Karnataka Premier League

Karnataka Premier League
	Official KPL logo
Countries	India
Administrator	Karnataka State Cricket Association
Headquarters	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2009/10
Latest edition	2018/19
Next edition	2020/21
Tournament format	Round-robin & playoffs
Number of teams	7
Current champion	Hubli Tigers (Maiden title)
Most successful	Bijapur Bulls (2 titles)
Website	www.kpl.cricket

The Karnataka Premier League (KPL) is an Indian Twenty20 cricket league established by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in August 2009 and modelled after the Indian Premier League (IPL). As of April 2018, there are 8 teams competing in the league.

Auction[]

The winning bidders of the eight franchisee teams were announced at the conclusion of the auction, held on 14th August 2009. The auction earned the KSCA ₹35 crore (US$4.6 million), which received bids from 22 potential sponsors. The highest bid was for the Bengaluru (Bengaluru Urban) team, at ₹7.2 crore (US$940,000).

Franchisee	Zone	Captain	Owner(s)	Price (USD)
Bangalore Brigadiers	Bengaluru Urban	Deepak Chougule	Brigade Enterprises	₹7.2 crore (US$940,000)
Provident Bangalore	Bengaluru Rural	Balachandra Akhil	Melmont Constructions
Mangalore United	Mangaluru	Bharat Chipli	Fiza Developers	₹4.2 crore (US$550,000)
Belagavi Panthers	Belagavi	Jagadeesh Arunkumar	Gaames Merchandise Pvt Ltd	₹3.8 crore (US$500,000)
Shamanur Davangere Diamonds	Davangere	Sunil Joshi	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa	₹3.7 crore (US$490,000)
Bijapur Bulls	Bijapur	SP Shinde	Vivid kreations	₹3.5 crore (US$460,000)
Mysuru Warriors	Mysuru	Manish Pandey	NR Group^[1]	₹3.25 crore (US$430,000)
Namma Shivamogga	Shivamogga	Stuart Binny	R Kumar (Cosmic IT Groups)	₹3.25 crore (US$430,000)
Rockstars	Sandalwood	Sudeep	Karbonn Mobiles	₹7.2 crore (US$940,000)
Bellary Tuskers	Ballari	C. Raghu	Arvind Reddy
Hubli Tigers	Hubballi		Sushil Jindal & Abhishek Jindal
Bengaluru Blasters	Bengaluru		Kalyani Motors

Teams[]

Defunct teams[]

Team	City/Town	District	Folded
Bangalore Brigadiers	Bengaluru	Bengaluru Urban	2011
Provident Bangalore	Bengaluru	Bengaluru Rural	2011
Shamanur Davangere Diamonds	Davangere	Davangere	2011

Team performances by season[]

Team	2009/10	2010/11	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20
Bangalore Brigadiers	SF	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–
Provident Bangalore	W	R	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mangalore United	6th	W	R	SF	7th	–	–	–
Belagavi Panthers	R	5th	SF	SF	SF	W	5th
Shamanur Davangere Diamonds	7th	SF	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bijapur Bulls	SF	7th	SF	W	5th	R	W
Malnad Gladiators	8th	SF	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mysuru Warriors	5th	6th	W	7th	SF	5th	SF
Namma Shivamogga	–	–	–	6th	6th	SF	7th
Ballari Tuskers	–	–	6th	5th	W	6th	6th
Hubli Tigers	–	–	5th	R	R	SF	SF
Rockstars	–	–	7th	8th	8th	–	–	–
Bengaluru Blasters	–	–	–	–	–	7th	R

Season 1 (2009/10)[]

The Karnataka Premier League finals were held on 23 September 2009 as a 20-over match between Provident Bangalore and the Belagavi Panthers, played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Provident Bangalore won by five wickets (with four balls remaining). The Player of the Match was Amit Verma for (Rural). The Player of the Series was J. Arunkumar of the Belagavi Panthers. The Belgavi Panthers have in their ranks experienced players like captain J. Arunkumar, Manish Pandey and R. Vinay Kumar. J. Arunkumar scored the most runs (326) in the first year of Mantri KPL while Manish Pandey holds the record for the highest scorer (112 not out), David Johnson was the highest wicket taker with 17 scalps after a 6-7 year return to cricket and Vinay Kumar was the second highest wicket taker (14 wickets).

Teams and standings[]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Bangalore Brigadiers	7	6	1	0	12	+0.967
Provident Bangalore (C)	7	5	2	0	10	+0.573
Bijapur Bulls	7	4	3	0	8	+0.217
Belagavi Panthers (R)	7	4	3	0	8	+0.065
Mysore Maharaajas	7	3	4	0	6	−0.310	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Mangalore United	7	2	5	0	4	−0.332	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Shamanur Davangere Diamonds	7	2	5	0	4	−1.266	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Malnad Gladiators	7	2	5	0	4	−0.122	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

(C) = Champions; (R) = Runner-up.

Season 2 (2010/11)[]

The season 2 of KPL was held from 18 September 2010 to 3 October 2010 in Mysuru. Mangalore United won season 2 of KPL.

Teams and standings[]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Shamanur Davanagere Diamonds	7	5	1	1	11	+0.379
Provident Bangalore (R)	7	4	3	0	8	+0.268
Malnad Gladiators	7	4	3	0	8	−0.016
Mangalore United (C)	7	3	3	1	7	+0.574
Belagavi Panthers	7	3	3	1	7	−0.263	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Mysore Maharaajas	7	3	4	0	6	−0.201	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Bijapur Bulls	7	3	4	0	6	−0.316	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Bangalore Brigadiers	7	1	5	1	3	−0.339	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Season 3 (2014/15)[]

The third season was held from 28 August 2014 to 12 September 2014 and the auction for the same was conducted on August 7. The 7-team Twenty20 tournament went till September 12.

