Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 match to be held behind closed doorways

All matches of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 might be held behind closed doorways with out spectators within the stands, the match organiser acknowledged on Friday.

The 2-week match might 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 cause for holding the match behind closed doorways.

The choice comes after the stampede that occurred outdoors the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium final month through the celebration of RCB’s title win in IPL 2025. Eleven individuals misplaced their lives and a number of other have 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 Girls’s Cricket World Cup in September and October this yr.

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

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

Participant retention checklist: 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.