2021 Tamil Nadu Premier League

The 2021 Tamil Nadu Premier League, also known as (TNPL-5) or, for sponsorship reasons, Shriram Capital TNPL,^[1] was the fifth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) in 2016 . It was scheduled from July 19 to August 15, 2021.^[2] The revised schedule was announced by TNCA on 7 July 2021^[3] with all the matches played in Chennai. Chepauk Super Gillies were the defending champions^[4] from the 2019 edition of TNPL, while the 2020 edition was postponed and then cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

2021 Tamil Nadu Premier League

Dates	19 July – 15 August 2021
Administrator(s)	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Champions	Chepauk Super Gillies (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ruby Trichy Warriors
Participants	8
Matches	32
Player of the series	Chezhian Harinishanth (Dindigul Dragons) (368 runs)
Most runs	Chezhian Harinishanth (Dindigul Dragons) (368)
Most wickets	P Saravana Kumar (Ruby Trichy Warriors) (13)
Official website	http://tnpl.tnca.cricket
← 2019 2022 →

On 6 August 2021, Chepauk Super Gillies became the first team to qualify to the playoffs after they beat Lyca Kovai Kings.^[6] Later, the following day, Dindigul Dragons became the second team, qualified to the playoffs, after their win over IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans.^[7] On 8 August 2021, the final day of League stage, Lyca Kovai Kings confirmed their playoffs spot, after beating Nellai Royal Kings.^[8] At the end of the league stage, Ruby Trichy Warriors who were finished on top of the table, also qualified for playoffs.^[9]

In the first qualifier, Ruby Trichy Warriors defeated the Chepauk Super Gillies to seat a place in the final.^[10] Dindigul Dragons through to the second qualifier, after they beat Lyca Kovai Kings in the eliminator match.^[11] On 13 August 2021, Chepauk Super Gillies defeated the Dindigul Dragons to face the Ruby Trichy Warriors in the final.^[12]

Defending champions Chepauk Super Gillies successfully retained their title with a 8 run win against Ruby Trichy Warriors in the final on 15 August 2021.^[13]

Background

Originally, the league was scheduled to take place from June 2021.^[14] In June 2021, the tournament was suspended for an indefinite amount of time due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions in Tamil Nadu.^[15] However, on 26 June 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the tournament would resume from July 2021.^[16] TNCA was planned to resume the tournament as they got the clearance from the state government. Subsequently, on 7 July 2021, TNCA got approval from the state government and announced the revised schedule.^[3]

Teams

Teams

There are eight franchises competing in league.^[17] The franchises are named after a district it is representing in the state.^[18][19] Each team can have a maximum of 22 players that includes two outstation players.^[20][21] In 2020, two of the franchises changed their names and bases – VB Kanchee Veerans now renamed as Nellai Royal Kings .^[22]

Chepauk Super Gillies

– Home city

Lyca Kovai Kings

Dindigul Dragons

Ruby Trichy Warriors

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

Siechem Madurai Panthers

Salem Spartans

Nellai Royal Kings

Team locations and match venues

Team	City	District	Captain	Coach	Owner
Chepauk Super Gillies	Chennai	Chennai	Kaushik Gandhi	Hemang Badani	Metronation Chennai Television Private Limited – Dailythanthi
Dindigul Dragons	Dindigul	Dindigul	Hari Nishanth	Subramaniam Badrinath	Take Solutions Ltd
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans	Tiruppur	Tiruppur	M. Mohammed	Ramaswamy Prasanna	iDream Cinemas and iDream Properties
Lyca Kovai Kings	Coimbatore	Coimbatore	Shahrukh Khan	Sriram Somayajula	Lyca Productions
Nellai Royal Kings	Tirunelveli	Tirunelveli	Baba Aparajith	Jayakumar G	Crown Forts Limited
Ruby Trichy Warriors	Tiruchirapalli	Tiruchirapalli	Rahil S Shah	Guruswamy	Ruby Builders
Salem Spartans	Salem	Salem	Daryl Sundar Ferrarrio	B. Ramprakash	Vivo Chennai south distributor Selvakumar M
Siechem Madurai Panthers	Madurai	Madurai	N S Chaturvedi	Selvam Suresh Kumar	Pooja Damodaran

Venue

A total of three venues were used until 2019. Grounds in Dindigul and Tirunelveli hosts every match in the league stages between them. Tournament were planned to start at Tirunelveli and finals to be held at Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium.

Two new venues in Salem and Coimbatore were slated to host matches from 2020 onwards. The ground in Coimbatore was expected to host matches in the fourth season itself. But TNCA wanted age-group tournaments held there first before TNPL. Initially, no matches were scheduled to play in Chennai venue for the season.

