000.

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction: Purse & Squad Size

• Bengaluru Blasters - Need a minimum of 3 players with a remaining purse of Rs 7.80 Lakh.
• Gulbarga Mystics - Need a minimum of 5 players with a remaining purse of Rs 3.90 Lakh.
• Hubli Tigers - Need a minimum of 4 players with a remaining purse of Rs 6.90 Lakh.
• Mangaluru Dragons - Have filled in the minimum requirement of 16 players and are left with a purse of Rs 2.45 Lakh.
• Mysuru Warriors - Need a minimum of 4 players with a remaining purse of Rs 4 Lakh.
• Shivamogga Lions - Need a minimum of 6 players with a remaining purse of Rs 9.10 Lakh.

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction Live

The auction will resume after a short break, starting with the pre-nominated player from Category D. The base price for players in this category starts at Rs 20,000. Once that set is finished, the auction will move into the accelerated process in which the unsold players will be called for bidding again.

Hubli Tigers Splash The Cash on Aneeshwar Gautam!

Aneeshwar Gautam triggers an intense bidding war between Shivamogga Lions and Hubli Tigers, who finally roped in the young all-rounder for Rs 6.20 Lakh. Earlier,Yashovardhab Parantap went to Gulbarga Mystics for Rs 2.20 Lakh. The auction will now take a short break and resume with the accelerated process, which will feature the unsold players from the four categories.

Samit Dravid set for first-ever Maharaja Trophy appearance

Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid's son Samit is roped in by Mysuru Warriors, whileRajvir Wadhwa and Avinash D head to Shivamogga Lions, and Yashovardhan Parantap goes to Gulbarga Mystics.

Only three spinners from Category C attract bids

Pranav Bhatia goes to Mangaluru Dragons for Rs 50,000, Varun Rao TN was roped in by Bengaluru Blasters for Rs 65,000, and senior spinner Anand Doddamani bagged Rs 1.90 Lakh bid from Shivamogga Lions to wrap up the spinners from Category C. The auction will now continue with All-Rounders from Category C.

Four wicketkeepers attract bidders

Four wicketkeepers from Category C attracted bids asAadrash Prajwal went to Hubli Tigers for Rs 50,000, Lochan S Gowda went to Mangaluru Dragons for Rs 55,000, Rakshith S is roped in by Bengaluru Blasters for Rs 75,000 and Kruthik Krishna also heads to Hubli Tigers for Rs 50,000. The auction continues for players in Category C with spinners.

Abhilash Shetty bags huge bid!

Pacers from category C continued to garner more interest as Abhilash Shetty triggers bidding war before going to Mangaluru Dragons for Rs 6.30 Lakh. Monish Reddy and Sharan Goud also found homes in Gulbarga Mystics, while Santokh Singh and Aditya Goyal land in Bengaluru Blasters. Mysuru Warriors landed Danush Gowda, the final Category C pacer.

Category C Medium Pacers Find Takers!

Goutham Mishra goes to Mysuru Warriors for Rs 2 Lakh, while Aaditya Nair gets snapped up for Rs 55,000. Samarth Nagraj and Sankalp SS land in Mangaluru Dragons for Rs 3 Lakh and Rs 70,000 respectively. Kumar LR goes to Hubli Tigers for the base price of Rs 50,000.

Bengaluru & Hubli battle for Karthikeya KP

Hubli Tigers and Bengaluru Blasters battled for the last batter to come out of category C, Karthikeya KP, who went to the defending champions for Rs 1.20 Lakh.

Mangaluru Dragons Rope in Young Tushar Singh

Tushar Singh attracts many suitors before Mangaluru Dragons signed the young batter for Rs 1.80 Lakh, while Shivamogga Lions sign Dhruv Prabhakar for base price of Rs 50,000. Lankesh KS also attracts a lot of interest and is finally roped in by Mangaluru Dragons for Rs 4 Lakh.

Mysuru Warriors Land Youngster Harshil D

Harshil Dharmani, a Karnataka Under 23 player lands a deal at Maharaja Trophy T20 for the first time as Mysuru Warriors buy the batter for base price of Rs 50,000.

Macneil Hadley Noronha bags big price in Category C!

Mangaluru Dragons beat Hubli Tigers and Shivamogga Lions to landMacneil Hadley Noronha for Rs 5 Lakh.

Maharaja Trophy auction resumes!

The auction resumed to a dull start in Category C as several players went unsold until Thippa Reddy was bought by Hubli Tigers for Rs 3.40 Lakh.

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction Resumption Time

The auction is likely to resume at 1 PM IST after the lunch break, in which teams would have discussed about their strategies for the rest of the bidding process.

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction Live Updates

The auction will resume after a short break. Stay tuned for the post-lunch bidding process for Category C and D players as some unsold players from Category B also will return for the accelerated process.

Maharaja Trophy Auction: Remaining Purse

With the auction process being paused for a lunch break, here is a look at the remaining purse of all six teams before the bidding process resumes in Bengaluru:

• Bengaluru Blasters: Rs 10.90 Lakh
• Gulbarga Mystics: Rs 8.95 Lakh
• Hubli Tigers: Rs 13.40 Lakh
• Mangaluru Dragons:Rs 24.80 Lakh
• Mysuru Warriors:Rs 7.50 Lakh
• Shivamogga Lions:Rs 23.10 Lakh

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction: Category B Sold Players List

• Aniruddha Joshi (Bengaluru Blasters) - Rs 3 Lakh
• Dheeraj Gowda (Manguluru Dragons) - Rs 1 Lakh
• Vidyadhar Patil (Mysuru Warriors) - Rs 6.40 Lakh
• Pradeep T (Shivamogga Lions) - Rs 1 Lakh
• MG Naveen (Bengaluru Blasters) - Rs 2.30 Lakh
• Prateek Jain (Bengaluru Blasters) - Rs 1 Lakh
• Darshan MB (Mangaluru Dragons) - Rs 1 Lakh
• Chetan LR (Bengaluru Blasters) - Rs 8.60 Lakh
• Venkatesh M (Mysuru Warriors) - Rs 3.40 Lakh
• Luvnith Sisodia (Gulbarga Mystics) - Rs 7.20 Lakh
• Mohammad Taha (Hubli Tigers) - Rs 6.60 Lakh
• Hardik Raj (Hubli Tigers) - Rs 5.80 Lakh
• Kranti Kumar M (Bengaluru Blasters) - Rs 4.40 Lakh
• Sharath BR (Gulbarga Mystics) - Rs 1 Lakh

Maharaja Trophy 2024 Auction: Take A Short Break!

There is a break in the auction proceeding as teams get a chance to do their analysis before returning for the next two categories after Category B ends with Shoaib Manager going unsold.

Bengaluru Blasters sign Kranthi Kumar!

Bengaluru Blasters beat off Mysuru Warriors and Shivamogga Lions to land all-rounder Kranthi Kumar for Rs 4.40 Lakh before Sharath BR finally had a taker in Gulbarga Mystics for a base price of Rs 1 Lakh.

Prasidh Krishna again goes unsold!

Indian pacer Prasidh Krishna may be a fitness concern as teams don't show interest and the player remains unsold despite coming into the auction again at Rs 1 Lakh base price.

Hardik Raj roped in by Tigers!

Hubli Tigers secure the services of young all-rounder Hardik Raj for Rs 5.80 Lakh.