Mumbai, May 3: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) held the player auction for the fourth season of the T20 Mumbai League on Saturday. Notable players like Akash Parakar, Prasad Pawar, Mushir Khan, and Arjun Tendulkar emerged as the highest-priced players.
The auction witnessed intense competition among franchises. All-rounder Akash Parakar topped the chart, being acquired by the Sobo Mumbai Falcons for ₹12 lakh. Arcs Andheri secured wicketkeeper-batsman Prasad Pawar for ₹11.50 lakh, while all-rounder Mushir Khan was bought for ₹11 lakh, and Arjun Tendulkar fetched ₹10 lakh.
Prior to the auction, the league released a list of ‘Icon Players’ who will lead their respective franchises. This list features prominent Indian international players and Mumbai legends, including Suryakumar Yadav (Triumph Knights Mumbai North East), Shreyas Iyer (Sobo Mumbai Falcons), Ajinkya Rahane (North Mumbai Panthers), Shivam Dube (Arcs Andheri), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Bandra Blasters), Shardul Thakur (Eagle Thane Strikers), Sarfaraz Khan (Akash Tigers MWS), and Tushar Deshpande (MSC Maratha Royals).
Arjun Tendulkar remained the center of attraction during the auction, being bought by Arcs Andheri for ₹10 lakh. Meanwhile, young sensations Ayush Mhatre and Suryansh Shedge were retained by Triumph Knights to maintain their core team.
The tournament is set to commence in June, with dates and venues to be announced soon. Earlier on Saturday, the auction for the T20 Mumbai Women’s League took place, where 16-year-old Ira Jadhav made headlines, being acquired by Akash Tigers for ₹10 lakh.
The teams for T20 Mumbai League Season 4 are as follows:
Akash Tigers MWS: Sarfaraz Khan (Icon Player), Shams Mulani (Retained), Jai Bista (Retained), Vinayak Bhoi (₹9 lakh), Akash Anand (₹5 lakh), Saurabh Singh (₹3.75 lakh), Naman Pushpak (₹3.50 lakh), Ajit Yadav (₹3.50 lakh), Akshat Jain (₹3 lakh), Shashank Atarde (₹3 lakh), Prince Badiyani (₹3 lakh), Saksham Parashar (₹3 lakh), Ankur Singh (₹2.50 lakh), Sagar Patil (₹2.25 lakh), Kritik Hanagavadi (₹2 lakh), Varun Lawande (₹2 lakh), Jai Dhatark (₹2 lakh), Harsh Rane (₹2 lakh), MD Jamshed Alam (₹2 lakh), Arnav Dhole (₹2 lakh).
Arcs Andheri: Shivam Dube (Icon Player), Pragnesh Kanpillewar (Retained), Deepak Shetty (Retained), Prasad Pawar (₹11.50 lakh), Mushir Khan (₹11 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (₹10 lakh), Divyansh Skasena (₹7 lakh), Gaurav Jathar (₹5 lakh), Hrishikesh Gore (₹3.25 lakh), Himanshu Singh (₹3 lakh), Kartik Shaji Kumar (₹3 lakh), Siddharth Tiwari (₹3 lakh), Ayush Jethwa (₹3 lakh), Kiyan Parekh (₹2 lakh), Ashutosh Ghagare (₹2 lakh), Ajay Mishra (₹2 lakh), Prasun Singh (₹2 lakh), Moin Ahmed (₹2 lakh), Rishi Shah (₹2 lakh).
Bandra Blasters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Icon Player), Suved Parakar (Retained), Dhruvil Matkar (Retained), Royston Dias (₹8 lakh), Jai Jain (₹8 lakh), Karsh Kothari (₹5 lakh), Sagar Chhabria (₹4.75 lakh), Dhanit Raut (₹3.50 lakh), Pratikkumar Ravishankar Yadav (₹3 lakh), Om Shyamsundar Keshkamath (₹3 lakh), Parag Khanpurkar (₹3 lakh), Tatsat Singh (₹3 lakh), Adit Sairaj Bhutule (₹2.25 lakh), Atif Attarwala (₹2 lakh), Aashray Sajanani (₹2 lakh), Virendra Yadav (₹2 lakh), Soham Chandrashekhar Sabnis (₹2 lakh), Sairaj Nair (₹2 lakh), Harsh Tank (₹2 lakh), Adit Anand (₹2 lakh).
