Countries | India |
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Administrator | TNCA |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2016 |
Latest edition | 2024 |
Next edition | 2025 |
Tournament format | Round Robin format with Group System and Playoffs |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champion | Dindigul Dragons (1st title) |
Most successful | Chepauk Super Gillies (4 titles) |
Most runs | N Jagadeesan (2225) [1] |
Most wickets | R Sai Kishore (75) [2] |
TV | Star Sports (TV) Fancode (Internet) |
Website | tnpl |
2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League |
Seasons |
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The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league that is annually held in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and contested by eight city-based franchise teams. The league was formed in 2016 by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). [3] [4] It is usually played during post-summer season from June to August of every year. Shriram Group is the current title sponsor of the tournament. [5]
As of 2023, the title is held by the Coimbatore team Lyca Kovai Kings.
In 2016, the TNPL was launched at the time when Chennai Super Kings, the Tamil Nadu franchise playing Indian Premier League (IPL), was facing a two-year suspension from the league. [6] [7] The league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Chennai in the year and to expose talented players from districts. [8] [9] It was conceived by former BCCI president and then TNCA president N. Srinivasan. [6] [9] [10]
On 1 May 2016, TNCA invited bidders for the eight franchise rights. [11] [12] A total of 17 bidders participated in the bidding process and current members of TNCA were not allowed to participate. [6] The base price set for each franchise was ₹1.25 crore (US$150,000) for a period of 10 years. The franchise rights was sold for ₹33.51 crore (US$4.0 million) and the highest bidder chose Salem for ₹5.21 crore (US$620,000). [13] [6]
Owner | Franchise | Price |
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Vivo South Chennai distributor Selvakumar | Salem Spartans | ₹5.21 crore (US$620,000) |
Metronation Chennai | Chepauk Super Gillies | ₹5.13 crore (US$610,000) |
Lyca Productions | Lyca Kovai Kings | ₹5.01 crore (US$600,000) |
Kothari (Madras) Ltd. | Siechem Madurai Panthers | ₹4.001 crore (US$480,000) |
(Need to be Updated) | Trichy Grand Cholas | ₹3.69 crore (US$440,000) |
Crown Forts Ltd. | Nellai Royal Kings | ₹3.48 crore (US$420,000) |
Take Solutions Ltd | Dindigul Dragons | ₹3.42 crore (US$410,000) |
I Dream cinemas | IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | ₹3.3 crore (US$400,000) |
On 16 August 2016, the first edition was inaugurated by MS Dhoni in Chennai. [9] [14] The first edition featured international cricketers including Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik and Lakshmipathy Balaji. Former cricketers Robin Singh and Michael Bevan were among the coaches. Matthew Hayden was the brand ambassador of the league. No players representing other state associations participated in the inaugural season as they were not given permission at the time by the BCCI. [9] [15] [16] Star Sports were the TV broadcasters. [9] The first season was played from 24 August to 18 September. [17]
The eight teams play against each other in the league phase in round-robin format. Teams will get two points for each win. At the end of the league stage, the top four teams in the points table will qualify for the playoffs. Much like the IPL, the playoffs consist of three matches before the final: one eliminator and two qualifiers. The top two teams from the league phase will play against each other in the Qualifier 1, with the winner going straight to the final and the loser getting another chance to qualify for the final by playing the Qualifier 2. Meanwhile, the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play against each other in an eliminator match and the winner from that match will advance to play the Qualifier 2. The winner of this match will head to the final to meet the winner of Qualifier 1, where the winner will be crowned champions.
