Eight teams are set to battle for the coveted Karbonn Smart Karnataka Premier League 2015 trophy when the fourth edition of the tournament gets under way in a few weeks time. Before the battle on the field, the bidding wars will take centre stage when Mysuru Warriors, Mangalore United, Belagavi Panthers, Bellary Tuskers, Hubli Tigers, Bijapur Bulls and the latest KPL entrant Namma Shimoga look to strengthen their sides with a host of experienced players and talented newcomers (Note: the All Stars Celebrity XI - Rockstars - will not be part of the auction). Below is a look at a brief history of KPL, how the teams fared, who are the players retained and which players the teams will be gunning for during the auction, which will be held at the KSCA, today.
KPL 2015 Auction - Live Blog
Each team will have a total salary purse of Rs 20 lakhs for the 2015 season. The retained players' fees will remain the same as the previous edition and this amount will be deducted from the Pool A or Pool B purse (depending on which pool the player belongs)
Namma Shimoga, the new outfit in the tournament this year, will have a full purse of Rs 20 lakhs
The purse for Pool A players will be maximum of Rs. 12 lakhs and the minimum bid for a player in Pool A will be Rs. 50,000. The purse for the Pool B players will be a maximum of Rs. 8 lakhs and the minimum bid for a player will be Rs.10,000
Players not bought in Pool 'A' will be added to pool 'B' and their base price will be halved at Rs 25,000
Players will sign a one-year contract with the franchise and each squad will have a minimum of 15 players and a maximum of 20 players, including 2 players from its catchment area
Mangalore United:Retained: Karun Nair (Pool A), Ronit More (Pool A)Balance available: For Pool A players 5,44,250; For Pool B players 8,00,000Auction strategy: Udit Patel was part of the Mangalore team in 2014 and the franchise will be hoping to buy him back during the 2015 auction, while Mangalore will also eye a couple top guns from Pool A.Belgavi Panthers:Retained: R Vinay Kumar (Pool A), Abhishek Reddy (Pool A)Balance available: For Pool A players - 6,75,000; For Pool B players - 8,00,000Auction strategy: Bharat Chipli and M Nidish, who were the top two run-getters for Belagavi last season, are likely to find favour with the franchise again as Belgavi is likely to bid hard for them. They will also look at buying back B Naveen, who was their top wicket-taker in 2014 while the Panthers will be eager to make the most of the purse available by roping in quality players from Pool A and Pool B during the auction.Bellary Tuskers:Retained: Nischal D (Pool A), Devraj Patil (Pool B)Balance available: For Pool A Players - 11,40,000; For Pool B players - 7,90,000Auction strategy: Bellary Tuskers had Robin Uthappa and Mayank Agarwal in their team last year, but chose against retaining them and instead went for 20-year-old Nischal (elevated to Pool A this year). The franchise will be eager to get back the star players, but it remains to be seen if they bid the big numbers these two players are likely to attract during the auction. The fact that they finished second from the bottom last year, despite the presence of some big names, might prompt them for a complete overhaul.Bijapur Bulls:Retained: R Samarth (Pool A), KC Cariappa (Pool A)Balance available: For Pool A Players - 10,20,000; For Pool B players 8,00,000Auction strategy: KC Cariappa, whose exploits in the KPL last year earned him an IPL contract, has been retained and promoted to Pool A this year while the franchise also decided to hold on to talented Karnataka batsman Samarth. The Bulls will also be eager to get hold of Abhimanyu Mithun, KP Apanna and Kunal Kapoor, who were part of the squad last year.Hubli Tigers:Retained: KL Rahul (Pool A), Sreenath Aravind (Pool A)Balance available: For Pool A Players - 7,00,000; For Pool B players 8,00,000Auction strategy: Hubli Tigers, who finished fifth last year, will be hoping to buy some big names during the auction, while they will also be hoping to buy back the likes of R Jonathan and Kranthi Kumar, who did reasonably well for the team last year.Mysuru Warriors:Retained: Manish Pandey (Pool A), J Suchith (Pool A)Balance available: For Pool A Players - 8,00,000; For Pool B players 8,00,000Auction strategy: Having retained the star pair, who did well in IPL for their respective teams, the defending champions will also look at buying back players like Shishir Bhavane, Manjesh Reddy and KB Pawan, who performed well last year. Adithya B Sagar, Amit Verma and Vyshak Vijay Kumar might also find favourable bids from the franchise if Mysuru want to get back a major part of the winning combination of last year.Namma Shimoga:Retained: NoneBalance available: For Pool A Players - 12,00,000; For Pool B players - 8,00,000Auction strategy: With a full purse and a whole lot of players to choose from, Shimoga will go out all guns blazing during the KPL 2015 auction in a bid to get hold of a balanced team with a good combination of stars and talented players. Bharath Chipli, a Shimoga-born cricketer who has represented Deccan Changers, might find himself in the middle of a bidding war as the Shimoga franchise is likely to compete with Belagavi to get hold of the cricketer.
