2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League

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2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League
Dates5 July – 4 August 2024
Administrator(s) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and play-offs
Champions Dindigul Dragons (1st title)
Runners-up Kovai Kings
Participants8
Matches32
Player of the series Shahrukh Khan (Kovai Kings)
Most runsShivam Singh (Dindigul Dragons) (364)
Most wicketsM. Poiyamozhi (Salem Spartans) (16)
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The 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League (also known as TNPL-8 and branded as Shriram Capital TNPL was the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). It took place from 5 July 2024 to 4 August 2024. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won the previous season. In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Lyca Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

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Background

The Tamil Nadu Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. [1] [2] It is held annually since 2016. [3] Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season after beating Nellai Royal Kings in the final. [4]

Format

The format remained the same since the 2017 season, wherein the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by the final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title. [5] [6]

Schedule

The season was held from 5 July to 4 August 2024. [7] [8] [9]

Prize money

The winners of TNPL are awarded ₹10 (12¢ US) with the runners-up receiving ₹6 million (US$72,000). The two semi-finalists are awarded ₹4 million (US$48,000) each with the remaining four teams receiving ₹2.5 million (US$30,000) each. [1]

Sponsorship

Shriram Group continued to be the title sponsor of the event, having won the rights in 2020. [8] [10]

Broadcasting

Star India has held the television rights since the inaugural season in 2016. The matches are telecast with commentaries in English and Tamil. [1] [11] FanCode is the streaming partner since the last season. [12]

Teams

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Team locations

Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. [1] [13] Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players. [14]

TNPL teams
Team [15] CityCaptain [16] Coach [17] Owner [2] [18]
Chepauk Super Gillies Chennai Baba Aparajith Hemang Badani Metronation Chennai Television
Dindigul Dragons Dindigul Ravichandran Ashwin Subramaniam Badrinath Take Solutions
Kovai Kings Coimbatore Shahrukh Khan Sriram Somayajula Lyca Productions
Nellai Royal Kings Tirunelveli Arun Karthik A. G. GuruswamyCrown Forts
Salem Spartans Salem Shijit Chandran B. Ramprakash Selvakumar
Madurai Panthers Madurai Hari Nishaanth Bharath Reddy Seichem Technologies
Trichy Grand Cholas Tiruchirapalli Antony Dhas Tinu Yohannan Drumstick Productions
Tiruppur Tamizhans Tiruppur Sai Kishore Ramaswamy Prasanna iDream Cinemas and Properties

Personnel changes

For the season, the teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction. [14] About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at ₹2.2 million (US$26,000). [19]

Top buys at the auction [19]
PlayerTeamPrice
Sai Kishore Tiruppur Tamizhans ₹2.20 million (US$26,000)
Sanjay Yadav Trichy Grand Cholas ₹2.20 million (US$26,000)
S Harish Kumar Salem Spartans ₹1.54 million (US$18,000)
Abhishek Tanwar Chepauk Super Gillies ₹1.22 million (US$15,000)
T Natarajan Tiruppur Tamizhans ₹1.125 million (US$13,000)

Venues

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Match venues

The group stage matches were held in four venues across the state. The last two matches of the league including the final was held at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. [7]

StadiumCityCapacity
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai 38,000 [20]
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium Salem 5,000 (expandable to 25,000) [21]
SNR College Cricket Ground Coimbatore Limited (expandable) [22]
NPR College Ground Dindigul 5,000 [23]
Indian Cement Company Ground Tirunelveli 4,000 [24]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Kovai Kings 7610120.728
2 Tiruppur Tamizhans 743080.677
3 Chepauk Super Gillies 743080.362
4 Dindigul Dragons (C)743080.109
5 Nellai Royal Kings 733170.039
6 Trichy Grand Cholas 734060.012
7 Madurai Panthers 72415−1.152
8 Salem Spartans 71602−0.858
Source: ESPNcricinfo [25]

Playoffs

Qualifier 1 / Eliminator Qualifier 2 Final
30 July 2024 - Dindigul 4 August 2024 - Chennai
1 Kovai Kings 201/3 (18.5)Q1W Kovai Kings 129/7 (20)
2 Tiruppur Tamizhans 200/3 (20)2 August 2024 - Chennai Q2W Dindigul Dragons 131/4 (18.2)
Q1L Tiruppur Tamizhans 108 (19.4)
31 July 2023 - Dindigul EW Dindigul Dragons 112/1 (10.5)
3 Chepauk Super Gillies 158/6 (20)
4 Dindigul Dragons 161/6 (19.5)

Qualifier 1

30 July 2024
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Tiruppur Tamizhans
200/3 (20 overs)
v
Kovai Kings
201/3 (18.5 overs)
Amit Sathvik 67 (42)
Jhathavedh Subramanyan 1/38 (4 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 123* (56)
P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/36 (3.5 overs)
Lyca Kovai won by 7 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Subramanian Anand and Rakesh Raghavan
Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Lyca Kovai Kings)
  • Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elceted to bat.

Eliminator

31 July 2024
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Chepauk Super Gillies
158/6 (20 overs)
v
Dindigul Dragons
161/6 (19.5 overs)
Baba Aparajith 72 (54)
Sandeep Warrier 2/35 (4 overs)
Shivam Singh 64 (49)
J. Prem Kumar 2/26 (4 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 4 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and M Madhu
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

Qualifier 2

2 August 2024
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Tiruppur Tamizhans
108 (19.4 overs)
v
Dindigul Dragons
112/1 (10.5 overs)
Maan Bafna 26 (19)
P. Vignesh 3/8 (4 overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin 69* (30)
P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/22 (1.5 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: P. Vignesh (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

Final

In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title. [26]

4 August 2024
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Kovai Kings
129/7 (20 overs)
v
Dindigul Dragons
131/4 (18.2 overs)
Ram Arvindh 27 (26)
P. Vignesh 2/15 (4 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 6 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Jayaraman Madanagopal
Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

RunsPlayerTeamInns.HSAve100s/50s
364 Flag of India.svg Shivam Singh Dindigul Dragons 9106* 45.501/3
324 Flag of India.svg Tushar Raheja Tiruppur Tamizhans 98136.00−/3
286 Flag of India.svg Baba Indrajith Dindigul Dragons 1096* 40.85−/2
260 Flag of India.svg Arun Karthik Nellai Royal Kings 78443.33−/2
252 Flag of India.svg Ravichandran Ashwin Dindigul Dragons 969* 36.00−/3
Source: ESPNcricinfo [27]

Most wickets

Wkts.PlayerTeamInnsBBIAve4W
16 Flag of India.svg M Poiyamozhi Salem Spartans 74/2813.681
13 Flag of India.svg Shahrukh Khan Kovai Kings 93/1315.30−
13 Flag of India.svg Athisayaraj Davidson Trichy Grand Cholas 74/3215.461
12 Flag of India.svg T Natarajan Tiruppur Tamizhans 84/3617.501
12 Flag of India.svg Sandeep Warrier Dindigul Dragons 102/1719.25−
Source: ESPNcricinfo [28]

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