Karnataka Premier League 2019: The Eighth Edition of the Karnataka Premier League will feature seven teams- Bengaluru Blasters, Belagavi Panthers, Ballari Tuskers, Hubli Tigers, Bijapur Bulls, Mysuru Warriors, and Shivamogga Lions. The same teams featured in the last season of the Karnataka Premier League. The tournament has been running successfully so far and has previously seen seven successful editions.
In this edition of the KPL, a total of 25 matches will be played across the three venues in Karnataka. The tournament kick starts from August 16 and Bengaluru will be hosting the starting 15 matches in the first leg followed by the next 10 matches being hosted by Mysuru. The second leg will include six-stage matches, eliminator round, playoffs and then the Finale.
The season opener will see the Mysuru Warriors locking horns with the previous year’s runner ups Bengaluru Blasters at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on August 16.
However, this edition of Karnataka Premier League 2019 will see a bit of change in the format like the IPL style format will come into use. Round robin format will come into effect and the road to final will be decided by playing the IPL style eliminators and qualifiers.
The second leg that was supposed to be hosted by Hubli has been canceled due to the heavy rains in the region. So the matches have been shared among Bengaluru and Mysuru venues.
Here’s the list of the Karnataka Premier League 2019 Squads:
Bijapur Bulls- Bharat Chipli (C), KC Cariappa, Prateek Jain, Suneel Raju, Naveen MG, Bharath NP, SL Akshay, Rajoo Bhatkal, Pranav Bhatia, Swapnil Yelave, Suraj Kamath, R Praveen Kumar, Liyan Khan, Shimon Luiz, BA Mohit, Chiranjeevi GS, Samarth Ooty, Jaswath Acharya.
Bengaluru Blasters- V Koushik, Manoj Bhandage, Rongsen Jonathon, Bharath Duri, Naga Bharath, Rohan Kadam, Anand Doddamani, Sharath BR, Anil IG, Nikin Jose, Anuraj Bajpai, Bharath Devaraj, Nishanth Singh Shekhawat, Muthanna Chandrasekhar, Kishore Kamath, Kuldeep Kumar, Rishi Bopanna, Aditya Goyal.
Hubli Tigers- R Vinay Kumar (C), Praveen Dubey, Mohammed Taha, Pawan KB, Aditya Somanna, Vidyadhar Patil, Shishir Bhavane, Mahesh Patel, Abhilash Shetty, Luvnith Sisodia, Shivil Kaushik, KL Srijith, David Mathias, Vishwanath M, Mithrakanth Yadav, Suraj Seshadri, Parikshith Shetty, Dheeraj Shashidhar.
Belagavi Panthers- Shubhang Hegde, Avinash D, Abhinav Manohar, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Mir Kaunain Abbas, Ravikumar Samarth, Zahoor Farooqui, Manish Pandey, Darshan MB, Stalin Hoover, Dikshankshu Negi, Rakshith S, Kiran AM, Abdul Majid, Darshan Machaiah, Lochan Appanna.
Belagavi Tuskers- CM Gautam, Devdutt Paddikkal, Prasidh Krishna, CA Karthik, Abrar Kazi, KP Appanna, Abhishek Reddy, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohammad Niyas Nizar, Bhavesh Gulecha, Pradeep T, Santok Singh, Sharath Srinivas, Zeeshan Ali Sayyad, Ruchir Joshi, Vishnu Priyan, Gaurav Dhiman, Suraj Reddy, Sharana Basawa.
Mysuru Warriors- Jagdeesha Suchith, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Aniruddha Joshi, Amit Verma, Shoaib Manager, M Venkatesh, Devaiah KS, Kushal Wadhwani, Vinay N Sagar, KV Siddharth, Saurabh Yadav, Manjesh Reddy, Sankalp Shettinavar, BU Shivkumar, Ram Sarikh Yadav, Jayesh Babu, Kishan Bedare, Dega Nischal.
Shivamogga Lions- Nihal Ullal, Prithviraj Shekhawat, Pavan Deshpande, Nidish M, Abhimanyu Mithun, Arjun Hoysala, HS Sharath, Manjunath SP, Sujith N Gowda, Akshay Ballal, Prashanth S, Rishabh Singh, Rohit Gowda, Rohit K, Hoysala K, Pradeep Gangadhar, Shivaraj S.
