The 2nd edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is all set to kickstart on July 22nd. The Indian T20 cricket premier league which is along the lines of the IPL is a domestic competition organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) to promote domestic talents in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Only cricketers registered in Tamil Nadu are eligible for the tournament. The 2017 edition of TNPL is scheduled to take place from July 22nd to August 20th, 2017.
32 matches will be played at three different venues, with the final to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. However, unlike last year, there is a slight change in the format as TNPL goes the IPL way in the playoffs. Unlike last year, that witnessed the semi-finals and finals, this time around the 2nd edition will witness two qualifiers and an eliminator deciding which side will play each other in the final.
The MA Chidambaram Stadium will host only 8 matches while the NPR College Ground in Dindigul will play host to 11 matches. The India Cements Company Ground in Tirunelveli will host 13 matches.
Teams Squads
TUTI Patriots
Dinesh Karthik, Washington Sundar, Aswin Crist, Abhinav Mukund, Aushik Srinivas, Kaushik Gandhi, Lakshmipathy Balaji. Subramanian Anand, Akash Sumra, R Sathyanarayan, Umashankar Sushil, M Ganesh Moorthi, R Vishaal, Siddarth Ahuja, V Lakshman, SP Nathan, G Nicul Anand.
Chepauk Super Gillies
Rajagopal Sathish, Yo Mahesh, Thalaivan Sargunam, Antony Dhas, Gopinath, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Uthirasamy Sasidev. Joel Joseph, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, R Alexander, Sathiamoorty Saravanan, Baskaran Rahul, Ashwath Mukumthan, S Karthik, Aditya Barooah, Jothimani Gowjith Subhash, Arun Kumar, Rangaraj Suthesh, S Radhakrishnan.
Lyca Kovai Kings
Murali Vijay, JS Mohammad, M Mohammed, L Suryaprakash, Vijay Shankar, MK Sivakumar, Ravi Kumar Rohith, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh. B Anirudh Sita Ram, S Ajith Ram, S Harish Kumar, Akshay Srinivasan, B Arun, S Tarun Srinivas, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Ranjan Paul.
Madurai Super Giants
Arun Karthik, Suresh Kumar, P Francis Rokins, DT Chandrasekar, M Raja, Shijit Chandran, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh. Muruganantham, Palani Amarnath, Edward Kennedy, Shahrukh Khan, R Karthikeyan, D Prashanth Prabhu.
Dindigul Dragons
Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, T Natarajan, MS Sanjay, N Jagadeesan, Ganga Sridhar Raju, Subramania Siva. Sunny Kumar Singh, K Mukunth, Wilkins Victor, Ashwin Venkataraman,ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, S Abishiek, R Vivek, Adithya Arun, M Silambarasan, S Dinesh.
VB Thiruvallur Veerans
Baba Aparajith, Abhishek Tamrakar , Rahil Shah, R Kavin, NS Chaturved, Malolan Rangarajan, Ramalingam Rohit, Jaganath Sinivas. Sanjay Yadav, S Arun, Lakshmi Narayanan, Silambarasan, U Mukilesh, Samuel, Anand Rajan, S Siddharth.
Karaikudi Kaalai
S Badrinath, Sunil Sam, Suresh Babu, S Lokeshwar, Chandrasekar Ganapathy, Shoaib Md Khan, K Vishal Vaidhya. R Sonu Yadav, R Rajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, M Vijay Kumar, Rajhamany Srinivasan, M Shajahan, Trilok Nag.
Ruby Trichy Warriors
Baba Indrajith, Jagatheesan Kousik, Rajamani Jesuraj, Bharath Shankar, Alagh Prathiban, Krishna Varun Kumar, Murthy Prabhu. Jagannathan Kaushik, Adithya Ganesh, Nilesh Subramanian, Akkil Srinaath, Anthony Mannays, B Aditya, Adhithya Giridhar.
All matches will begin at 7.30 PM IST apart from days in which there are two matches, in which case the two matches will begin at 3.30 PM and 7.30 PM.
Here is the full schedule for the second edition of the TNPL:
| DATE | Time | DAY | VENUE | TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 |
| 22-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Saturday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Albert Tuti Patriots | Dindigul Dragons |
| 23-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Sunday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Lyca Kovai Kings | Karaikudi Kaalai |
| 24-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Monday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Chepauk Super Gillies | Tiruvallur VB Veerans |
| 25-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Tuesday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Madurai Super Giant | Dindigul Dragons |
| 26-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Wednesday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Ruby Trichy Warriors | Albert Tuti Patriots |
| 27-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Thursday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Madurai Super Giant | Karaikudi Kaalai |
| 28-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Friday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Dindigul Dragons | Tiruvallur VB Veerans |
| 29-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Saturday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Chepauk Super Gillies | Lyca Kovai Kings |
| 30-Jul-17 | 3.30PM | Sunday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Karaikudi Kaalai | Albert Tuti Patriots |
| 30-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Sunday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Tiruvallur VB Veerans | Ruby Trichy Warriors |
| 31-Jul-17 | 7.30PM | Monday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Lyca Kovai Kings | Dindigul Dragons |
| 01-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Tuesday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Chepauk Super Gillies | Albert Tuti Patriots |
02-Aug-17
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3.30PM
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Wednesday
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NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL
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Karaikudi Kaalai
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Tiruvallur VB Veerans
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| 02-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Wednesday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Ruby Trichy Warriors | Madurai Super Giant |
| 03-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Thursday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Albert Tuti Patriots | Lyca Kovai Kings |
| 04-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Friday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Karaikudi Kaalai | Chepauk Super Gillies |
| 05-Aug-17 | 3.30PM | Saturday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Dindigul Dragons | Ruby Trichy Warriors |
| 05-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Saturday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Tiruvallur VB Veerans | Albert Tuti Patriots |
| 06-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Sunday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Madurai Super Giant | Chepauk Super Gillies |
| 07-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Monday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Dindigul Dragons | Karaikudi Kaalai |
| 08-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Tuesday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | Madurai Super Giant | Tiruvallur VB Veerans |
| 09-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Wednesday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Chepauk Super Gillies | Ruby Trichy Warriors |
| 10-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Thursday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Lyca Kovai Kings | Madurai Super Giant |
| 11-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Friday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Karaikudi Kaalai | Ruby Trichy Warriors |
| 12-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Saturday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Tiruvallur VB Veerans | Lyca Kovai Kings |
| 13-Aug-17 | 3.30PM | Sunday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Albert Tuti Patriots | Madurai Super Giant |
| 13-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Sunday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | Dindigul Dragons | Chepauk Super Gillies |
| 14-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Monday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | Ruby Trichy Warriors | Lyca Kovai Kings |
| 15-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Tuesday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | QUALIFIER – 1 | |
| 16-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Wednesday | NPR COLLEGE GROUND – DINDIGUL | ELIMINATOR | |
| 18-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Friday | ICL CRICKET GROUND – TIRUNELVELI | QUALIFIER – 2 | |
| 20-Aug-17 | 7.30PM | Sunday | MAC STADIUM – CHENNAI | FINALS | |