Teams can acquire a maximum and minimum players of 22 and 16 respectively. [18] They are allowed to retain three players each from last season. [19] Player draft takes place before every season and the players are placed in four categories on the basis of their experience. [18] [20]
Category | Description | Salary |
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A | Players with international cricket experience | ₹6 lakh |
B1-B2 | First-class cricketers who have played at least 20 TNPL matches | ₹2−3 lakh |
C | Others | ₹50,000−1 lakh |
The salary cap for the most experienced players (Category A) was ₹5 lakh (US$6,000) in 2016. [13] In 2020, it was ₹6 lakh (US$7,200). [20]
Until 2020, BCCI prevented TNCA from allowing outstation players to participate in the league. [15] [16] [9] A maximum of 2 outstation players can be in a team given that they are not currently in any IPL team. A separate draft for outstation players happened after 2020 IPL season for TNPL season 5. [21]
The title sponsor from the inception was India Cements Limited whose term ended in 2019. In the first edition, TNCA had earned a total of ₹33.51 crore in franchise rights. This was the highest among all the local T20 leagues in India. [6] The business model followed by TNPL is similar to the IPL's model. [22] For the first five years, central rights (broadcast fees and sponsorship fees) will be shared 80 per cent among the eight franchises with the rest going to the administrator TNCA. [13] This excludes the match staging costs. As much as 65 per cent will be divided equally between the franchises with the rest 15 per cent given to the franchises as per their standing in the league. [13] Gate collections are not shared with the franchises. [22] To attract sponsors, owners were advised to name their teams after districts in the state. [11]
In 2019, some of the franchises faced financial difficulties and asked TNCA to bring changes to the revenue-sharing model of the league. [22]
The prize money split between the teams are: [6] [23]
Eight franchises are competing in the league. [24] The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. [11] [6] Each team can have a maximum of 22 players that includes two outstation players. [18] [21]
Team | City | Captain | Coach | Owner |
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Chepauk Super Gillies | Chennai | Baba Aparajith | - | Metronation Chennai Television Private Limited - Dailythanthi |
Dindigul Dragons | Dindigul | Ravichandran Ashwin | Subramaniam Badrinath | Take Solutions Ltd |
Lyca Kovai Kings | Coimbatore | Shahrukh Khan | Sriram Somayajula | Lyca Productions |
Nellai Royal Kings | Tirunelveli | Arun Karthik | A. G. Guruswamy | Crown Forts Limited |
Salem Spartans | Salem | Shijit Chandran | Robin Bist | Vivo Chennai south distributor Selvakumar M |
Siechem Madurai Panthers | Madurai | Hari Nishaanth | Bharath Reddy | Pooja Damodaran |
Trichy Grand Cholas | Tiruchirapalli | Antony Dhas | - | Drumstick Productions Ltd |
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | Tiruppur | Mohammed | R. Prasanna | iDream Cinemas and iDream Properties |
Team | City | Year | Replaced Team | Replaced City | Year | Replaced Team | Replaced City | Year | Replaced Team | Replaced City | Year |
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Ruby Kanchi Warriors | Kanchipuram | 2016 | Ruby Trichy Warriors | Tiruchirappalli | 2017-22 | Ba11sy Trichy | Tiruchirappalli | 2023 | Trichy Grand Cholas | Tiruchirappalli | 2024 |
V. B. Thiruvallur Veerans | Tiruvallur | 2016-17 | V. B. Kanchi Veerans | Kanchipuram | 2018-19 | Nellai Royal Kings | Tirunelveli | 2021- | – | ||
Albert Tuti Patriots | Thoothukudi | 2016–19 | Salem Spartans | Salem | 2021- | – | |||||
Idream Karaikudi Kaalai | Karaikudi | 2016-19 | Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans | Tiruppur | 2021- | ||||||
Madurai Super Giants | Madurai | 2016-17 | Siechem Madurai Panthers | Madurai | 2018 - |
Present teamsFormer teams
Three venues were used for the first few seasons until 2019. Dindigul and Tirunelveli hosted matches in the league stages and the playoffs in Chennai. [25]
Salem and Coimbatore started hosting matches from the 2020 season. [26] [27] [28]
Stadium | City | Capacity |
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M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 38,000 [29] |
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium | Salem | 5,000 (expandable to 25,000) [30] |
SNR College Cricket Ground | Coimbatore | Limited (expandable) [31] |
NPR College Ground | Dindigul | 5,000 [32] |
Indian Cement Company Ground | Tirunelveli | 4,000 [33] |
Season | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 ^ | 2023 | 2024 |
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Chepauk Super Gillies | RU | C | 8th | C | C | C | 5th | PO |
Dindigul Dragons | SF | 6th | RU | RU | PO | 6th | PO | C |
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 5th | PO | PO | 8th | 8th | 5th | 6th | PO |
Kovai Kings | SF | PO | PO | 5th | PO | C | C | RU |
Siechem Madurai Panthers † / Madurai Super Giants | 8th | 8th | C | PO | 6th | PO | PO | 7th |
Thiruvallur Veerans † / Kanchi Veerans † / Nellai Royal Kings | 6th | 5th | 7th | PO | 5th | PO | RU | 5th |
Kanchi Warriors † / Trichy Warriors † / Ba11sy Trichy † / Trichy Grand Cholas | 7th | 7th | 6th | 7th | RU | 7th | 8th | 6th |
