Maharaja Trophy T20 , formerly known as Karnataka Premier league , is an Indian

Twenty20 cricket Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

league established by the

Karnataka State Cricket Association Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) is the governing body of Cricket in the Indian state of Karnataka. The association is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Karnataka cricket team. The association was f ...

(KSCA) in August 2009 and modelled after the

Indian Premier League The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...

(IPL). As of 2022, there are 6 teams competing in the league. The Karnataka Premier League (KPL), as it was known then, will now be called the Maharaja Trophy T20. The rebranding aside, the

(KSCA) has made some structural changes in the way the six-team tournament will be run going forward.

Auction

The winning bidders of the eight franchisee teams were announced at the conclusion of the auction, held on 14 August 2009. The auction earned the KSCA , which received bids from 22 potential sponsors. The highest bid was for the Bengaluru (

Bengaluru Urban Bangalore Urban district is the most densely populated district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tami ...

) team, at .

Teams

Defunct teams

Team performances by season

Season 1 (2009/10)

The Karnataka Premier League finals were held on 23 September 2009 as a 20-over match between Provident Bangalore and the Belagavi Panthers, played at

M Chinnaswamy Stadium The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (formerly known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium) is a cricket stadium located in Bangalore, Karnataka. Flanked by the picturesque Cubbon Park, Queen's Road, Cubbon and uptown M G Road, Bangalore, MG ...

, Bengaluru. Provident Bangalore won by five wickets (with four balls remaining). The Player of the Match was Amit Verma for (Rural). The Player of the Series was J. Arunkumar of the Belagavi Panthers. The Belgavi Panthers have in their ranks experienced players like captain J. Arunkumar,

Manish Pandey Manish Krishnanand Pandey (born 10 September 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle-order batsman representing Karnataka in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL). ...

and R. Vinay Kumar. J. Arunkumar scored the most runs (326) in the first year of Mantri KPL while

holds the record for the highest scorer (112 not out), David Johnson was the highest wicket taker with 17 scalps after a 6-7 year return to cricket and Vinay Kumar was the second highest wicket taker (14 wickets).

Teams and standings

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Season 2 (2010/11)

The season 2 of KPL was held from 18 September 2010 to 3 October 2010 in

Mysuru Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

. Mangalore United won season 2 of KPL.

Teams and standings

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Season 3 (2014/15)

The third season was held from 28 August 2014 to 12 September 2014 and the auction for the same was conducted on 7 August. The 7-team Twenty20 tournament went until 12 September. :

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Season 4 (2015/16)

The fourth season saw a new team making a debut, Namma Shivamogga, adding up to 8 teams overall. The season went from 2 to 19 September at Hubballi and

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Season 5 (2016/17)

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Season 6 (2017/18)

The sixth season saw a remarkable fan engagement via social media reaching almost 1.5 crores. The Social Media engagement was boosted by a company called Popupster using different community management skills and technologies including the use of the 360-degree camera (First time in India). :

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Season 7 (2018/19)

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KPL Winners

References

External links

{{Sports_leagues_of_India Karnataka Premier League, Sports leagues established in 2009 Twenty20 cricket leagues Sport in Bangalore Cricket leagues in India Sport in Karnataka Professional sports leagues in India Cricket in Karnataka 2009 establishments in Karnataka