The Tamil Nadu Premier League is the premier T20 tournament played in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The first edition of TNPL was played in 2016 and it is going to be the sixth season of the tournament this year. The 2020 edition of the tournament, however, was cancelled like most other sporting activities around the world that year due to obvious reasons.
Many current India players like Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay and Washington Sundar have been featuring regularly in the TNPL over the years and that has kept on enhancing the reputation of the tournament. The league has also made the careers of many players like Varun Chakravarthy, who shone with their skills here and then made their way to the Indian Premier League and the Indian team subsequently. Many youngsters will be looking to grab the attention of IPL scouts once again as the sixth edition of the tournament kickstarts on 23rd June.
Teams
A total of eight teams will feature in the Tamil Nadu Premier League, representing eight districts in the state. The eight teams featuring in the league over the years are:
- Salem Spartans
- Chepauk Super Gillies
- Lyca Kovai Kings
- Dindigul Dragons
- Ruby Trichy Warriors
- iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
- Siechem Madurai Panthers
- Nellai Royal Kings (previously known as VB Kanchi Veerans before shifting base to Tirunelveli).
Chepauk Super Gillies are the most successful team in the history of the TNPL with three titles (2017, 2019, 2021) to their name. Tuti Patriots and Siechem Madurai Panthers are the two other teams to win the title in 2016 and 2018 respectively. The Patriots don’t play in the league now as they are a defunct team.
TNPL 2022 Squads
Chepauk Super Gillies Squad
B Arun, S Vijayakumar, Rajagopal Stahish, R Ajith Kumar, RS Jaganath Srinivas, V Santhana Sekar, Manimaran Siddharth, S Sujay, S Harish Kumar, V Arun Kumar, H Prasidh Akash, R Sai Kishore – Traded, Narayan Jagadeesan, V Sai Prakash, M Kaushik Gandhi, R Alexander, U Sasidev, Sonu Yadav – Traded, D Rahul, Sandeep Warrier, R Nilesh, Subramanian, S Radhakrishnan
Salem Spartans Squad
B Praanesh, S Abhishek, Akshay V Srinivasan, Murugan Ashwin, S Boopalan, Daryl S Ferrario, M Ganesh Moorthi, KH Gopinath, TD Lokesh Raj, G Periyasamy, S Shubham Mehta, U Sushil, M Vijay Kumar, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, G Kishoor, A Aarif, M Suganesh, Abhinav Vishnu, A V R Rathnam, R Karthikeyan, Karthikeyan R
Siechem Madurai Panthers Squad
R Mithun, V Gowtham, PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Chaturved, P Praveen Kumar, B. Anirudh Sita Ram, KB Arun Karthik, R Rohit, R Aushik Srinivas, J Kousik, DT Chandrasekar, V Aaditya, R Silambarasan, M Shahjahan, K Deeban Lingesh, Varun Chakravarthy, L Kiran Akash, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, K Rajkumar, P Sugendhiran, P K Saravanan, B Rocky
Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans Squad
S Dinesh, S Manigandan, R Rajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, S Siddharth, S Aravind, Maan K Bafna, P Francis Rokins, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Aswin Crist, Tushar Raheja, A Karuppusamy, M Mohammed, Dinesh Karthik, N Mohammed Ashik, M Affan Khader, Adhithya Giridhar, L Sathiyannaarayan, S T Natarajan, R I Raaj Kumar, S Ashwin Balaji, M Rooban Raj
Dindigul Dragons Squad
K Vishal Vaidhya, S Arun, Advaith Sharma, R Suthesh, S Swaminathan, L Vignesh, R Srinivasan, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Lokeshwar, C Hari Nishaanth, C Ashwin, MS Sanjay, V Lakshman, K Mani Bharathy, AR Siva Murugan, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vivek, M Silambarasan, Gurjapneet Singh, R Vimal Khumar, S Kishan Kumar, S Vigneshwaran
Nellai Royal Kings Squad
H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryapprakash, S Senthil Nathan, Arjun P Murthy, M Sarath Kumar, R Rohith Ram, A Sarathraj, T Veeramani, R Sri Neranjan, R Vivek, C Suresh, Aparajith B
RUBY Trichy Warriors Squad
Akash Sumra, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, M Poiyamozhi, Rahil S Shah, S Santosh Shiv, W Antony Dhas, Aditya Ganesh, Nidhish S Rajagopal, R Ganesh, Sumant Jain, Muhammed Adnan Khan, P Saravana Kumar, VP Amith Sathvik, G Hemanth Kumar, K Mukunth, G Karthick Shanmugam, B Rahul, Sunil Sam, M Mathivanan, R Karthik
LYCA Kovai Kings Squad
P Shijit Chandran, J Suresh Kumar, J Gowjith Subash, K Vignesh, GR Manish, R Kavin, G Aravindh, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, U Mukilesh, Abhishek Tanwar, MA Atheeq Ur Rahman, N Selva Kumaran, Ashwin Venkataraman, B Sai Sudharsan, Nishaanth Kumar Alwar, Shahrukh Khan, Thangarasu Natarajan, S Ajith Ram, E Srinivasan, K Kiran Kasshyap, S Anandakumar, V Yudheeswaran
Results of 2021
The 2021 TNPL season turned out to be a spectacular event once again. The Ruby Trichy Warriors finished at the top of the TNPL Points Table in the league stage whereas Chepauk Super Gillies finished second. The Dindigul Dragons and Lyca Kovai Kings were the two other teams who made it to the play-offs at the third and fourth positions respectively. The Trichy Warriors and Super Gillies locked horns in the first Qualifier, with the former emerging as the winners and making their way to the final.
The Super Gillies, on the other hand, had to go through the second Qualifier once again where they beat Dindigul Dragons by eight wickets. Although the Warriors dominated the Super Gillies in the first Playoff game, the two-time Champions put their best foot forward in the final to emerge as the winners once again. Chepauk won by eight runs and Narayan Jagadeesan was the star of the match as he played a superb knock of 90 off just 58 deliveries at the top of the order.
Broadcasting TNPL
All the TNPL matches will be telecasted live on the Star Sports Network, mainly on Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD and Star Sports 1 Tamil. You can also stream it live on the Disney+Hotstar app. The afternoon games will start at 3:30 PM IST whereas all the evening games are scheduled to start from 7:30 PM IST.
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FAQs
Where to watch TNPL Live?
Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD and Star Sports 1 Tamil will broadcast the TNPL on TV while live-streaming will be available on the Disney+Hotstar App.
Who won TNPL 2021?
The Chepauk Super Gillies won the TNPL in 2021, that too for the third time in the history of the league.
How many teams are there in the TNPL?
There are eight teams in the TNPL — Salem Spartans, Chepauk Super Gillies, Lyca Kovai Kings, Dindigul Dragons, Ruby Trichy Warriors, iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans, Siechem Madurai Panthers, and Nellai Royal Kings.
How to bet on TNPL?
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When does Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 start?
Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 starts on Thursday, 23rd June.