Karnataka Premier League 2019 Schedule
LEG-1 (BENGALURU)
| Match No. | Date | Teams | Time | Venue |
| 1 | Aug 16, Fri | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysuru Warriors | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 2 | Aug 17, Sat | Hubli Tigers vs Shivamogga Lions | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 3 | Aug 17, Sat | Ballari Tuskers vs Belagavi Panthers | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 4 | Aug 18, Sun | Mysuru Warriors vs Shivamogga Lions | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 5 | Aug 18, Sun | Bengaluru Blasters vs Bijapur Bulls | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 6 | Aug 19, Mon | Hubli Tigers vs Ballari Tuskers | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 7 | Aug 19, Mon | Mysuru Warriors vs Belagavi Panthers | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 8 | Aug 20, Tue | Ballari Tuskers vs Bijapur Bulls | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 9 | Aug 20, Tue | Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 10 | Aug 21, Wed | Bijapur Bulls vs Mysuru Warriors | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 11 | Aug 21, Wed | Hubli Tigers vs Belagavi Panthers | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 12 | Aug 22, Thu | Ballari Tuskers vs Bengaluru Blasters | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 13 | Aug 22, Thu | Hubli Tigers vs Bijapur Bulls | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 14 | Aug 23, Fri | Belagavi Panthers vs Bengaluru Blasters | 3 Pm | Bengaluru |
| 15 | Aug 23, Fri | Shivamogga Lions vs Ballari Tuskers | 7 Pm | Bengaluru |
LEG-2 (MYSURU)
| Match | Date | Teams | Time | Venue |
| 16 | Aug 25, Sun | Belagavi Panthers vs Shivamogga Lions | 3 Pm | Mysuru |
| 17 | Aug 25, Sun | Mysuru Warriors vs Hubli Tigers | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| 18 | Aug 26, Mon | Belagavi Panthers vs Bijapur Bulls | 3 Pm | Mysuru |
| 19 | Aug 26, Mon | Mysuru Warriors vs Ballari Tuskers | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| 20 | Aug 27, Tue | Hubli Tigers Bengaluru Blasters | 3 Pm | Mysuru |
| 21 | Aug 27, Tue | Shivamogga Lions vs Bijapur Bulls | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| Q 1 | Aug 28, Wed | Qualifier 1 vs Qualifier 2 | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| E | Aug 29, Thu | Eliminator 1 vs Eliminator 2 | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| Q 2 | Aug 30, Fri | Q 1 Loser vs Eliminator Winner | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
| Finals | Aug 31, Sat | Q 1 Winner vs Q 2 Winner | 7 Pm | Mysuru |
SPONSORS
Country’s biggest fantasy game company Dream 11 has become the Power sponsor of the KPL by signing a three years deal with the KPL organizers. Other associate partners & sponsors include TCL Corporation, Nippon Paint, Life Insurance of India (LIC), Vimal Elaichi and Sanjay Godhawat Group. While Cycle. Here is the breakdown of the sponsors of this edition of KPL.
- Powered by- DreamXI
- Sponsors- Cycle Pure Agarbathies
- Associate Partners- Nippon Paint, Star Air, TCL, Vimal
- Ticketing Partner- Paytm Insider
- Broadcasting Partners- Star Sports & Hotstar
List of Previous Winners and Runner Ups:
Season- 1(2009/10)
Winner- Provident Bangalore (Provident Bangalore won by 5 Wickets)
Runner Ups- Belagavi Panthers
Season- 2 (2010/11)
Winner- Mangalore United (Mangalore United won by 44 runs)
Runner Ups- Provident Bangalore
Season- 3 (2014/15)
Winner- Mysuru Warriors (Mysuru Warriors won by 6 Wickets)
Runner Ups- Belagavi Panthers
Season- 4 (2015/16)
Winner- Bijapur Bulls (Bijapur Bulls won by 7 Wickets)
Runner Ups- Hubli Tigers
Season- 5 (2016/17)
Winner- Bellary Tuskers (Bellary Tuskers won by 35 runs)
Runner Ups- Hubli Tigers
Season- 6 (2017/18)
Winner- Belagavi Panthers (Belagavi Panthers won by 6 Wickets)
Runner Ups- Bijapur Bulls
Season- 7 (2018/19)
Winner- Bijapur Bulls (Bijapur Bulls won by 7 Wickets)
Runner Ups- Bengaluru Blasters
BEST PLAYER: PLAYER STATISTICS
Top Run Scorers:
| No. | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg. | 50s | 100s |
| 1 | Mayank Agarwal | Hubli Tigers | 41 | 41 | 1419 | 119* | 40.54 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Bharath Chipli | Bijapur Bulls | 51 | 49 | 1213 | 89 | 25.27 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | R Jonathan | Shivamogga Lions | 50 | 47 | 1110 | 77 | 29.21 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Amit Verma | Mysuru Warriors | 54 | 49 | 1082 | 73* | 25.16 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Mohammad Taha | Hubli Tigers | 37 | 36 | 1079 | 93 | 30.82 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Ritesh Bhatkal | Ballari Tuskers | 51 | 47 | 1021 | 83* | 26.17 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | R Vinay Kumar | Hubli Tigers | 49 | 44 | 1008 | 70 | 27.27 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | KB Pawan | Bengaluru Blasters | 49 | 48 | 1006 | 73 | 22.35 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Robin Uthappa | Bengaluru Blasters | 36 | 34 | 951 | 81 | 31.70 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | M Nidish | Belagavi Panthers | 51 | 46 | 940 | 70 | 28.48 | 4 | 0 |
Most Wickets:
| No. | Player | Mat | Wkts | Best | Eco | Avg. | S.R |
| 1 | R Vinay Kumar | 49 | 54 | 3/14 | 6.90 | 21.70 | 18.8 |
| 2 | Sreenath Aravind | 37 | 49 | 4/24 | 6.67 | 16.97 | 15.2 |
| 3 | A Mithun | 43 | 46 | 5/37 | 7.67 | 23.13 | 18 |
| 4 | Stuart Binny | 35 | 38 | 4/14 | 7.37 | 19.63 | 15.9 |
| 5 | J Suchith | 29 | 27 | 3/2 | 6.48 | 21.37 | 19.7 |
| 6 | Shreyas Gopal | 16 | 21 | 5/11 | 6.34 | 12.28 | 11.6 |
| 7 | Krishnappa Gowtham | 27 | 20 | 4/19 | 7.06 | 28.95 | 24.6 |
| 8 | V Koushik | 10 | 17 | 4/19 | 6.36 | 13.17 | 12.4 |
| 9 | K. C Cariappa | 18 | 17 | 4/15 | 5.80 | 23.23 | 24.0 |
| 10 | B Akhil | 16 | 16 | 3/16 | 7.00 | 22.25 | 19.0 |
