Organised by the Karnataka State Cricket Association, the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 will begin on August 15 in Bengaluru. 

The third edition of the tournament will feature six teams playing a total of 33 matches including 30 league matches, two semi-finals and a final. The top four teams will qualify for the semis and the winners of those games will play in the final on September 1. 

As per the schedule, each team will play the other team twice in a double round-robin format. 

The six teams competing for the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 Title are Gulbarga Mystics, Bengaluru Blasters, Mysore Warriors, Hubli Tigers, Mangalore Dragons and Shivamogga Lions.

All matches of the T20 league will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Hubli Tigers are the defending champions from the previous edition. They beat Mysore Warriors in a thrilling final by a close margin of eight runs last season. Gulbarga Mystics won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2022.

Some of the top players from Karnataka participating in this state league are Mayank Agarwal (Bengaluru Blasters), Vijaykumar Vyshak (Gulbarga Mystics), Abhinav Manohar (Shivamogga Strikers) and Prasidh Krishna (Mysore Warriors). 

Where to watch Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 live in India

The Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 will be telecast live on the Star Sports 2 and Star Sports Kannada channels in India. 

Live streaming of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 will be available on the FanCode app and website in India. 

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 Schedule and live India match times

All timings are in India Standard Time (IST)

Date and Day

Match Details

Time

August 15, Thursday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Gulbarga Mystics

3:00 PM IST

August 15, Thursday

Shivamogga Lions vs Mysore Warriors

7:00 PM IST

August 16, Friday

Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers

3:00 PM IST

August 16, Friday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysore Warriors

7:00 PM IST

August 17, Saturday

Shivamogga Lions vs Mangalore Dragons

3:00 PM IST

August 17, Saturday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Hubli Tigers

7:00 PM IST

August 18, Sunday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Mysore Warriors

3:00 PM IST

August 18, Sunday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions

7:00 PM IST

August 19, Monday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Hubli Tigers

3:00 PM IST

August 19, Monday

Mysore Warriors vs Mangalore Dragons

7:00 PM IST

August 20, Tuesday

Shivamogga Lions vs Hubli Tigers

3:00 PM IST

August 20, Tuesday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Mangalore Dragons

7:00 PM IST

August 21, Wednesday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Shivamogga Lions

3:00 PM IST

August 21, Wednesday

Mysore Warriors vs Hubli Tigers

7:00 PM IST

August 22, Thursday

Mysore Warriors vs Shivamogga Lions

3:00 PM IST

August 22, Thursday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Mangalore Dragons

7:00 PM IST

August 23, Friday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Hubli Tigers

3:00 PM IST

August 23, Friday

Mangalore Dragons vs Gulbarga Mystics

7:00 PM IST

August 24, Saturday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Mysore Warriors

3:00 PM IST

August 24, Saturday

Shivamogga Lions vs Hubli Tigers

7:00 PM IST

August 25, Sunday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysore Warriors

3:00 PM IST

August 25, Sunday

Mangalore Dragons vs Shivamogga Lions

7:00 PM IST

August 26, Monday

Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers

3:00 PM IST

August 26, Monday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Gulbarga Mystics

7:00 PM IST

August 27, Tuesday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Shivamogga Lions

3:00 PM IST

August 27, Tuesday

Hubli Tigers vs Mysore Warriors

7:00 PM IST

August 28, Wednesday

Mangalore Dragons vs Mysore Warriors

3:00 PM IST

August 28, Wednesday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions

7:00 PM IST

August 29, Thursday

Bengaluru Blasters vs Mangalore Dragons

3:00 PM IST

August 29, Thursday

Gulbarga Mystics vs Hubli Tigers

7:00 PM IST

August 30, Friday

Semi Final 1

7:00 PM IST

August 31, Saturday

Semi Final 2

7:00 PM IST

September 1, Sunday

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 Final

7:00 PM IST

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2024 Squads

Bengaluru Blasters - Mayank Agarwal (captain), Mohsin Khan, Santok Singh, Varun Rao TN, Shubhang Hegde, Aniruddha Joshi, Aditya Goyal, LR Chethan, Suraj Ahuja, Shivkumar Rakshith, Naveen MG, Prateek Jain, Kranthi Kumar, Lavish Kaushal, Varun Kumar HC, Niranjan Naik, Shikhar Shetty, Bheem Rao Navale.

Mysore Warriors - Karun Nair (captain), SU Karthik, Deepak Devadiga, Harshil Dharmani, Dhanush Gowda, Codanda Ajit Karthik, Manoj Bhandage, Samit Dravid, EJ Jasper, Muralidhara Venkatesh, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sarfaraz Ashraf, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vidyadhar Patil, Gautam Mishra, Prasidh Krishna, Smayan Srivastava.

Mangalore Dragons - Shreyas Gopal (captain), Rohan Patil, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Nikin Jose, Dheeraj J Gowda, Macneil Hadley Noronha, Tushar Singh, Lankesh KS, Sagar Solanki, Lochan Gowda, Sanjay Ashwin, Paras Gurbax Arya, MB Darshan, Sankalp Shettennavar, Nischith N Rao, Abhilash Shetty, Pranav Bhatia, Samarth Nagaraj.

Hubli Tigers - Manish Pandey (captain), Mohammed Taha, Thippa Reddy, Rishi Bopanna, Madhav Prakash Bajaj, Aneeshwar Gautam, Manvanth Kumar L, Karthikeya KP, Krishnan Shrijith, Aadarsh Prajwal, Kruthik Krishna, KC Cariappa, Vidhwath Kaverappa, LR Kumar, Daman Deep Singh, Nishchith Pai, Mitrakanth Yadav, Shreesha Achar.

Gulbarga Mystics - Devdutt Padikkal (captain), Aneesh KV, Smaran R, Aaditya Nair, Sharath BR, Luvnith Sisodia, Yashovardhan Parantap, Sharan Goud, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Nathan D’Mello, Praveen Dubey, Ritesh Bhatkal, Shimon Luiz, Monish Reddy, Prithviraj Shekhawat, Abhishek Prabhakar, Wahid Faizan Khan.

Shivamogga Strikers - Nihal Ullal (captain), S Shivaraj, Abhinav Manohar, Dhruv Prabhakar, Rohit K, Bangalore Mohith, Rohan Naveen, Bharath Dhuri, Vasuki Koushik, Hardik Raj, Pradeep T, Anand Doddamani, Rajvir Wadhwa, Avinash D, HS Sharath, Aditya Mani, Dheeraj Mohan, Aadithya Vishwa Karma.

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