Full list of players sold at KPL 2016 Auction: India is rapidly revamping the way cricket is played on the domestic level by emphasising on the aspect of Franchise based cricket, a classic example being the TNPL (Tamil Nadu Premier League) and the KPL (Karnataka Premier League). Rongsen Jonathan, Railways Ranji Trophy batsman and Prateek Jain, left arm fast bowler went for the highest bids at KPL 2016 Player Auction.
The Karnataka premier league was introduced back in 2009 which is now sponsored by karbonn mobiles. It is organised to spot the some of the imminent and emerging talent from Karnataka where Jagades Shasuchith ,shivil kaushik and k.c. cariappa being some notable alumnus from this league.
India Test cricketer KL Rahul went unsold as the teams expected him to be called up for national duty during the period of the KPL.
The auction for players was recently conducted and teams had the liberty to retain 4 of their existing squad members. Below is a brief breakdown of what had uncovered at the 2016 KPL Auction on the 10th of August.
Respective squads for the KPL tournament to be played at Mysuru and Hubbali from September 16 to October 1. The eighth team & Rockstars, also added six players to their complete their squad.
Here is the FINAL list of players sold at the auction & the list of squads for this year”s KPL
Belagavi Panthers:
Signed at Auction:
- LikithBannur (55,000),
- SatishBhardwaj (40,000),
- Shoaib Manager (80,000),
- Abdul Majid (40,000),
- Mir Kaunain Abbas (2.55 Lakhs),
- Anuragbajpai (55,000),
- Pradeep T (90,000)
Retained:
- Vinay Kumar,
- M Agarwal,
- Sharath HS,
- Praveen Dubey.
Bellary Tuskers:
Signed at Auction:
- KB Pawan (50,000),
- Akhil (2.1 Lakhs),
- Bharat Kondaji (10,000),
- Anil I G (30,000),
- Sunil Raju (3.35 Lakhs),
- SP Manjunath (2.2 Lakhs),
- RohanKadam (2.3 Lakhs),
- Chiranjivi GS (10,000),
- Prateek Jain (3.5 Lakhs)
Retained:
- AmitVerma
- DevrajPatil
- Prasidh Krishna
- Karthik CA
Bijapur Bulls:
Signed at Auction:
- Bharat Chipli (1.5 Lakhs),
- Sinan Abdul Khader (50,000),
- Naveen MG (2.3 Lakhs),
- Arshdeep Singh Brar (2.65 Lakhs),
- Kiran A M (40,000),
- KC Avinash (10,000)
Retained:
- Samarth R,
- KC Cariappa,
- AbhimanyuMithun,
- Robin Uthappa
Hubli Tigers:
Signed at auction:
- Abhishek Reddy (1.6 Lakhs),
- KunalKapoor ( 50,000),
- Vinoo Prasad (65,000),
- Stalin Hoover (1.85 Lakhs),
- AdityaSomanna (1.25 Lakhs),
- Dikshanshu Negi (1.1 Lakhs),
- Chetan Williams (1.8 Lakhs),
- Bharath K N (1.8 Lakhs),
- Manjeesh Reddy (2.55 Lakhs),
- Mohammad NiyazNisar (45,000)
Retained: SreenathAravind,
- Kranthi Kumar,
- ShivilKaushik,
- Mohammad Taha
Mangalore United:
Signed at Auction:
- ShishirBhavane (2.5 Lakhs),
- BhaveshGulecha (1.3 Lakhs),
- CM Gautham (1 Lakh),
- Kishore Kamath (55,000),
- Vishwanathan M (20,000),
- RohithGowda (55,000),
- Nidesh M (2.05 Lakhs),
- Nischith Raj (35,000)
Retained:
- Karun Nair,
- Ronit More,
- MitrakanthYadav,
- Bharath NP
Mysuru Warriors:
Signed at Auction:
- Jonathan (3.5 Lakhs),
- Anirudh Joshi (2.3 Lakhs),
- AnandDoddamani (10,000),
- Aditya B Sagar (10,000),
- RajooBhatkal (20,000),
- Vyshak V (3.20 Lakhs),
- Prateeksh R (10,000),
- Liyan Khan (1.6 Lakhs),
- NihalUllal (10,000),
- Nikith S Sanganakal (10,000),
- Koushik V (10,000)
Retained:
- Manish Pandey,
- J Suchith,
- Gowtham K ,
- ArjunHoysala
Namma Shivamogga:
Signed at Auction:
- PawanDeshPande (2.3 Lakhs),
- David Mathias ( 2.6 Lakhs),
- Stuart Binny (70,000 INR),
- Apanna KP (2.15 Lakhs),
- Zeeshan Ali Sayeed (1.2 Lakhs),
- Nischal D (55,000),
- Nikin Jose (45,000),
- SharathSrinivas (60,000),
- PradeepGangadhar (10,000),
- Hoysala K (10,000)
Retained: SadiqKirmani,
- ShreyasGopal,
- AbrarKazi,
- Siddharth KV
Rockstars:
Signed at Auction:
- SL Akshay (2 Lakhs),
- Naveen B (25,000),
- Sharath B R (55,000),
- Aiyappa N C (15,000)
– By Akshath Jeksani