As per the revised schedule announced on 7 July 2021, all the matches were played at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.^[3]

Tamil Nadu
Chennai
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Capacity: 50,000

Squads

Chepauk Super Gillies	Dindigul Dragons	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans	Lyca Kovai Kings	Ruby Trichy Warriors	Nellai Royal Kings	Salem Spartans	Siechem Madurai Panthers
Kaushik Gandhi (c) 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 R Alexander U Sasidev Sonu Yadav Rahul D Sandeep Warrier Radhakrishnan S	R Srinivasan (c) K Vishal Vaidhya S Arun Advaith Sharma R Suthesh S Swaminathan L Vignesh 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 M Silambarasan	M. Mohammed (c) 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 Tushar Raheja A Karuppusamy C Shriram 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 Dinesh Karthik	Shahrukh Khan (c) 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 Sai Sudharsan Nishanth Kumar Alwar Srinivasan E Thangarasu Natarajan Kiran Kasshyap Yudheeswaran V Anandakumar S S Ajith Ram	Rahil S Shah (c) B Rahul Akash Sumra ME Yazh Arun Mozhi Anirudha Srikkanth M Poiyamozhi 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 Murali Vijay	Baba Aparajith (c) 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 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 Arjun P Murthy.	Darryl Sundar Ferrario (c) Praneesh B Abhishek S Akshay V Srinivasan Murugan Ashwin Boopalan S Ganesh Moorthi KH Gopinath Lokesh Raj TD Periyasamy G Shubam Mehta Sushil U Vijay Shankar Vijay Kumar M Washington Sundar Karthikeyan R Kishoor G Aarif A R Karthikeyan M Suganesh Abhinav Vishnu AVR Ratnam Mihir R	NS Chaturved (c) R Mithun V Gowtham PS Nirmal Kumar 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 L Kiran Akash

Standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Ruby Trichy Warriors (RU)	7	5	2	0	10	0.710
2	Chepauk Super Gillies (C)	7	4	2	1	9	0.562
3	Dindigul Dragons (3rd)	7	4	3	0	8	0.396
4	Lyca Kovai Kings (4th)	7	3	3	1	7	−0.088
5	Nellai Royal Kings	7	3	3	1	7	−0.485
6	Siechem Madurai Panthers	7	2	4	1	5	0.597
7	Salem Spartans	7	2	4	1	5	−0.730
8	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans	7	2	4	1	5	−1.142

Source: TNCA, ESPNcricinfo

•   Advanced to the qualifiers
•   Advanced to the eliminator
•   Eliminated from Tournament

League progression

		Group matches								Knockout
Team		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		Q1	E	Q2	Final
Chepauk Super Gillies		1	1	3	5	7	9	9		L		W	C
Dindigul Dragons		0	2	4	6	6	6	8			W	L
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans		1	1	3	3	5	5	5
Lyca Kovai Kings		1	3	3	5	5	5	7			L
Nellai Royal Kings		0	2	2	3	5	7	7
Ruby Trichy Warriors		2	2	4	4	6	8	10		W			RU
Salem Spartans		1	3	3	3	3	3	5
Siechem Madurai Panthers		2	2	2	3	5	5	5

Team's results	Won	Lost	S/O	N/R

• C – Champion
• RU – Runner-up

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Source:^[23]

