Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2019 will be the 8th season of the Karnataka Premier League, the Twenty20 cricket league established by the Karnataka State Cricket Association in August 2009. The 8th edition of Karnataka Premier League (KPL) is going to start from 16 August and finals will be played on 01st September 2019. The tournament will take place for two weeks, with all the matches being spread across Bengaluru and Mysore. Defending champions Bijapur Bulls will take on Bengaluru Blasters at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in the first match of this season on 16 August 2019.
This season of KPL format is slightly different from previous editions because organizers added the IPL style eliminators and qualifiers. The new system will replace the existing method of top 4 teams playing the semifinals. All the 25 matches will be played across three venues in the Indian state Karnataka. The playoffs will start from 30 August and the final match of the tournament will be held on 01 September 2019.
Important details about KPL T20 2019:
- Event Name: Karnataka Premier League 2019
- Venue: Karnataka
- Start Date: 16 August 2019
- End Date: 01 September 2019
- TV & Live Streaming: Star Sports 1, Star Sports HD1, Hotstar
KPL 2019 Schedule, Match Time & Venue:
Here is the confirmed KPL schedule for season 8 has announced by KSCA, the KPL T20 tournament 2019 is set to start on August 16. The league to be played in the memory of S.D.N.R Wadiyar (former president of the KSCA).
The first match of the tournament to be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru at 7 pm (IST).
The full KPL 2019 schedule with Date, Time and Venue is updated here:
| Date | Match | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 16-Aug-19 | Bengaluru Blasters Vs Mysuru Warriors | Bengaluru | 19:00 |
| 17-Aug-19 | Hubli Tigers Vs Shivamogga Lions | Bengaluru | 15:00 |
| 17-Aug-19 | Bellary Tuskers Vs Belagavi Panthers | Bengaluru | 19:00 |
| 18-Aug-19 | Mysuru Warriors Vs Shivamogga Lions | Bengaluru | 15:00 |
| 18-Aug-19 | Bengaluru Blasters vs Bijapur Bulls | Bengaluru | 19:00 |
| 19-Aug-19 | Hubli Tigers vs Bellary Tuskers | Bengaluru | 15:00 |
| 19-Aug-19 | Mysuru Warriors vs Belagavi Panthers | Bengaluru | 19:00 |
| 20-Aug-19 | Bellary Tuskers vs Bijapur Bulls | Bengaluru | 15:00 |
| 20-Aug-19 | Bengaluru Blasters vs Shivamogga Lions | Bengaluru | 19:00 |
| 22-Aug-19 | Hubli Tigers vs Belagavi Panthers | Hubli | 19:00 |
| 23-Aug-19 | Bijapur Bulls vs Mysuru Warriors | Hubli | 15:00 |
| 23-Aug-19 | Shivamogga Lions vs Bellary Tuskers | Hubli | 19:00 |
| 24-Aug-19 | Belagavi Panthers vs Bengaluru Blasters | Hubli | 15:00 |
| 24-Aug-19 | Hubli Tigers vs Bijapur Bulls | Hubli | 19:00 |
| 25-Aug-19 | Belagavi Panthers vs Shivamogga Lions | Hubli | 15:00 |
| 25-Aug-19 | Hubli Tigers vs Bengaluru Blasters | Hubli | 19:00 |
| 27-Aug-19 | Mysuru Warriors vs Bellary Tuskers | Mysore | 19:00 |
| 28-Aug-19 | Belagavi Panthers vs Bijapur Bulls | Mysore | 15:00 |
| 28-Aug-19 | Mysuru Warriors vs Hubli Tigers | Mysore | 19:00 |
| 29-Aug-19 | Bengaluru Blasters vs Bellary Tuskers | Mysore | 15:00 |
| 29-Aug-19 | Shivamogga Lions vs Bijapur Bulls | Mysore | 19:00 |
| 30-Aug-19 | TBC vs TBC, Eliminator (3 v 4) | Mysore | 15:00 |
| 30-Aug-19 | TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 (1 v 2) | Mysore | 19:00 |
| 31-Aug-19 | TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 | Mysore | 19:00 |
| 01-Sep-19 | TBC vs TBC, Final | Mysore | 19:00 |
Karnataka Premier League (KPL) 2019 Teams and Their Squad:
- Ballari Tuskers: CM Gautam, Devdutt Paddikkal, Prasidh Krishna, CA Karthik, Abrar Kazi, KP Appanna, Abhishek Reddy, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohammad Niyas Nizar, Bhavesh Gulecha, Pradeep T, Santok Singh, Sharath Srinivas, Zeeshan Ali Sayyad, Ruchir Joshi, Vishnu Priyan, Gaurav Dhiman, Suraj Reddy, Sharana Basawa.