Tuti Patriots † / Salem Spartans | C | RU | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 8th |
† Team now defunct ^ Final was a no-result and trophy shared
Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
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236/2 | Nellai Royal Kings | Trichy Warriors | 2022 |
217/5 | Chepauk Super Gillies | Salem Spartans | 2023 |
215/2 | Tuti Patriots | Chepauk Super Gillies | 2016 |
211/6 | Nellai Royal Kings | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 2023 |
209/8 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Nellai Royal Kings | 2022 |
209/3 | Nellai Royal Kings | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 2022 |
208/5 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 2023 |
208/6 | Nellai Royal Kings | Lyca Kovai Kings | 2022 |
207/4 | Siechem Madurai Panthers | Nellai Royal Kings | 2023 |
206/5 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Dindigul Dragons | 2023 |
206/4 | V. B. Kanchi Veerans | Trichy Warriors | 2016 |
205/5 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Nellai Royal Kings | 2023 |
Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
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209/8 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Nellai Royal Kings | 2022 |
202/5 | Dindigul Dragons | Lyca Kovai Kings | 2021 |
201/3 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Idream Tiruppur Tamilzhans | 2024 |
Batsman | Runs | Balls | Opponent | Season |
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Sai Sudharsan (Lyca Kovai Kings) | 123* | 56 | Tiruppur Tamilzhans | 2024 |
Murali Vijay (Trichy Warriors) | 121 | 66 | Nellai Royal Kings | 2022 |
Baba Aparajith (Kanchi Veerans) | 118* | 63 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 2016 |
Bharath Shankar (Trichy Warriors) | 112* | 68 | Karaikudi kaalai | 2017 |
Ajitesh Gurusamy (Nellai Royal Kings) | 112 | 60 | Lyca Kovai kings | 2023 |
From 2016 to 2019, India Cements Limited (Sankar Cement) owned the title rights of the league. [10] [42] [43] A tender for new title rights sponsor was released in March 2020 by TNCA. [44] [43]
Sponsor | Period |
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India Cements Limited | 2016–2017 |
(India Cements Limited) as Sankar Cements | 2018–2019 |
Shriram Group | 2021–2023 |
In 2016, Star India acquired the media rights for ₹7.1 crore and became the broadcast partner of the league. [6] [45] [46] The deal is worth between ₹7.2 crore and 10 crore for the first year, and ₹8 crore and 12 crore in the second, based on calculations. [13] Disney Star broadcasts the matches on Star Sports 1 HD with English Commentary and in Star Sports 1 Tamil HD with Tamil Commentary. [23] Star also broadcast via their OTT platform, Disney+ Hotstar. [47]
Winning bidder | Terms of deal | Fee |
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Star Sports | 2016–2023 | ₹7.1 crore (US$850,000) |
Winning bidder | Terms of deal | Fee |
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Disney Star | 2016–2021 | ₹7.1 crore (US$850,000) |
Voot (Internet) | 2022 | |
FanCode | 2023 |
On 26 May 2019, several franchise owners under financial distress wrote to TNCA asking for changes made in the upcoming season. The leaked letter signed by teams Tuti Patriots, Lyca Kovai Kings, Siechem Madurai Panthers, Trichy Warriors and iDream Karaikudi Kaalai was confidential in nature. [22] [48] The franchise owners and TNCA were both upset about the leak of the letter which had caused negative image towards the league. [48]
The main concerns in the letter were regarding the lack of outstation players' participation, quality of umpiring, unavailability of Tamil Nadu players who represent India and matches being held in relatively smaller venues. [22] [49] The franchises were also concerned over the viewership for the league and the television rating points. The league was criticised for not sharing the gate collections with the franchises, following the IPL model. [22] Unable to recover the expenses, franchises have reportedly suffered losses ranging from ₹15−25 crore. They suggested several changes for TNPL. They asked TNCA to allow outstation players and to ask Tamil Nadu players who represent India to take part in the league. They also demanded a better revenue-sharing method to prevent losses of the franchises. [49] [50] [22]
On 4 June 2019 in a meeting with the owners, TNCA reacted to the issue by saying that it shares 80 per cent of the telecast and sponsorship fees with the franchises and the association gains only a net ₹5 crore from TNPL after meeting all expenses. [48] Some owners were unsatisfied with the response and demanded a forensic audit of TNPL's accounts. [48]
In 2019, Tuti Patriots and Siechem Madurai Panthers faced match fixing allegations. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had said that these franchises were suspended due to connection with bookies but TNCA said that they were not. [51] [50] [52] However, TNCA has asked franchise Tuti Patriots to remove two of their co-owners in link to the corruption. [53] In 2020, Tuti Patriots were renamed Salem Spartans for the next season due to the change in ownership. [26]
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