Here are the Squads and Schedule of the Karnataka Premier League 2018

The Karnataka Premier League is a T20 league of major districts in Karnataka. First edition of this tournament was started in August 2009. 7 teams are taking part in this tournament. Many big players of Karnataka including Vinay Kumar, Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa have been a major role in every season.

KPL 2018 will began on 15^th August and finishes on 6^th September.  Provident Bangalore won the first edition in 2009, followed by Mangalore United in 2010.

The tournament was not played in 2011, 2012, 2013. In 2014, Mysore Warriors won the tournament, Bijapur Bulls won it in 2015, Bellary Tuskers won it in 2016 and last year it was won by Belgavi Panthers.

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Here we look at the teams of KPL 2018

Bijapur Bulls: Bharat Chipli, Ronit More, Naveen MG, KC Cariappa, Mir Kaunian Abbas, KP Appanna, Suneel Raju, Naga Bharath, Zahoor Farooqui, Suraj Kamath, Rishab Singh, Bhavesh Gulecha, Anuraj Bajpai, KL Srijith, Amar Ghale, Majid Makkandar, Ruthraj

Bellary Tuskers: CM Gautam, Abhinav Manohar, Devdutt Paddikal, Rohan Kadam, T Pradeep, Abrar Kazi, Swapnil Yelave, SL Akshay, Ritesh Bhatkal, Chiranjeevi, D Nischal, Satish Bharadwaj, CA Karthik, Rajat Hedge, Manjesh Reddy NV, Rohit Sabharwal.

Belagavi Panthers: Manish Pandey, Stuart Binny, Stalin Hoover, Avinash, Mohanram, Nidhesh, Dikshankshu Negi, Shubhang Hegde, Rakshith S, Nikin Jose, Saurabh Yadav, Prashant S, Sadiq Kirmani, Darshan Machaiah, Shreyas BM, Akshay Ballal, Aman Khan.

Hubli Tigers: Vinay Kumar, Abhishek Reddy, Abhishek Sakuja, Praveen Dubey, Kranthi Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Talha, Nitin Bhille, Anil I G, Rahul Naik, Sunil Kumar Jain, AM Kiran

Shivmogga Lions: Aniruddha Joshi, Sarfaraz Ashraf, Nihal Ullal, Liyan Khan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Sharath BR, Rongsen Jonathan, Kishore Kamat, Bharath Dhuri, Prithvi Shekawat, Nishant Shekawat, Syed Khaja Moinuddin, Aditya Somanna, K Hoysala, Srinivas Sharath.

Mysuru Warriors: Jagdeesha Suchith, Vyshak VijayKumar, Manjunath, Bharath NP, Amit Verma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prasidh Krishna, Shoaib Manager, Arjun Hoysala, Prateek Jain, KV Siddharth, Rajoo Bhatkal, Vinay Sagar, Luvnith Sisodia, Kushal Wadhwani, Manoj KH

Bengaluru Blasters: Pavan Deshpande, Mitrakant Yadav, Abhishek Bhat, Koushik V, Robin Uthappa, KB Pawan, Anand Doddamani, Arshdeep Sing Brar, KC Avinash, Pallav Kumar Das, Sharan Gowda, Manoj S Bhandage, Bharath Devaraj, Vineet Yadav, Gaurav Dhiman, Vishwanath M Azeem.

Here we look at the schedule of KPL 2018

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1. Bangalore Blasters vs. Belagavi Panthers (15^th Aug)- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

2. Hubli Tigers vs. Bijapur Bulls (16^th August)- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

3. Bangalore Blasters vs. Bellary Tuskers (17^th August)- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

4. Hubli Tigers vs. Shivamogga Lions (19^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

5. Bellary Tuskers vs. Mysuru Warriors (20^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

6. Belagavi  Panthers vs. Bijapur Bulls (21^st August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

7. Hubli Tigers vs. Bellary Tuskers (22^nd August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

8. Bangalore Blasters vs. Bijapur Bulls (22^nd August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

9. Hubli Tigers vs. Belagavi Panthers (23^rd August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

10. Bijapur Bulls vs. Mysuru Warriors (24^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

11. Belagavi Panthers vs. Bellary Tuskers (25^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

12. Shivmogga Lions vs. Bangalore Blasters (25^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

13. Mysuru Warriors vs. Hubli Tigers (26^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

14. Bijapur Bulls vs. Bellary Tuskers (26^th August)- KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli

15. Mysuru Warriors vs. Shivamogga Lions ( 28^th August)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

16. Shivamogga Lions vs. Belagavi  Panthers ( 29^th August)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

17. Mysuru Warriors vs. Belagavi  Panthers ( 1^st September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

18. Hubli Tigers vs. Bangalore Blasters ( 1^st September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

19. Shivamogga Lions vs. Bijapur Bulls ( 2^nd September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

20. Bangalore Blasters vs. Mysuru Warriors ( 2^nd September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

21. Bellary Tuskers vs. Shivamogga Lions ( 3^rd September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

22. Semi-finals 1 ( 4^th September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

23. Semi-finals 2 ( 5^th September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

24. Finals ( 6^th September)- Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore

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Players to watch out for in each team: 

Bijapur Bulls- Bharat Chipli, Ronit More, KC Carriappa, KP Appanna, Mir Kaunian Abbas

Bellary Tuskers- CM Gautam, Rohan Kadam, D Nischal, Abrar Kazi

Belagavi Panthers- Manish Pandey, Stuart Binny, Sadiq Kirmani, Stalin Hoover

Hubli Tigers- Vinay Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Talha,

Shivamogga Lions- Aniruddha Joshi, Abhimanyu Mithun, K Hoysala,

Mysuru Warriors- Krishnappa Gowtham, Jagdeesha Suchith, Amit Verma, Rajoo Bhatkal

Bangalore Blasters- Robin Uthappa, Pavan Deshpande, KB Pawan