Shreyas Gopal's turn now. Expect some heavy bidding now for the Mumbai Indians player. The bid goes up to 200,000 in no time. Tuskers, Panthers and Shimoga are involved in the three-way tug o' war for Shreyas Gopal. Mysuru Warriors join in at 300,000. He is sold to Namma Shivamogga for 310,000.
Gautam K is picked out now. Mysuru Warriors and Bijapur Bulls in the fray for the player. Mysuru Warriors pick up Gautam K for 110,000.
Vyshak Vijaykumar - Sold to Bijapur Bulls for 165,000
Chetan Williams - Sold to Hubli Tigers for 140,000
Bharath BN - Sold to Mangalore United for 170,000
Shoaib Manager - Sold to to Mysuru Warriors for 125,000
Adithya Sagar - Sold to Namma Shimoga for 125,000
Rajoo Bhatkal - Sold to Bijapur Bulls 90,000
Zeeshan Ali Syed - Belgavi Panthers for 55,000
Adithya Somanna - Sold to Bijapur Bulls for 80,000
Suneel Raju - Bijapur Bulls for 85,000
Naveen MG - Sold to Mysuru Warriors for 235,000
Siddharth KV - Namma Shimoga for 60,000
Stalin Hoover - Belgavi Panthers for 100,000
Bharath KN - Belgavi Panthers for 255,000
Samarth Ooty - Namma Shimoga for 10,000
Deepak Chougle - Bijapur Bulls for 10,000
Kiran AM - Hubli Tigers for 40,000
Akshay Kodoth - Belgavi Panthers for 35,000
Dinesh Borwankar - Namma Shimoga for 60,000
Nikin Jose - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Suraj Sampath - Hubli Tigers for 50,000
Chiranjeevi GS - Belagavi Panthers for 45,000
Nideesh M - Bijapur Bulls for 320,000
Kaunain Abbas - Namma Shimoga for 215,000
Rohit Sabarwal - Mangalore United for 10,000
Rohit Kadam - Mangalore United for 170,000
Liyan Khan - Mysuru Warriors for 35,000
Karthik CA - Bellary Tuskers for 30,000
Ramesh Kaleja - Namma Shimoga for 85,000
Manjunath SP - Bellary Tuskers for 220,000
Prasanna Patil - Bellary Tuskers for 90,000
Shibil Kaushik - Hubli Tigers for 65,000
Anand Veermani - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Dilshan Sunhaee - Hubli Tigers for 95000
Ritesh Bhatkal - Bellary Tuskers for 15,000
Arjun Hoysala - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Md. Dada - Hubli Tigers for 10,000
Manoj KH - Bellary Tuskers for 100,000
Ruchit Joshi - Belagavi Panthers for 10,000
Nithin Mulki - Belagavi Panthers for 10,000
Dhuli B - Bellary Tuskers for 10,000
Murali Krishna - Namma Shimoga for 20,000
Darshan Machaiah - Namma Shimoga for 20,000
Nihal F Shilar - Mangalore United for Rs. 10,000
Harshdeep Singh Rath - Mangalore United for 10,000
Rohan Raju - Hubli Tigers for 10,000
Sunil Kumar DH - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Nishanth Shekawat - Hubli Tigers for 10,000
Nischit Raj - Mangalore United for 10,000
Manjesh Reddy - Mysuru Warriors for 220,000
Praveen Dhubey - Belagavi Panthers for 260,000
Nehal Ullal - Mysuru Warriors for 40,000
Rahul Gautham - Mangalore United for 10,000
Thejas Subramanya - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Kuldeep Kumar - Mysuru Warriors for 10,000
Pradeep Kumar - Mangalore United for 10,000
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