Eagle Thane Strikers: Shardul Thakur (Icon Player), Atharv Ankolekar (Retained), Sairaj Patil (Retained), Omkar Tukaram Tarmale (₹7 lakh), Sumer Samrat Javeri (₹4.50 lakh), Amartya Raje (₹3 lakh), Rohan Rajendra Ghag (₹3 lakh), Shashwat Yogesh Jagatap (₹3 lakh), Vinay Suresh Kunwar (₹3 lakh), Manan Rakesh Bhatt (₹3 lakh), Siddhant Manoj Singh (₹2.50 lakh), Adit Vinod Giri (₹2 lakh), Anuj Vinod Giri (₹2 lakh), Ayan Mohit Jain (₹2 lakh), Dhany Parekh (₹2 lakh), Eknath Dinesh Kerkar (₹2 lakh), Kartik Mithilesh Mishra (₹2 lakh), Shashikant Eknath Kadam (₹2 lakh), Shawn Motiram Rodrigues (₹2 lakh), Shivansh Lallan Singh (₹2 lakh).
MSC Maratha Royals: Tushar Deshpande (Icon Player), Siddhesh Lad (Retained), Rohan Raje (Retained), Chinmay Sutar (₹9.50 lakh), Irfan Umair (₹9 lakh), Adit Dhumal (₹6 lakh), Maxwell Swaminathan (₹6 lakh), Ayaz Ahmed Afzal Ahmed (₹4.50 lakh), Sahil Jadhav (₹4.25 lakh), Aryan Patni (₹3.25 lakh), Pratik Shukla (₹3.25 lakh), Arjun Dani (₹3 lakh), Atharv Bhosale (₹3 lakh), Sachin Yadav (₹2 lakh), Shreyansh Rai (₹2 lakh), Shreyas Gurav (₹2 lakh), Yash Gadia (₹2 lakh), Om Bangar (₹2 lakh), Jitendra Paliwal (₹2 lakh), Swaraj Parulkar (₹2 lakh).
North Mumbai Panthers: Ajinkya Rahane (Icon Player), Abhijnaan Kundu (Retained), Tanush Kotian (Retained), Vaibhav Mali (₹9 lakh), Ayush Vartak (₹9 lakh), Hardik Tamore (₹8.50 lakh), Mohit Awasthi (₹8.50 lakh), Harsh Tanna (₹6.50 lakh), Ayush Jimare (₹3 lakh), Pratik Mishra (₹2.25 lakh), Aryaraj Nikam (₹2 lakh), Aneesh Chaudhary (₹2 lakh), Kevin D’Almeda (₹2 lakh), Pravesh Pal (₹2 lakh), Rahul Sawant (₹2 lakh), Rohit Pol (₹2 lakh), Yashovardhan Singh (₹2 lakh), Adit Singh (₹2 lakh), Siddharth Akare (₹2 lakh).
Sobo Mumbai Falcons: Shreyas Iyer (Icon Player), Angkrish Raghuwanshi (Retained), Harsh Aghav (Retained), Akash Parakar (₹12 lakh), Ishan Mulchandani (₹8.50 lakh), Siddharth Raut (₹7.50 lakh), Adit Tare (₹4.50 lakh), Nikhil Giri (₹3.50 lakh), Yash Dicholkar (₹3.50 lakh), Prathamesh Dake (₹3.25 lakh), Kavya Gori (₹3 lakh), Khan Awais Naushad (₹3 lakh), Arhaan Maker (₹2 lakh), Gautam Waghela (₹2 lakh), Mayuresh Tandale (₹2 lakh), Yash Ramchandani (₹2 lakh), Vedant Gore (₹2 lakh), Muhammad Taha (₹2 lakh).
Triumph Knights Mumbai North East: Suryakumar Yadav (Icon Player), Ayush Mhatre (Retained), Suryansh Shedge (Retained), Akhil Herwadkar (₹6 lakh), Sagar Mishra (₹5 lakh), Silvester D’Souza (₹5 lakh), Vedant Gurav (₹4 lakh), Nutan Goyal (₹3.50 lakh), Parikshit Valsangkar (₹3.25 lakh), Vedant Murkar (₹3 lakh), Prasanna Shukla (₹2.25 lakh), Aishwarya Surve (₹2 lakh), Asif Sheikh (₹2 lakh), Bharat Patil (₹2 lakh), Hitesh Kadam (₹2 lakh), Jigar Rana (₹2 lakh), Makarand Patil (₹2 lakh), Utkarsh Raut (₹2 lakh), Shikhar Thakur (₹2 lakh), Minad Manjrekar (₹2 lakh).
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