Fixtures

Date	Time (IST)	Toss	Team 1	Margin	Team 2	Ground	Player of the match
July 19, Mon	07:30 PM	Salem Spartans elected to field	Lyca Kovai Kings 168/5 (18 overs)	Match 1 No result Scorecard	Salem Spartans	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Match abandoned due to rain[24]
July 20, Tue	07:30 PM	Chepauk Super Gillies elected to field	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 64/7 (16.2 overs)	Match 2 No result Scorecard	Chepauk Super Gillies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Match abandoned due to rain[25]
July 21, Wed	07:30 PM	Nellai Royal Kings elected to field	Ruby Trichy Warriors 151/5 (20 overs)	Match 3 won by 74 runs Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings 77 (13.4 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Amit Sathvik[26] (RTW) 71 (52)
July 22, Thu	07:30 PM	Siechem Madurai Panthers elected to field	Dindigul Dragons 96 (18.5 overs)	Match 4 won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Siechem Madurai Panthers 97/4 (15 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Jagatheesan Kousik[27] (SMP) 3/23 (4 overs), 31 (26)
July 23, Fri	07:30 PM	Ruby Trichy Warriors elected to bat	Ruby Trichy Warriors 171/7 (20 overs)	Match 5 won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Lyca Kovai Kings 175/2 (18.1 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Ganga Sridhar Raju[28] (LKK) 74 (52)
July 24, Sat	03:30 PM	Chepauk Super Gillies elected to bat	Chepauk Super Gillies 165/7 (20 overs)	Match 6 won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings 167/3 (19.4 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Pradosh Ranjan Paul[29] (NRK) 62 (52)
July 24, Sat	07:30 PM	Salem Spartans elected to bat	Salem Spartans 164/5 (20 overs)	Match 7 won by 16 runs Scorecard	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 148/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Daryl Ferrario[30] (SS) 40 (27)
July 25, Sun	03:30 PM	Ruby Trichy Warriors elected to field	Siechem Madurai Panthers 137/6 (20 overs)	Match 8 won by 3 wickets Scorecard	Ruby Trichy Warriors 138/7 (19 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Muhammad Adnan Khan[31] (RTW) 53 (38)
July 25, Sun	07:30 PM	Dindigul Dragons elected to field	Lyca Kovai Kings 201/1 (20 overs)	Match 9 won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Dindigul Dragons 202/5 (18 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Mani Bharathi[32] (DD) 81 (32)
July 26, Mon	07:30 PM	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans elected to field	Nellai Royal Kings 148 (19.5 overs)	Match 10 won by 3 wickets Scorecard	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 149/7 (19.5 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Mann Bafna[33] (ITT) 72 (51)
July 27, Tue	07:30 PM	Dindigul Dragons elected to field	Ruby Trichy Warriors 145/5 (20 overs)	Match 11 won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Dindigul Dragons 149/5 (19.2 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	RS Mokit Hariharan[34] (DD) 41* (26)
July 28, Wed	03:30 PM	Chepauk Super Gillies elected to field	Salem Spartans 142/7 (20 overs)	Match 12 won by 4 wickets Scorecard	Chepauk Super Gillies 145/6 (18.5 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Narayan Jagadeesan[35] (CSG) 52 (40)
July 28, Wed	07:30 PM	Siechem Madurai Panthers elected to field	Lyca Kovai Kings 172/5 (20 overs)	Match 13 won by 19 runs Scorecard	Siechem Madurai Panthers 153/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Shahrukh Khan[36] (LKK) 58* (30)
July 29, Thu	07:30 PM	Ruby Trichy Warriors elected to field	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 110/8 (20 overs)	Match 14 won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Ruby Trichy Warriors 111/3 (17.2 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	M Poiyamozhi[37] (RTW) 3/25 (4 overs)
July 30, Fri	07:30 PM	Salem Spartans elected to field	Dindigul Dragons 186/5 (20 overs)	Match 15 won by 76 runs Scorecard	Salem Spartans 109 (18.4 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Vivek R[38] (DD) 59 (41)
July 31, Sat	03:30 PM	Lyca Kovai Kings elected to field	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 162/7 (20 overs)	Match 16 won by 2 runs Scorecard	Lyca Kovai Kings 160/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	M Mohammed[39] (ITT) 33 (25) & 4/31 (4 overs)
July 31, Sat	07:30 PM	Nellai Royal Kings elected to field	Siechem Madurai Panthers 144/8 (19.2 overs)	Match 17 No result Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Match abandoned due to rain[40]
Aug 1, Sun	03:30 PM	Ruby Trichy Warriors elected to field	Salem Spartans 116/8 (20 overs)	Match 18 won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Ruby Trichy Warriors 120/4 (18.3 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Rahil Shah[41] (RTW) 1/16 (4 overs)
Aug 1, Sun	07:30 PM	Dindigul Dragons elected to field	Chepauk Super Gillies 159/7 (20 overs)	Match 19 won by 24 runs Scorecard	Dindigul Dragons 135/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Narayan Jagadeesan[42] (CSG) 40 (27)
Aug 2, Mon	07:30 PM	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans elected to field	Siechem Madurai Panthers 184/4 (20 overs)	Match 20 won by 81 runs Scorecard	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 103 (17.4 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	N S Chaturved[43] (SMP) 41* (23)
Aug 3, Tue	07:30 PM	Nellai Royal Kings elected to field	Dindigul Dragons 147/5 (20 overs)	Match 21 won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings 148/5 (18.5 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Baba Aparajith[44] (NRK) 44 (42)
Aug 4, Wed	07:30 PM	Siechem Madurai Panthers elected to bat	Siechem Madurai Panthers 124/9 (20 overs)	Match 22 won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Chepauk Super Gillies 125/5 (18.5 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Manimaran Siddharth[45] (CSG) 4/20 (4 overs)
Aug 5, Thu	07:30 PM	Salem Spartans elected to bat	Salem Spartans 120/8 (20 overs)	Match 23 won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings 121/2 (18.3 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Sanjay Yadav[46] (NRK) 41* (26)
Aug 6, Fri	07:30 PM	Lyca Kovai Kings elected to field	Chepauk Super Gillies 159/7 (20 overs)	Match 24 won by 36 runs Scorecard	Lyca Kovai Kings 123/9 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Rajagopal Sathish[47] (CSG) 64 (32)
Aug 7, Sat	03:30 PM	Dindigul Dragons elected to field	IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 145/7 (20 overs)	Match 25 won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Dindigul Dragons 147/4 (17 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Rajendran Vivek[48] (DD) 1/23 (3 overs), 57* (28)
Aug 7, Sat	07:30 PM	Salem Spartans elected to bat	Salem Spartans 144/5 (20 overs)	Match 26 won by 11 runs Scorecard	Siechem Madurai Panthers 133/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Vijay Shankar[49] (SS) 47 (40), 1/22 (2 overs)
Aug 8, Sun	03:30 PM	Lyca Kovai Kings elected to bat	Lyca Kovai Kings 169/6 (20 overs)	Match 27 won by 7 runs Scorecard	Nellai Royal Kings 162/8 (20 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Shahrukh Khan (SS) 64*[50] (29)
Aug 8, Sun	07:30 PM	Chepauk Super Gillies elected to bat	Chepauk Super Gillies 132 (20 overs)	Match 28 won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Ruby Trichy Warriors 136/3 (19.1 overs)	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Nidish Rajagopal[51] (RTW) 66* (58)

