The inaugural edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) will bring the cricketing extravaganza for local fans and is expected to tap into the potential throughout the south Indian state.
The tournament comprises of 8 Franchises
The 8 Teams are
1)CHEPAUK SUPER GILLIES:
Owners: Metronation Chennai Television
Captain: Rajagopal Sathish
Coach: Hemang Badani
2)TUTI PATRIOTS:
Owners: Thootukudi Sports Entertainments
Captain: Dinesh Karthik
Players: Dinesh Karthik, L Balaji, Washington Sunder, Aswinathisayaraj Dav Crist, Abhinav Mukund, Aushik Srinivas, Kaushik Gandhi, Anand Subramanian, Akash Sumra, Sathyanarayan R, Sushil U, Ganesh Moorthi M, Athisayaraj Davidson, Maaruthi Raghav, Vishaal R, Siddarth S Ahuja, Lakshman V, Nathan SP, Nicul Anand
3)VB THIRUVALLUR VEERANS
Owners: VB Cricket Academy
Captain: Baba Aparajith
Players: Aparjith B, Abhishek Tanwar, Rahil S Shah, Kavin R, Chaturved NS, Malolan Rangarajan, Rohit R, Jaganath Sinivas, Vignesh GV, Sanjay Yadav, Arun S, Samruddh Bhat, Hari Nishaanth, Lakshminarayanan, Govindaraj, Silambarasan, Mukilesh, Samuel S, Santosh Shiv.
4)KARAIKUDI KAALAI
Owners: Chettinad Apparels
Captain: Subramanium Badrinath
Coach: Robin Singh
Players: Badrinath, Aniruda, Sunil Sam, Suresh Babu, Lokeshwar, Ganapathi Chandrasekar, Shoaib MD Khan, Vishal Vaidhya, Sonu Yadav, Rajkumar, Mohan Prasath, Vijay Kumar, Abhinav M, Jerome A, Srinivasan R, Kiran Akash, Sujay S, Swaminathan S, Shahjahan.
5)LYCA KOVAI KINGS
Owners: Lyca Productions
Captain: Murali Vijay
Coach: Lance Klusener
Players: Murali Vijay, Syed Mohammed, Mohammed M, Suryap Prakash L, Vijay Shankar, Siva Kumar, Rohith R, Vignesh K, Anirudh Sita Ram, Ajith Ram, Harish Kumar, Akshay V Srinivasan, Arun B, Anchit D, Kamalesh M, Tarun Srinivas, Adhithya Giridhar, Gowtham Thamarai.
6)MADURAI SUPER GIANTS
Owners: Kothari Madras International limited
Captain: Arun Karthik
Coach: Michael Bevan
Players: Arun Karthick, Suresh Kumar, Thiyagarajan, Francis Rokins, Chandrasekar, Vignesh Ganapathi, Raja M, Shijit Chandran, Vignesh L, Maan K Bafna, Muruganantham S, Aswin Kumar, Amarnath, Varun Narendar, Sakthi P, Anton Andrew Subikshan, Mihir R, Edward Kennedy, Madhu C.
7)Ruby Kanchi Warriors
Owners: Ruby Builders
Captain: Baba Indrajith
Mentor: Brett Lee
Players: Indrajith B, Koushik J, Jesuraj R, Shahrukh Khan M, Bharath Shankar, Prathiban, Varun Kumar, Prabhu M, Kaushik J, Ganesh L, Adithya Ganesh, Siddharth S, Suthesh T, Nilesh Subramanian, Akkil Srinaath, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Mitchell Anthony, Trilok Nag, Aditya
8)Dindigul Dragons
Owners Take solutions
Captain: Ravichandran Ashwin
Players: R Ashwin, Ashwin M, Natarajan, Sanjay MS, Jagadeesan N, Ganga Sridhar Raju, Subramania Siva, Sunny Kumar Singh, Mukunth, Wilkins Victor, Ashwin Venkataraman, Shyam Sundar, Dinesh S, Yazh Arul Mozhi, Prashant Prabhu, Abhishek, Vivek, Adithya Arun, Silambarasan
Venues
MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli
Schedule