Mysuru, July 16 -- Defending Champions Mysore Warriors of city's NR Group roped in international cricketer Manish Pandey for Rs. 12.20 lakh during the players auction held at a private hotel in Bengaluru yesterday. Among the other top players bought during the auction include K. Gowtham (Rs. 4.40 lakh) and Shikhar Shetty (Rs. 4.70 lakh).

Mysore Warriors have signed a total 18 players to represent franchise at this year's KSCA Maharaja Trophy T20 Tournament to be held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium from Aug. 11 to Aug. 27. Earlier the team management had announced the retentions of Karun Nair (Rs. 6.80 lakh), Prasidh M. Krishna (Rs. 3 lakh), C.A. Karthik (Rs. 4.20 lakh) and S.U. Karthik (Rs. 50,000).

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