Published: Sep 01, 2016, 02:29 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 15, 2016, 09:01 AM (IST)
Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) enters it’s first-ever season in 2016. A total number of eight teams will take part in the league starting from August 24 to September 18. Tamil Nadu Premier League features 28 league matches, two semi-finals and a final on September 18. TNPL aims at giving exposure to players through T20 league. The league attracted a lot of attention featuring former Australian opener Matthew Hayden in a South Indian attire during the promotional activities. It is considered as a Mini-IPL seeing the format of the league. With India’s star players Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay and Dinesh Karthik joining hands with the league, it will be a boost to TNPL’s viewership and for the players. TNPL 2016 also boasts of former International players as coaches. Lance Klusner from South Africa, Michael Bevan and Brett Lee from Australia. ALSO READ: TNPL 2016 Schedule & Fixture: Complete Time Table, Dates, Venue & Match Timings of Tamil Nadu Premier League
Dinesh Karthik provided the perfect start of the tournament by scoring a half-century and winning the match for his team TUTI Patriots quite comfortably. Though Karthik has left TNPL media to play in first ever ‘pink ball’ Duleep Trophy being played at Greater Noida. Ravichandran Ashwin too joined TNPL after playing in USA against West Indies in T20 series. As Ashwin played his first match in TNPL, he made a mark straightaway and helped his team win the match. Murali Vijay too has been performing well so far, his team was involved in a super-over match which they eventually lost despite Vijay hitting a six. ALSO READ: BCCI allows players participating in Duleep Trophy to play in TNPL
Here is the TNPL Points Table-
| Teams | M | W | L | T | N/R | P | NRR |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.964 |
| Dindigul Dragons | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.698 |
| TUTI Patriots | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.414 |
| Lyca Kovai Kings | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.384 |
| Karaikudi Kaalai | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.020 |
| VB Thiruvallur Veerans | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.104 |
| Ruby Kanchi Warriors | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.960 |
| Madurai Super Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.411 |
The Points Table was last updated after Karaikudi Kaalai beat Ruby Kanchi Warriors by 3 wickets on Thursday. ALSO READ: TNPL 2016: Players to watch out for
Full squads of teams featuring in Tami Nadu Premier League-
Tuti Patriots: Dinesh Karthik(c), Umashankar Sushil, Siddarth Ahuja, Akash Surma, Subramanian Anand, Aswin Crist, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Aushik Srinivas, Lakshmipathy Balaji, M Ganesh Moorthi, Kaushik Gandhi, V Lakshman, Maaruthi Raghav, Abhinav Mukund, SP Nathan, G Nicul Anand, R Sathyanarayan, R Vishaal, Washington Sundar.
Chepauk Super Gillies: Rajagopal Sathish(c), Antony Dhas, Gopinath, Joel Joseph, Yo Mahesh, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, Sathiamoorty Saravanan, Thalaivan Sargunam, R Alexander, Aditya Barooah, Jothimani Gowjith Subhash, S Karthik, Ashwath Mukumthan, Baskaran Rahul, Rajeel Abdul Rahman, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Uthirasamy Sasidev, V Shibi Jawahar, SI Vasudevan, PS Nirmal Kumar.
Lyca Kovai Kings: Murali Vijay(c), Adhithya Giridhar, S Ajith Ram, Devendra Anchit, B Anirudh Sita Ram, B Arun, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, S Harish Kumar, Murugesan Kamlesh, M Mohammed, Ravi Kumar Rohith, Vijay Shankar, MK Sivakumar, Akshay Srinivasan, L Suryaprakash, JS Mohammad, S Tarun Srinivas, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh.
Madurai Super Giants: Arun Karthik(c), Andrew Subikshan, Maan Bafna, DT Chandrasekar, P Francis Rokins, C Madhu, Muruganantham, Pitchaiayan Sakthi, Varun Narender, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Ganapathi Vignesh, Singamuthu Thiyagarajan, M Raja, R Mihir, Edward Kennedy, S Aswin Kumar, Palani Amarnath, Suresh Kumar, Shijit Chandran.
Ruby Kanchi Warriors: Baba Indrajith(c), Jagannathan Kaushik, Rangaraj Suthesh, Adithya Ganesh, B Aditya, Akkil Srinaath, Anthony Mannays, Bharath Shankar, L Ganesh, Rajamani Jesuraj, Jagatheesan Kousik, Nilesh Subramanian, Murthy Prabhu, Alagh Prathiban, Ranjan Paul, Shahrukh Khan, S Siddharth, Trilok Nag, Krishna Varun Kumar.
Dindigul Dragons: Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Subramania Siva, Murugan Ashwin, Ganga Sridhar Raju, T Natarajan, Sunny Kumar Singh, Ashwin Venkataraman, Wilkins Victor, S Abishiek, Adithya Arun, S Dinesh, VRS Guru Kedarnath, N Jagadeesan, D Prashanth Prabhu, MS Sanjay, S Shyam Sundar, M Silambarasan, R Vivek, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, K Mukunth.
VB Thiruvallur Veerans: Baba Aparajith(c), NS Chaturved, Hari Nishanth, R Kavin, U Mukilesh, Ramalingam Rohit, Samuel, Santosh Shiv, Silambarasan, Vignesh, Abhishek Tanwar, Rahil Shah, Sanjay Yadav, Malolan Rangarajan, Samruddh Bhat, Lakshmi Narayanan, Jaganath Sinivas, Govindaraj, S Arun.
Karaikudi Kaalai: S Badrinath(c), Srikkanth Anirudha, A Jerome, S Lokeshwar, M Shajahan, Santha Moorthy, R Sonu Yadav, S Sujay, S Swaminathan, K Vishal Vaidhya, Sunil Sam, M Vijay Kumar, Suresh Babu, Rajhamany Srinivasan, Shoaib Md Khan, R Rajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, Kiran Akash, Chandrasekar Ganapathy, M Abhinav.
