The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) concluded the player auction for the upcoming fourth season of the T20 Mumbai League. Domestic players like Akash Parkar, Prasad Pawar, Mushir Khan and Arjun Tendulkar were among the most expensive signings in the men’s auction on Saturday, May 2.
The men’s franchises are engaged in intense bidding to finalize their teams for the 2026 season by combining emerging local talent with experienced international players. Before the men’s auction, tournament officials held the inaugural T20 Mumbai Women’s League auction on the same day.
Akash Parkar sold most expensively in T20 Mumbai League auction
The T20 Mumbai League 2026 auction saw strong demand for all-rounders and young talent. Akash Parkar emerged as the most expensive signing as Sobo Mumbai Falcons acquired him for ₹12 lakh after a tough bidding competition.
Arcs Andheri signed Prasad Pawar for ₹11.50 lakh and Musheer Khan for ₹11 lakh. They added Arjun Tendulkar for ₹10 lakh, while Chinmay Sutar went to MSC Maratha Royals for ₹9.50 lakh.
Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar entered the auction after switching to domestic cricket in Goa with BCCI approval and having not played any state T20 league last year. The fourth season organized by MCA is scheduled to begin in early June, with exact dates yet to be announced.
Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shardul Thakur became icon players.
Ahead of the auction, the organizers confirmed a list of icon players who will represent and lead their teams in the T20 Mumbai League 2026. Each franchise secured a renowned Indian cricketer as its face, ensuring strong leadership and experience in the fourth season.
Suryakumar Yadav was named as the icon player for Triumph Knights Mumbai North East, while Shreyas Iyer will lead Sobo Mumbai Falcons. Ajinkya Rahane was picked up by North Mumbai Panthers, while Shivam Dubey joined Arcs Andheri.
The rest of the teams also secured prominent names, including Yashasvi Jaiswal at Bandra Blasters, Shardul Thakur at Eagle Thane Strikers, Sarfaraz Khan at Akash Tigers and Tushar Deshpande at MSC Maratha Royals.
Full team of T20 Mumbai League 2026
Sky Tigers MWS: Sarfaraz Khan (Icon), Shams Mulani, Jai Bista, Vinayak Bhoir, Akash Anand, Saurabh Singh, Naman Pushpak, Ajit Yadav, Akshat Jain, Shashank Atarde, Prince Badiani, Saksham Parashar, Ankur Singh, Sagar Patil, Kruthik Hanagavadi, Varun Lavande, Jai Dhatrak, Harsh Rane, MD Jamshed Alam, Arnav Dhole.
Arcs Andheri: Shivam Dubey (Icon), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Deepak Shetty, Prasad Pawar, Musheer Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Divyansh Skasena, Gaurav Jathar, Hrishikesh Gore, Himanshu Singh, Karthik Shaji Kumar, Siddid Tiwari, Ayush Jethwa, Kiyan Parekh, Ashutosh Ghagre, Ajay Mishra, Prasoon Singh, Moeen Ahmed, Rishi Shah.
Bandra Blasters: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Icon), Suved Parkar, Dhrumil Matkar, Royston Dias, Jai Jain, Karsh Kothari, Sagar Chhabria, Dhanit Raut, Prateekkumar Ravi Shankar Yadav, Om Shyamsundar Keshkamat, Parag Khanapurkar, Tatsat Singh, Adit Sairaj Bahutule, Atif Attarwala, Ashray Sajnani, Virender Yadav, Soham Chandrashekhar Sabnis, Sairaj Nair, Harsh Tank, Aditya Anand.
Eagle Thane Strikers: Shardul Thakur (Icon), Atharva Ankolekar, Sairaj Patil, Omkar Tukaram Tarmale, Sumir Samrat Zaveri, Amartya Raje, Rohan Rajendra Ghag, Shashwat Yogesh Jagtap, Vinay Suresh Kunwar, Manan Rakesh Bhatt, Siddhant Manoj Singh, Aditya Vinod Giri, Anuj Vinod Giri, Ayan Mohit Jain, Dhanay Parekh, Eknath Dinesh Kerkar, Karthik Mithilesh. Mishra, Shashikant Eknath Kadam, Shawn Motiram Rodrigues, Shivansh Lallan Singh.
MSC Maratha Royals: Tushar Deshpande (Icon), Siddhesh Lad, Rohan Raje, Chinmay Sutar, Irfan Umair, Aditya Dhumal, Maxwell Swaminathan, Ayaz Ahmed Afzal Ahmed Khan, Sahil Jadhav, Aryan Patni, Prateek Shukla, Arjun Dani, Atharva Bhosale, Sachin Yadav, Shreyansh Rai, Shreyas Gurav, Yash Gadiya, Om Bangar, Jeetendra Paliwal, Swaraj Parulkar.
North Mumbai Panthers: Ajinkya Rahane (Icon), Abhigyan Kundu, Tanush Kotian, Vaibhav Mali, Ayush Vartak, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Awasthi, Harsh Tanna, Ayush Zimare, Prateek Mishra, Aryaraj Nikam, Anish Choudhary, Kevin D’Almeida, Pravesh Pal, Rahul Sawant, Rohit Pol, Yashovardhan Singh, Aditya Singh, Siddharth Akre.
SOBO Mumbai Falcons: Shreyas Iyer (Icon), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harsh Aghav, Akash Parkar, Ishan Moolchandani, Siddharth Raut, Aditya Tare, Nikhil Giri, Yash DiCholkar, Prathamesh Dake, Kavya Gori, Khan Awais Naushad, Arhaan Maker, Gautam Vaghela, Mayuresh Tandel, Yash Ramchandani, Vedant Gore, Muhammad Taha.
Triumph Knights Mumbai North East: Suryakumar Yadav (Icon), Ayush Mhatre, Suryansh Shedge, Akhil Herwadkar, Sagar Mishra, Sylvester D’Souza, Vedant Gurav, Nutan Goyal, Parikshit Valsangkar, Vedant Murkar, Prasanna Shukla, Aishwarya Surve, Asif Shaikh, Bharat Patil, Hitesh Kadam, Jigar Rana, Makrand Patil, Utkarsh Raut, Shikhar Thakur, Minad Manjrekar.
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