Tamil Nadu has appointed senior all-rounder Vijay Shankar as their captain in the upcoming Ranji Trophy. Meanwhile, Team India all-rounder Washington Sundar has been named as Shankar’s deputy.

Tamil Nadu have had a good run in the domestic white-ball tournament and will hope to continue their good run in the first-class format. They have quality players in their ranks, who are seasoned customers and will be keen to deliver the results. Tamil Nadu have not crossed the group stages of the competition since the 2016-17 season when they qualified for the semifinals.

Meanwhile, they have left out veteran wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik, who scored a brilliant century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Himachal Pradesh, however, couldn’t guarantee his side’s victory.

Shahrukh Khan will aim to make his presence felt in the middle order

However, the presence of Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeeshan on the batting front makes Tamil Nadu a force to reckon with. Sharukh Khan, who is knocking on the doors of international cricket with his superlative hitting in white-ball cricket, will hope to replicate his form in the longest format.

Sandeep Warrier, who made his international debut against Sri Lanka earlier this year, will lead the pace attack while Sai Kishore will be their go-to man in the spin unit.

Tamil Nadu, who are placed in Elite Group D, will begin their campaign against Jammu and Kashmir from January 13 to 16, followed by fixtures against Railways (January 20 to 23), Goa (January 27 to 30), Jharkhand (February 3 to 6) and Saurashtra (February 10 to 13).

Tamil Nadu squad: Vijay Shankar (Captain), M.S. Washington Sundar (Vice-Captain), B. Indrajith, Baba Aparajith, N. Jagadeesan, M. Shahrukh Khan, B. Sai Sudharsan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, L. Suryapprakash, M. Kaushik Gandhi, V. Ganga Sridhar Raju, Sandeep Warrier, M. Mohammed, R. Silambarasan, P. Saravana Kumar, A. Aswin Crist, L. Vignesh, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, R. Kavin

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The fifth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL 2021) is all set to kick start on July 19 (Monday) with Lyca Kovai Kings playing against Salem Spartans.

The games will be played behind closed doors and all the matches of the tournament will take place at a single venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium. The matches will start from 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. The teams will remain in strict bio-bubble and any breaches can amount to severe punishments.

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Caption this! #NammaOoruNammaGethu #TNPL2021 pic.twitter.com/eEAA7rf2jr

— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) July 17, 2021

TNPL 2021 Squads

Chepauk Super Gillies

B Arun, S Vijayakumar, Rajagopal Sathish, R Ram, Arvind, RS Jaganath Srinivas, V Santhana Sekar, Manimaran Siddharth, S Sujay, S Harish Kumar, V Arun Kumar, H Prasidh Akash, *R Sai Kishore, Narayan Jagadeesan, V Sai Prakash, M Kaushik Gandhi, R Alexander, U Sasidev, Sonu Yadav, Rahul D, Sandeep Warrier, Radhakrishnan S

Siechem Madurai Panthers

R Mithun, V Gowtham, PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Chaturvedi, 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, J Subramanyam, Rajkumar K, Sughendiran P, Saravanan PK, Aaditya V, Sunil Sam and L Kiran Akash.

Ruby Trichy Warriors

B Rahul, Akash Sumra, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, S Aniruda, 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, Mathivanan, Karthik R and Murali Vijay.

Salem Spartans

B Praanesh, S Abishiek, Akshay V Srinivasan, Murugan Ashwin, S Boopalan, Daryl S Ferrario, M Ganesh Moorthi, Gopinath KH, TD Lokesh Raj, G Periyasamy, S Shubham Mehta, U Sushil, M Vijay Kumar, Vijay Shankar, Kishoor G, Aarif A, Suganesh M, Abhinav Vishnu, Rathnam AVR, R Karthikeyan and Washington Sundar.

Nellai Royal Kings

H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav R, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Baba Aparajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryap Prakash, S Senthil Nathan, Jitendra Kumar CH, Rohit Ram R, Sathraj A, Veeramani T, Sri Neranjan R, Vivek R, Suresh C and Arjun P Murthy.

Lyca Kovai Kings

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, Nishanth Kumar Alwar, Shahrukh Khan, Srinivasan E, Thangarasu Natarajan, Kiran Kasshyap, Yudheeswaran V, Anandakumar S and S Ajith Ram

Dindigul Dragons

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, Gurjapneet Singh, R Vimal Khumar, Kishan Kumar S, Vigneshwaran S, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vivek and M Silambarasan.

Ready Da Ready Da.. #TNPL Coming

Mark your calendar, action starts on Jul 19th! #NammaPasangaNammaGethu #TNPL2021 pic.twitter.com/vQ6490gJ0b

— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) July 8, 2021

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

S Dinesh, S Manigandan, RI Raajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, S Siddharth, S Aravind, Maan K Bafna, P Francis Rokins, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Aswin Crist A, Tushar Raheja, A Karuppusamy, C Shriram, M Mohammed, Mohammed Ashik N, Affan Khader M, Adithya Giridhar, Saathiyaannaryan L, M Rooban Raj, Mohan Prasath S, Maan K Bafna, R Rajkumar,  Natarajan ST, Ashwin Balaji S, and Dinesh Karthik.

TNPL 2021 Schedule

Playoffs schedule:

10-8-2021 (7.30pm) – Qualifier 1

11-8-2021 (7.30pm) – Eliminator

13-8-2021 (7.30pm) – Qualifier 2

15-8-2021 (7.30pm) – Final

Rettai Kathirae!

Can't wait 2⃣ start!#NammaOoruNammaGethu #TNPL2021 pic.twitter.com/0nWjE4GGq8

— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) July 17, 2021

TNPL 2021 – Live Streaming Details

Star India will broadcast all the matches of TNPL 2021. The live broadcast will be available on Star Sports 1 Tamil and one of their English channels. The matches will be live-streamed on Hotstar.

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