Result	Winner
Team 1	Played 1st innings

Playoffs

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

10 August 2021 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

15 August 2021 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

1

Ruby Trichy Warriors

157/5 (19.5 overs)

1

Ruby Trichy Warriors

175/7 (20 overs)

2

Chepauk Super Gillies

153/3 (20 overs)

13 August 2021 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

2

Chepauk Super Gillies

183/6 (20 overs)

2

Chepauk Super Gillies

106/2 (16 overs)

11 August 2021 — M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

3

Dindigul Dragons

103 (20 overs)

3

Dindigul Dragons

144/5 (17.3 overs)

4

Lyca Kovai Kings

143/6 (20 overs)

Preliminary

Qualifier 1

10 August 2021 19ː30 (N) Scorecard

Chepauk Super Gillies 153/3 (20 overs)	v	Ruby Trichy Warriors 157/5 (19.5 overs)
Sundaraman Radhakrishnan 82* (54) P Saravana Kumar 2/32 (4 overs)		Aditya Ganesh 66* (45) Rajagopal Sathish 1/19 (4 overs)

Ruby Trichy Warriors won by 5 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: Aditya Ganesh (Ruby Trichy Warriors)

• Ruby Trichy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

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Eliminator

11 August 2021 19ː30 (N) Scorecard

Lyca Kovai Kings 143/6 (20 overs)	v	Dindigul Dragons 144/5 (17.3 overs)
Sai Sudharshan 57 (40) Gurjapneet Singh 3/22 (4 overs)		Hari Nishanth 59 (44) Yudheeswaran V 2/22 (2 overs)

Dindigul Dragons won by 5 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Krishnamachari Srinivasan and Sadashiv Iyer Player of the match: Hari Nishanth (Dindigul Dragons)

• Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

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Qualifier 2

13 August 2021 19ː30 (N) Scorecard

Dindigul Dragons 103 (20 overs)	v	Chepauk Super Gillies 106/2 (16 overs)
Chezhian Harinishanth 56 (46) Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 3/14 (4 overs)		Kaushik Gandhi 53 (41) Rangaraj Suthesh 1/12 (4 overs)

Chepauk Super Gillies won by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (Chepauk Super Gillies)

• Chepauk Super Gillies won the toss and elected to field.

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Final

15 August 2021 19ː30 (N) Scorecard

Chepauk Super Gillies 183/6 (20 overs)	v	Ruby Trichy Warriors 175/7 (20 overs)
Narayan Jagadeesan 90 (58) Rahil Shah 2/31 (4 overs)		P Saravana Kumar 45* (25) Sonu Yadav 2/32 (4 overs)

Chepauk Super Gillies won by 8 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Narayan Jagadeesan (Chepauk Super Gillies)

• Ruby Trichy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.