- Belagavi Panthers: Shubhang Hegde, Avinash D, Abhinav Manohar, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Mir Kaunain Abbas, Ravikumar Samarth, Zahoor Farooqui, Manish Pandey, Darshan MB, Stalin Hoover, Dikshankshu Negi, Rakshith S, Kiran AM, Abdul Majid, Darshan Machaiah, Lochan Appanna.
- Bengaluru Blasters: V Koushik, Manoj Bhandage, Rongsen Jonathon, Bharath Duri, Naga Bharath, Rohan Kadam, Anand Doddamani, Sharath BR, Anil IG, Nikin Jose, Anuraj Bajpai, Bharath Devaraj, Nishanth Singh Shekhawat, Muthanna Chandrasekhar, Kishore Kamath, Kuldeep Kumar, Rishi Bopanna, Aditya Goyal.
- Bijapur Bulls: Bharat Chipli, KC Cariappa, Prateek Jain, Suneel Raju, Naveen MG, Bhareth NP, SL Akshay, Rajoo Bhatkal, Pranav Bhatia, Swapnil Yelave, Suraj Kamath, R Praveen Kumar, Liyan Khan, Shimon Luiz, BA Mohit, Chiranjeevi GS, Samarth Ooty, Jaswath Acharya.
- Hubli Tigers: R Vinay Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Mohammed Taha, Pawan KB, Aditya Somanna, Vidyadhar Patil, Shishir Bhavane, Mahesh Patel, Abhilash Shetty, Luvnith Sisodia, Shivil Kaushik, KL Srijith, David Mathias, Vishwanath M, Mithrakanth Yadav, Suraj Seshadri, Parikshith Shetty, Dheeraj Shashidhar.
- Mysuru Warriors: Jagdeesha Suchith, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Aniruddha Joshi, Amit Verma, Shoaib Manager, M Venkatesh, Devaiah KS, Kushal Wadhwani, Vinay N Sagar, KV Siddharth, Saurabh Yadav, Manjesh Reddy, Sankalp Shettinavar, BU Shivkumar, Ram Sarikh Yadav, Jayesh Babu , Kishan Bedare, Dega Nischal,
- Shivamogga Lions: Nihal Ullal, Prithviraj Shekhawat, Pavan Deshpande, Nidish M, Abhimanyu Mithun, Arjun Hoysala, HS Sharath, Manjunath SP, Sujith N Gowda, Akshay Ballal, Prashanth S, Rishabh Singh, Rohit Gowda, Rohit K, Hoysala K, Pradeep Gangadhar, Shivaraj S.
Winners of Karnataka Premier League:-
| Season | Total Teams | Winner | Runner-Up | Venue |
| 2018 | 7 | Bijapur Bulls | Bengaluru Blasters | Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore |
| 2017/18 | 7 | Belagavi Panthers | Bijapur Bulls | D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubbali |
| 2016/17 | 8 | Bellary Tuskers | Hubli Tigers | D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubballi |
| 2015/16 | 8 | Bijapur Bulls | Hubli Tigers | Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysuru |
| 2014/15 | 7 | Mysore Warriors | Belagavi Panthers | D.R. Bendre Cricket Stadium, Hubballi |
| 2010/11 | 8 | Mangalore United | Provident Bangalore | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 2009/10 | 8 | Provident Bangalore | Belagavi Panthers | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |