The 2019 edition of the Karnataka Premier League is taking place from August 16 and all the seven teams from Karnataka are fighting for the KPL title. The complete KPL 2019 schedule and timetable is released by the KSCA, the KPL 2019 is set to be played from 16 August to 1 September 2019. The 8th season of the popular South Indian domestic T20 cricket tournament, KPL 2019 to be held across three cities of the Karnataka state for over 19 days.
The opening match of the tournament to be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The first match of the day would start at 2 pm followed by the second match in the afternoon at 6:30 pm IST. The league will be played in three phases – Bangalore, Hubbali and Mysuru. KPL is the second most popular Indian domestic cricket leagues after the TNPL among various leagues.
KPL 2019 Schedule: Full Time Table of Karnataka Premier League
The confirmed KPL schedule for season 8 has announced by KSCA, the KPL T20 2019 is set to start on August 16. The league to be played in the memory of S.D.N.R Wadiyar, the former president of the KSCA.
| MATCH NO. | DATE | MATCH | STADIUM | TIME |
| 1 | 16-August, Friday | Bengaluru Blasters vs Mysuru Warriors | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 2 | 17-August, Saturday | Hubli Tigers vs Shivamogga Lions | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 3 | 17-August, Saturday | Ballari Tuskers vs Belagavi Panthers | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 4 | 18-August, Sunday | Mysuru Warriors vs Shivamogga Lions | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 5 | 18-August, Sunday | Bengaluru Blasters vs Bijapur Bulls | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 6 | 19-August, Monday | Hubli Tigers vs Ballari Tuskers | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 7 | 19-August, Monday | Mysuru Warriors vs Belagavi Panthers | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 8 | 20-August, Tuesday | Ballari Tuskers vs Bijapur Bulls | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 9 | 20-August, Tuesday | Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 10 | 22-August, Thursday | Hubli Tigers vs Belagavi Panthers | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 11 | 23-August, Friday | Bijapur Bulls vs Mysuru Warriors | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 12 | 23-August, Friday | Shivamogga Lions vs Ballari Tuskers | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 13 | 24-August, Saturday | Belagavi Panthers vs Bengaluru Blasters | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 14 | 24-August, Saturday | Hubli Tigers vs Bijapur Bulls | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 15 | 25-August, Sunday | Belagavi Panthers vs Shivamogga Lions | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 16 | 25-August, Sunday | Hubli Tigers vs Bengaluru Blasters | KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 17 | 27-August, Tuesday | Mysuru Warriors vs Ballari Tuskers | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 18 | 28-August, Wednesday | Belagavi Panthers vs Bijapur Bulls | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 19 | 28-August, Wednesday | Mysuru Warriors vs Hubli Tigers | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| 20 | 29-August, Thursday | Bengaluru Blasters vs Ballari Tuskers | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| 21 | 29-August, Thursday | Shivamogga Lions vs Bijapur Bulls | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| Eliminator | 30-August, Friday | TBD vs TBD (3 vs 4) | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 9:30 am GMT / 3 pm Local & IST |
| Qualifier 1 | 30-August, Friday | TBD vs TBD (1 vs 2) | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| Qualifier 2 | 31-August, Saturday | TBD vs TBD | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
| Final | 01-September, Sunday | TBD vs TBD | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore | 1:30 pm GMT / 7 pm Local & IST |
Bijapur Bulls are the defending champions who won the title defeating Bengaluru Blasters in the final. The KPL 2019 to broadcast live on Star Sports and live streaming on Hotstar.
Total eight teams to be played in the KPL while the league’s most successful team is Bijapur Bulls who won the title twice. This domestic cricket tournament is founded on a base of the popular Indian Premier League (IPL). In the tournament, there is a league stage where top four teams qualify for the knockout stage at the end of the league stage.
The Mysuru’s leg to be played at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground while Bengaluru’s leg at the Chinnaswamy Stadium and Hubli’s at the KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground.
