Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 event to be held behind closed doorways

All matches of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 will probably be held behind closed doorways with out spectators within the stands, the event organiser said on Friday.

The two-week event will probably be held on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on August 11 to 27.

The press launch from the organiser didn’t point out any motive for holding the event behind closed doorways.

The resolution comes after the stampede that occurred exterior the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium final month through the celebration of RCB’s title win in IPL 2025. Eleven individuals misplaced their lives and several other had been injured on that fateful night.

To play in entrance of empty stands comes as a dampener on this version of Karnataka’s premier T20 league.

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium can also be scheduled to host 4 matches – three league stage video games and one semifinal – of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in September and October this 12 months.

Karun Nair (Mysore Warriors), Prasidh Krishna (Mysore Warriors) and Mayank Agarwal (Bengaluru Blasters), in the meantime, had been amongst the important thing participant retentions.

The participant public sale is scheduled to be held on July 15. Each crew should construct squads with a minimal of 16 gamers and not more than 18 gamers, excluding two obligatory picks from their respective catchment areas.

Player retention record: Mysore Warriors: Karun Nair, S.U. Karthik, Prasidh Krishna, C.A. Karthik.

Bengaluru Blasters: Mayank Agarwal, Suraj Ahuja, Shubhang Hegde, M.G. Naveen

Hubli Tigers: Ok.L. Shrijith, Ok.P. Karthikeya, Manvanth Kumar, Ok.C. Cariappa

Gulbarga Mystics: Vyshak Vijaykumar, R. Smaran, Luvnith Sisodia, Praveen Dubey

Shivamogga Lions: V. Koushik, Nihal Ullal, Hardik Raj, D. Avinash

Mangaluru Dragons: Abhilash Shetty, Macneil Noronha, Paras Gurbax Arya, Lochan Gowda.