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Bijapur Bulls	6	5	1	0	10	+1.231
Mangalore United	6	5	1	0	10	+0.504
Mysuru Warriors (C)	6	4	2	0	8	+1.141
Belagavi Panthers (R)	6	3	3	0	6	+1.310
Hubli Tigers	6	3	3	0	6	+1.004	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Bellary Tuskers	6	1	5	0	2	−1.077	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Rockstars	6	0	6	0	0	−4.261	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

Season 4 (2015/16)[]

The fourth season saw a new team making a debut, Namma Shivamogga, adding up to 8 teams overall. The season went from 2 to 19 September at Hubballi and Mysuru.

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Belagavi Panthers	7	5	1	1	11	+1.375
Bijapur Bulls (C)	7	5	1	1	11	+1.000
Hubli Tigers (R)	7	4	2	1	9	−0.164
Mangalore United	7	3	2	2	8	+0.407
Bellary Tuskers	7	3	4	0	6	+0.253	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Namma Shivamogga	7	3	4	0	6	+0.001	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Mysuru Warriors	7	2	5	0	4	−0.111	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Rockstars	7	0	6	1	1	−2.762	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

Season 5 (2016/17)[]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Mysuru Warriors	7	7	0	0	14	+1.764
Hubli Tigers (R)	7	5	2	0	10	+0.791
Belagavi Panthers	7	4	3	0	8	+0.827
Bellary Tuskers (C)	7	4	3	0	8	+0.780
Bijapur Bulls	7	3	3	1	7	+1.023	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Namma Shivamogga	7	3	4	0	6	-0.781	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Mangalore United	7	1	5	1	3	-0.511	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
Rockstars	7	0	7	0	0	-3.858	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

Season 6 (2017/18)[]

The sixth season saw a remarkable fan engagement via social media reaching almost 1.5 crores. The Social Media engagement was boosted by a company called Popupster^[2]^{[third-party source needed]} using different community management skills and technologies including the use of the 360-degree camera (First time in India).^[3]^{[third-party source needed]}

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Hubli Tigers	6	4	2	0	8	+0.203
Bijapur Bulls (R)	6	4	2	0	8	-0.098
Namma Shivamogga	6	3	1	2	8	+1.209
Belagavi Panthers (C)	6	3	2	1	7	+0.598
Mysuru Warriors	6	3	3	0	6	-0.456	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Ballari Tuskers	6	2	3	1	5	-0.258	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Bengaluru Blasters	6	0	6	0	0	-0.951	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

Season 7 (2018/19)[]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Bengaluru Blasters (R)	6	5	0	1	11	+0.895
Hubli Tigers	6	4	1	1	9	+0.815
Bijapur Bulls (C)	6	3	1	2	8	-0.028
Mysuru Warriors	6	3	3	0	6	+0.246
Belagavi Panthers	6	2	3	1	5	-0.829	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Ballari Tuskers	6	1	4	1	3	-0.421	Teams that qualified for the semi-finals.
Shivamogga Lions	6	0	6	0	0	-0.549	Teams that failed to qualify for the semi-finals.

Full table on cricinfo

KPL Winners[]

Season	Teams	Final's venue	Winner	Margin	Runner-Up
2009/10	8	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	Provident Bangalore 125/5 (19.2 overs)	5 wickets Scorecard	Belagavi Panthers 122/7 (20 overs)
2010/11	8	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	Mangalore United 112/9 (20 overs)	44 runs Scorecard	Provident Bangalore 68 all out (16.1 overs)
2011/12	Not played
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15	7	D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubballi	Mysore Warriors 174/4 (19.5 overs)	6 wickets Scorecard	Belagavi Panthers 170/7 (20 overs)
2015/16	8	Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysuru	Bijapur Bulls 115/3 (17.1 overs)	7 wickets Scorecard	Hubli Tigers 114/9 (20 overs)
2016/17	8	D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubballi	Bellary Tuskers 189/5 (20 overs)	35 runs Scorecard	Hubli Tigers 154/9 (20 overs)
2017/18	7	D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubballi	Belagavi Panthers 145/4 (17.3 overs)	6 wickets Scorecard	Bijapur Bulls 141/7 (20 overs)
2018/19	7	Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysuru	Bijapur Bulls 106/3 (13.5 overs)	7 wickets Scorecard	Bengaluru Blasters 101 all out (20 overs)
2019/20	7	Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysuru	Hubli Tigers 152/6 (20.0)	8 runs Scorecard	Bellary Tuskers 144 all out (20 overs)

References[]

^ "Owners :: Mysuru Warriors". www.mysuruwarriors.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Popupster:: Social Media Marketing Company". www.popupster.in.
^ "Success Story of KPL 2017". www.popupster.in/post/success-story-of-karnataka-premier-league-2017.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Owners :: Mysuru Warriors". www.mysuruwarriors.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

[2] "Popupster:: Social Media Marketing Company". www.popupster.in.

[3] "Success Story of KPL 2017". www.popupster.in/post/success-story-of-karnataka-premier-league-2017.

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v t Karnataka Premier League
Present Teams	Ballari Tuskers Belagavi Panthers Bengaluru Blasters Bijapur Bulls Mangalore United Mysuru Warriors Namma Shivamogga Hubli Tigers
Defunct Teams	Bangalore Brigadiers Malnad Gladiators Provident Bangalore Rockstars Shamanur Davangere Diamonds
Seasons	2009 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017