Mantri Karnataka Premier League

Mantri Karnataka Premier League (KPL) is a Twenty20 cricket league. It is established by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in August, 2009. The league is modeled of the popular Indian Premier League (IPL). Eight franchisee teams are representing cities in Karnataka in the domestic cricket competition.
The competition started with round robin group stage, in which each of the 8 teams played against every other team. The top four teams progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final.

Teams and Owners

Team	Zone	Owner	Price (INR)
Bangalore Brigadiers	Bangalore Urban	Brigade Enterprises	7.2 Crore
Bangalore Provident Rural	Bangalore Rural	Melmont Construtions	5.55 Crore
Mangalore United	Mangalore	Fiza Developers	4.23 Crore
Belgavi Panthers	Belgaum	Subash Enterprises	3.81 Crore
Shamnur Davanagere Diamonds	Hubli Dharwad	Shiv Shankarappa	3.77 Crore
Bijapur Bulls	Gulbarga	Vivid Creations & Nandish Reddy Group	3.50 Crore
Mysore Maharajas	Mysore	Girish Auto	3.25 Crore
Malnad Gladiators	Shimoga	Jayaprakash Hegde	3.25 Crore

Anil Kumble told The Hindu, "Why should we have something that is similar to the IPL? Do we have such a large pool of talented cricketers in Karnataka? If you say there are eight players from the State in each playing eleven then that is about 64 cricketers; do we have that many cricketers? The tournament should not become an opportunity for mediocrity. If it is about exposing our state cricketers to Twenty20 then the association can conduct a proper Twenty20 tournament instead of getting the corporates involved.”

The former Indian Test cricketer Erapalli Prasanna said, “My hats off to the KSCA and I wish the tournament goes on for years to come. It will give rural talent an extra avenue to flower.”

Former Indian cricketer Syed Kirmani said, “As former cricketers our expertise is always available and we wish the tournament all success.”