The Madhya Pradesh League T20 2026 is now a 10-team tournament, which is the biggest it has ever been. Organised by the GDCA under the MPCA and approved by the BCCI, this franchise T20 league starts from June 3 to June 26, 2026. The men's event features a round-robin stage followed by playoffs, the two semi-finals on June 25, and the Grand Final on June 26.
Ahead of the 2026 season, the league transitioned from a draft system to an IPL-style player auction. Key players retained and auctioned include prominent state stars like Rajat Patidar, Avesh Khan, and Ashutosh Sharma (who emerged as the top pick at the 2026 auction).
Full Men’s Team List Along with Captains
Let us have a look at the ten men’s team in MPL T20 2026, along with the captains:
|
Team Name |
Region |
Captain |
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Bhopal Leopards |
Bhopal |
Mohammad Arshad Khan |
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Bundelkhand Bulls |
Bundelkhand |
Kuldeep sen |
|
Chambal Ghariyals |
Chambal |
Shubham Sharma |
|
Gwalior Cheetahs |
Gwalior |
Rajat Patidar |
|
Indore Pink Panthers |
Indore |
Venkatesh Iyer |
|
Jabalpur Royal Lions |
Jabalpur |
Punit Date |
|
Rewa Jaguars |
Rewa |
Sagar Solanki |
|
Malwa Stallions |
Malwa |
Parth Sahani |
|
Ujjain Falcons |
Ujjain |
Chanchal Rathore |
|
Royal Nimar Eagles |
Nimar |
Saransh Jain |
All Squads
Bhopal Leopards
The defending champion Bhopal Leopards have announced their squad for the 2026 Madhya Pradesh League (MPL) T20 Scindia Cup. The team is captained by Arshad Khan and coached by Brijesh Tomar.
Squad: Arshad Khan (captain), Aniket Verma, Ansh Bagadia, Suraj Yadav, Anchit Singh, Rahul Chandrol, Kunal Rai, Kamal Tripathi, Pranjul Puri, Himanshu Shinde, Tanishq Yadav, Ajay Mishra, Pawan Nirwani, Amol Kasture, Yuvraj Nema, Anurag Malviya, and Manish Kumar.
Bundelkhund Bulls
Squad: Shivang Kumar, Kuldeep Sen, Vikrant Bhadoriya, Harsh Gawali, Anant Dubey, Omkarnath Singh, Parth Goswami, Abhishek Pathak, Aman Jain, Gautam Joshi, Harshit Parsai, Rudransh Singh, Kushagra Wadhwa, Yash Patidar, Bhumesh Muzalda, and Milan Shivhare.
Chambal Ghariyals
Squad: Akshay Singh, Aman Bhadoriya, Ankush Singh, Apurve Dwivedi, Avesh Khan, Divyanshu Yadav, Gautam Raghuwanshi, Harsh Dixit, Karan Tiwari, Madhur Seth, Mayur Singh Patel, Piyush Patel, Rohit Kumar Gupta, Shubham Sharma, Tripuresh Singh, and Yash Kumar Lodhi.
Gwalior Cheetahs
Squad: Akash Singh Raghuwanshi, Anil Mourya, Anubhav Agarwal, Arpit Patel, Ishan Afridi, Kartik Parihar, Kuldeep Gehi, Mangesh Yadav, Parth Chaudhary, Rajat Patidar, Saumy Kumar Pandey, Tushar Verma, Vandit Joshi, Varun Shinde, Varun Tiwari, and Vikas Sharma.
Indore Pink Panthers
Squad: Venkatesh Iyer, Aayaam Verma, Akash Rajawat, Anvesh Chawla, Atharv Joshi, Karan Tahilyani, Lucky Mishra, Mehfooz Patel, Roshan Kewat, Saransh Bhargava, Saransh Surana, Shivam Shukla, Shubham Rathore, Siddharth Patidar, Sidhant Agrawal, and Vishnu Bhardwaj.
Jabalpur Royal Lions
Squad: Aayam Sardana, Abhishek Bhandari, Ajay Rohera, Akarsh Singh Parihar, Akshat Dwivedi, Akshay Sharma, Arpit Gaud, Mihir Hirwani, Nayan Raj Mewada, Pankaj Patel, Prince Wadhwani, Punit Datey, Rahul Batham, Ritik Tada, Ritwik Diwan, Sanjog Nijjar, and Vedant Awasthi.
Rewa Jaguars
Squad: Akshat Raghuwanshi, Atharva Mahajan, Sagar Pratap Singh Baghel, Arham Aqueel, Anant Verma, Jaydev Singh, Sagar Solanki, Prithviraj Singh Tomar, Ankit Singh Kushwaha, Naveen Singh Chouhan, Ramveer Singh Gurjar, Ashwin Das, Rohit Rajawat, Prabhanshu Shukla, Ritesh Shakya, and Radhakrishna Dwivedi
Malwa Stallions
Squad: Ashutosh Sharma, Akhil Nigote Yadav, Pankaj Sharma, Ansh Yadav, Saksham Purohit, Rakesh Thakur, Rishabh Singh Chauhan, Aryan Deshmukh, Parth Sahani, Aditya Mishra, Ishan Choudhary, Vineet Rawat, Vivek Sharma, Harshwardhan Singh, Prashant Kasde
Ujjain Falcons
Squad: Soham Patwardhan, Shubham Kushwah, Ojaswa Yadav, Ankur Singh Chauhan, Rishi Miglani, Yash Dubey, Chanchal Rathore, Adheer Pratap Singh, Gajendra Goswami, Aayush Mankar, Naveen Nagle, Aryan Pandey, Masoom Raza Kaif, Harshvardhan Hardia, Madhav Tiwari
Royal Nimar Eagles
The Royal Nimar Eagles, an expansion franchise in the 2026 Madhya Pradesh League (MPL), field a balanced squad featuring state-level veterans and emerging domestic talent. Coached by Sanjay Pandey, the team plays their home matches at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
Squad: Anand Singh Bais, Pranit Patidar, Abhishek Mavi, Ayan Sreeraj, Saransh Jain, Shashank Patidar, Shantanu Raghuvanshi, Kanishk Dubey, Prarabdh Mishra, Dharmesh Patel, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Kartik Rajoriya, Parush Mandal, Devendra Singh Katheit, Shivansh Chaturvedi, Pushkar Vishwakarma