Teams
Here are the participating teams in the KPL 2019:
| Team | City | Captain | Owner |
| Mangalore United | Mangaluru | Bharat Chipli | Fiza Developers |
| Belagavi Panthers | Belagavi | Jagadeesh Arunkumar | Gaames Merchandise Pvt Ltd |
| Bijapur Bulls | Bijapur | SP Shinde | Vivid Kreations |
| Mysuru Warriors | Mysuru | Manish Pandey | NR Group[3] |
| Namma Shivamogga | Shivamogga | Stuart Binny | R Kumar (Cosmic IT Groups) |
| Bellary Tuskers | Ballari | C. Raghu | Arvind Reddy |
| Hubli Tigers | Hubballi | Sushil Jindal & Abhishek Jindal | |
| Bengaluru Blasters | Bengaluru | Kalyani Motors |
KPL 2019 Squad
Mysuru Warriors: Amit Verma (C), Aniruddha Joshi, J Suchith, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Shoaib Manager, M Venkatesh, Devaiah KS, KV Siddharth, Kushal Wadhwani, Vinay N Sagar, Saurabh Yadav, Manjesh Reddy, Sankalp Shettinavar, BU Shivkumar, Ram Sarikh Yadav, Jayesh Babu, Kishan Bedare, Dega Nischal.
Belagavi Panthers: Mir Kaunian Abbas (C), Shubhang Hegde, Avinash D, Manish Pandey, D Negi, Abhinav Manohar, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Stalin Hoover, Darshan MB, Ravikumar Samarth, Zahoor Farooqui, Kiran AM, Rakshith S, Lochan Appanna, Darshan Machaiah, Abdul Majid.
Shivamogga Lions: Abhimanyu Mithun (C), Pavan Deshpande, Nihal Ullal, Prithviraj Shekhawat, Nidhish M, HS Sharath, Arjun Hoysala, Manjunath SP, Akshay Ballal, Sujith N Gowda, Rishabh Singh, Rohit Gowda, Rohit K, Prashant S, Hoysala K, Pradeep Gangadhar, Shivaraj S.
Hubli Tigers: R Vinay Kumar (C), Praveen Dubey, Mohammed Taha, Pawan KB, Aditya Somanna, Shishir Bhavane, Vidyadhar Patil, Mahesh Patel, Abhilash Shetty, David Mathias, Shivil Kaushik, Suraj Seshadri, Mithrakanth Yadav, Vishwanath M, KL Srijith, Luvnith Sisodia, Parikshith Shetty, Dheeraj Shashidhar.
Bijapur Bulls: Bharath Chipli (C), KC Cariappa, Suneel Raju, Prateek Jain, Bhareth NP, Naveen MG, SL Akshay, Rajoo Bhatkal, Pranav Bhatia, Shimon Luiz, BA Mohit, Chiranjeevi GS, Swapnil Yelave, Samarth Ooty, Liyan Khan, R Praveen Kumar, Suraj Kamath, Jaswath Acharya.
Bengaluru Blasters: Rongsen Jonathon (C), V Koushik, Manoj Bhandage, Rohan Kadam, Sharath BR, Bharath Duri, Anand Doddamani, Naga Bharath, Bharath D, Anil IG, Nikin Jose, Anuraj Bajpai, Nishant S Shekhawat, Muthanna Chandrasekhar, Kishore Kamath, Kuldeep Kumar, Rishi Bopanna, Aditya Goyal.
Ballari Tuskers: CM Gautam (C), Devdutt P, CA Karthik, Abhishek Reddy, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prasidh Krishna, Pradeep T, Abrar Kazi, KP Appanna, Mohammad N Nizar, Bhavesh Gulecha, Zeeshan A Sayyad, Ruchir Joshi, Santok Singh, Vishnu Priyan, Gaurav Dhiman, Sharath Srinivas, Suraj Reddy, Sharana Basawa.
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