Maharaja Trophy 2025 is about to start. Have you heard of this small IPL-style league in Karnataka?
This article will help you know more about Maharaja Trophy, the six teams in 2025, full squads, the strongest team, the highest-priced player, and the latest schedule.
Can’t find the tickets? Keep reading to learn the reason and knowing where you can watch Maharaja Trophy 2025 matches for free!
The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 is a cricket tournament in Karnataka, India organized by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA).
It was called Karnataka Premier League (KPL) earlier, started in 2009 but stopped in 2019 due to some issues. It came back in 2022 with a new name, Maharaja Trophy, to help young Karnataka players shine.
Only under 35 years old players can participate in a match, and teams are mostly made of local Karnataka cricketers. Stars like Devdutt Padikkal and Krishnappa Gowtham became famous through this tournament and got IPL contracts.
The 2025 tournament features 6 teams representing different regions of Karnataka:
View Full Maharaja Trophy Points Table
| Gulbarga Mystics | Hubli Tigers | Shivamogga Lions | Mangaluru Dragons | Mysore Warriors | Bengaluru Blasters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luvnith Sisodia | Manvanth Kumar L | Vasuki Koushik | Paras Gurbax Arya | Karthik S U | Mayank Agarawal |
| Pravin Dubey | Shrijith KL | Nihal Ullal | Macneil Hadley Noronha | Karthik CA | Shubhang Hegde |
| Vyshak V | KC Cariappa | Hardik Raj | Lochan S Gowda | Prasidh Krishna | Suraj Ahuja |
| Smaran R | Karthikeya KP | Avinash D | Abhilash Shetty | Karun Nair | Naveen MG |
| Siddharth KV | Abhinav Manohar | Vidwath Kaverappa | Sharath BR | Manish Pandey | A Rohan Patil |
| Monish Reddy | Devdutt Padikkal | Anirudha Joshi | Ronit More | Gowtham K | Chetan L R |
| Lavish Kaushal | Mohammed Taha | Aneeshwar Gautam | Shreyas Gopal | Yashovardhan Parantap | Mohsin Khan |
| Prithviraj | Vijayaraj B | Dhruv Prabhakar | Melu Kranthi Kumar | Venkatesh M | Vidyadhar Patil |
| Harsha Wardhan Khuba | Prakhar Chaturvedi | Sanjay Ashwin C | Sachin Shinde | Harshil Dharmani | Siddharth Akhil |
| Sheetal Kumar | Sankalp SS | Anand Doddamani | Aneesh KV | Lankesh KS | Madhav Prakash Bajaj |
| Jasper EJ | Samarth Nagaraj | Sahil Sharma | Thippa Reddy | Kumar LR | Rohan Naveen |
| Mohith BA | Rakshith S | Deepak Devadiga | Aaditya Nair | Goutham Mishra | Kruthik Krishna |
| Faizan Raiz | Nithin Shanthaveri Nagaraja | Bharath Dhuri | Aadarsh Prajwal | Shikhar Shetty | Advith M Shetty |
| Sourab M Muttur | Yash Raj Punja | Rohit Kumar K | Abhishek Prabhakar | Sumit Kumar | Bhuvan Mohan Raju |
| SJ Nikin Jose | Ritesh L Bhatkal | Tushar Singh | Shivaraj S | Dhanush Gowda | Rohan M Raju |
| Prajwal Pavan | Shreesha S Achar | Darshan MB | Pallav Kumar Das | Kushaal M Wadhwani | Niranjan Naik |
| Younus Ali Baig | Nathan Joachim Francis Dmello | Maribasava Chandrashekhar Gowda | Sharath Srinivas | Prateek Jain | |
| Likhit M Bannur | Nischith Pai | Sireesh Balgaar | Shamanth SM | Ishaan S |
No other team in 2025 Maharaja Trophy has more IPL experience than Mysuru Warriors. They’ve got real big-league firepower.
Captain Karun Nair (76 IPL matches, 1496 runs) leads the pack, backed by Manish Pandey (170 matches, 3648 runs), Krishnappa Gowtham (42 matches), and pacer Prasidh Krishna (51 matches, 49 wickets). That's a combined 339 IPL appearances, more than double most other teams.
Let's compare:
With this kind of star power, Mysuru Warriors aren't just playing, they're looking unstoppable.
Devdutt Padikkal stole the spotlight as the top pick in 2025 Maharaja Trophy auction, with the Hubli Tigers shelling out a record-breaking ₹13.20 lakh for the dynamic left-hander.
Coming off a stellar IPL 2025 season with Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he smashed 247 runs in 10 matches at a scorching strike rate of 150.6.
No need to mention, RCB finally clinched their maiden IPL title this year, which made Padikkal’s stock rise even further.
