Thrissur Titans

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Thrissur Titans
Nickname(s) Titanators (Supporters) [1]
League Kerala Cricket League [2]
Personnel
Coach Sunil Oasis [3]
Owner Sajjad Sait, Director FINESSE Group [4]
Team information
City Thrissur
Founded2024
Home ground Greenfield International Stadium (current)
Capacity50,000

Thrissur Titans is an upcoming cricket team set to participate in the recently launched Kerala Cricket League (KCL). Representing the city of Thrissur, the team has generated significant interest ahead of its debut in the league. [5]

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History

The franchise is owned by Sajjad Sait, Director of FINESSE Group.

Varun Nayanar became the Titans' costliest buy at the KCL auction, fetching a price of INR 7.20 lakh. [6]

The Thrissur Titans are set to play their home matches at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.

Players

Current squad [7] [8]

PlayerNationalityFromToMatchesRunsWicketsCatchesStumpingMan of the Match
Vishnu Vinod Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Nidheesh M D Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Midhun P K Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Varun Nayanar Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Vyshak Chandran Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Arjun Venugopal Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Jishnu A Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Akshay Manohar Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Imran Ahammed Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Gokul Gopinath Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Mohammed Ishaque P Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Eden Apple Tom Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Anaz Nazeer Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Adithya Vinod Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Monu Krishna Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
S Anand Sagar Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Abishek Prathab Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------
Niranjan V Dev Flag of India.svg  India 2024Present------

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