Maharaja Trophy 2025 is scheduled to take place from August 11 to August 28.
This schedule is compiled based on publicly available information; final confirmation pending from KSCA.
| Date | Match No. | Fixture | Start Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11 (Sun) | 1st Match | Gulbarga Mystics vs Mangalore Dragons | 5:15 PM |
| 2nd Match | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysore Warriors | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 12 (Mon) | 3rd Match | Hubli Tigers vs Shivamogga Lions | 5:15 PM |
| 4th Match | Mysore Warriors vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 13 (Tue) | 5th Match | Bengaluru Blasters vs Hubli Tigers | 5:15 PM |
| 6th Match | Mangalore Dragons vs Shivamogga Lions | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 14 (Wed) | 7th Match | Mysore Warriors vs Mangalore Dragons | 5:15 PM |
| 8th Match | Gulbarga Mystics vs Bengaluru Blasters | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 15 (Thu) | 9th Match | Shivamogga Lions vs Bengaluru Blasters | 5:15 PM |
| 10th Match | Hubli Tigers vs Mangalore Dragons | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 16 (Fri) | 11th Match | Shivamogga Lions vs Gulbarga Mystics | 5:15 PM |
| 12th Match | Mysore Warriors vs Hubli Tigers | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 17 (Sat) | 13th Match | Mangalore Dragons vs Bengaluru Blasters | 5:15 PM |
| 14th Match | Mysore Warriors vs Shivamogga Lions | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 18 (Sun) | 15th Match | Mysore Warriors vs Bengaluru Blasters | 5:15 PM |
| 16th Match | Gulbarga Mystics vs Hubli Tigers | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 19 (Mon) | 17th Match | Gulbarga Mystics vs Shivamogga Lions | 5:15 PM |
| 18th Match | Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 20 (Tue) | 19th Match | Gulbarga Mystics vs Mysore Warriors | 5:15 PM |
| 20th Match | Hubli Tigers vs Bengaluru Blasters | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 21 (Wed) | 21st Match | Mangalore Dragons vs Mysore Warriors | 5:15 PM |
| 22nd Match | Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 22 (Thu) | 23rd Match | Hubli Tigers vs Gulbarga Mystics | 5:15 PM |
| 24th Match | Shivamogga Lions vs Mangalore Dragons | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 23 (Fri) | 25th Match | Hubli Tigers vs Mysore Warriors | 5:15 PM |
| 26th Match | Bengaluru Blasters vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 24 (Sat) | 27th Match | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mangalore Dragons | 5:15 PM |
| 28th Match | Shivamogga Lions vs Mysore Warriors | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 25 (Sun) | 29th Match | Shivamogga Lions vs Hubli Tigers | 5:15 PM |
| 30th Match | Mangalore Dragons vs Gulbarga Mystics | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 26 (Mon) | Qualifier 1 | TBD vs TBD | 5:15 PM |
| Eliminator | TBD vs TBD | 7:15 PM | |
| Aug 27 (Tue) | Qualifier 2 | TBD vs TBD | 7:15 PM |
| Aug 28 (Wed) | Final | TBD vs TBD | 7:15 PM |
Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 matches can be streamed online on the FanCode website, but you need to purchase a pass for individual matches or the entire tournament.
For free live streaming, fans can use Dubai7 app, which offers Maharaja Trophy match streams, real-time score updates.
The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 matches are usually held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, home of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), after IPL season.
However, following a tragic stampede during RCB’s IPL championship parade on June 4, 2025, which claimed 11 lives, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has decided to host the 2025 tournament behind closed doors with no spectators allowed to ensure safety. That’s why tickets are unavailable for the event.
The KPL was stopped because of a big match-fixing and betting scandal that hurt its reputation a lot.
Some people were arrested, including CM Gautam, the captain of Bellary Tuskers, and his teammate Abrar Kazi. They were accused of fixing the KPL final.
The investigation also looked into other players like Nishant Singh Shekhawat and M Vishwanathan from the Bengaluru team, plus their bowling coach Vinu Prasad.
Also, Ali Ashfaq Thara, owner of Belagavi Panthers, was arrested for links to a betting group in Dubai and suspected match-fixing.
Each team can keep up to 4 players, usually their main or best ones.
In 2025, each team has ₹50 lakh to spend in the auction. The price of the players they kept is taken out first. The money left is what they can use to buy new players.
For example, after keeping 4 players, Hubli Tigers have ₹41.50 lakh left, but Gulbarga Mystics only have ₹24.05 lakh left.
Each team must have 16 to 18 players total, including the ones they kept. Usually, teams buy 12 to 14 new players in the auction.
Also, each team must sign at least 2 young local players (usually from Category C or D) to support young cricket players in Karnataka.
Players are split into four groups:
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