2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League

The 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League (also known as TNPL-8 and branded as Shriram Capital TNPL was the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). It took place from 5 July 2024 to 4 August 2024. Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won the previous season. In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Lyca Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League

Dates	5 July – 4 August 2024
Administrator(s)	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and play-offs
Champions	Dindigul Dragons (1st title)
Runners-up	Kovai Kings
Participants	8
Matches	32
Player of the series	Shahrukh Khan (Kovai Kings)
Most runs	Shivam Singh (Dindigul Dragons) (364)
Most wickets	M. Poiyamozhi (Salem Spartans) (16)
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Background

The Tamil Nadu Premier League is a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.^[1][2] It is held annually since 2016.^[3] Kovai Kings were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season after beating Nellai Royal Kings in the final.^[4]

Format

The format remained the same since the 2017 season, wherein the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by the final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title.^[5][6]

Schedule

The season was held from 5 July to 4 August 2024.^[7][8][9]

Prize money

The winners of TNPL are awarded ₹10 (12¢ US) with the runners-up receiving ₹6 million (US$71,000). The two semi-finalists are awarded ₹4 million (US$47,000) each with the remaining four teams receiving ₹2.5 million (US$30,000) each.^[1]

Sponsorship

Shriram Group continued to be the title sponsor of the event, having won the rights in 2020.^[8][10]

Broadcasting

Star India has held the television rights since the inaugural season in 2016. The matches are telecast with commentaries in English and Tamil.^[1][11] FanCode is the streaming partner since the last season.^[12]

Teams

Chepauk Super Gillies

Dindigul Dragons

Kovai Kings

Nellai Royal Kings

Salem Spartans

Madurai Panthers

Trichy Cholas

Tiruppur Tamizhans

Team locations

Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state.^[1][13] Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players.^[14]

TNPL teams

Team[15]	City	Captain[16]	Coach[17]	Owner[2][18]
Chepauk Super Gillies	Chennai	Baba Aparajith	Hemang Badani	Metronation Chennai Television
Dindigul Dragons	Dindigul	Ravichandran Ashwin	Subramaniam Badrinath	Take Solutions
Kovai Kings	Coimbatore	Shahrukh Khan	Sriram Somayajula	Lyca Productions
Nellai Royal Kings	Tirunelveli	Arun Karthik	A. G. Guruswamy	Crown Forts
Salem Spartans	Salem	Shijit Chandran	B. Ramprakash	Selvakumar
Madurai Panthers	Madurai	Hari Nishaanth	Bharath Reddy	Seichem Technologies
Trichy Grand Cholas	Tiruchirapalli	Antony Dhas	Tinu Yohannan	Drumstick Productions
Tiruppur Tamizhans	Tiruppur	Sai Kishore	Ramaswamy Prasanna	iDream Cinemas and Properties

Personnel changes

For the season, the teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction.^[14] About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at ₹2.2 million (US$26,000).^[19]

Top buys at the auction^[19]

Player	Team	Price
Sai Kishore	Tiruppur Tamizhans	₹2.20 million (US$26,000)
Sanjay Yadav	Trichy Grand Cholas	₹2.20 million (US$26,000)
S Harish Kumar	Salem Spartans	₹1.54 million (US$18,000)
Abhishek Tanwar	Chepauk Super Gillies	₹1.22 million (US$14,000)
T Natarajan	Tiruppur Tamizhans	₹1.125 million (US$13,000)

Venues

Dindigul

Tirunelveli

Chennai

Salem

Coimbatore

Match venues

The group stage matches were held in four venues across the state. The last two matches of the league including the final was held at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.^[7]

Stadium	City	Capacity
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	38,000[20]
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium	Salem	5,000 (expandable to 25,000)[21]
SNR College Cricket Ground	Coimbatore	Limited (expandable)[22]
NPR College Ground	Dindigul	5,000[23]
Indian Cement Company Ground	Tirunelveli	4,000[24]

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Kovai Kings	7	6	1	0	12	0.728
2	Tiruppur Tamizhans	7	4	3	0	8	0.677
3	Chepauk Super Gillies	7	4	3	0	8	0.362
4	Dindigul Dragons (C)	7	4	3	0	8	0.109
5	Nellai Royal Kings	7	3	3	1	7	0.039
6	Trichy Grand Cholas	7	3	4	0	6	0.012
7	Madurai Panthers	7	2	4	1	5	−1.152
8	Salem Spartans	7	1	6	0	2	−0.858

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[25]

•   Advanced to the qualifiers
•   Advanced to the eliminator

Playoffs

Qualifier 1 / Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

30 July 2024 - Dindigul

4 August 2024 - Chennai

1

Kovai Kings

201/3 (18.5)

Q1W

Kovai Kings

129/7 (20)

2

Tiruppur Tamizhans

200/3 (20)

2 August 2024 - Chennai

Q2W

Dindigul Dragons

131/4 (18.2)

Q1L

Tiruppur Tamizhans

108 (19.4)

31 July 2023 - Dindigul

EW

Dindigul Dragons

112/1 (10.5)

3

Chepauk Super Gillies

158/6 (20)

4

Dindigul Dragons

161/6 (19.5)

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Qualifier 1

30 July 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard

Tiruppur Tamizhans 200/3 (20 overs)	v	Kovai Kings 201/3 (18.5 overs)
Amit Sathvik 67 (42) Jhathavedh Subramanyan 1/38 (4 overs)		Sai Sudharsan 123* (56) P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/36 (3.5 overs)

Lyca Kovai won by 7 wickets NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Subramanian Anand and Rakesh Raghavan Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Lyca Kovai Kings)

• Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elected to bat.

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Eliminator

31 July 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard

Chepauk Super Gillies 158/6 (20 overs)	v	Dindigul Dragons 161/6 (19.5 overs)
Baba Aparajith 72 (54) Sandeep Warrier 2/35 (4 overs)		Shivam Singh 64 (49) J. Prem Kumar 2/26 (4 overs)

Dindigul Dragons won by 4 wickets NPR College Ground, Dindigul Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and M Madhu Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)

• Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

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Qualifier 2

2 August 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard

Tiruppur Tamizhans 108 (19.4 overs)	v	Dindigul Dragons 112/1 (10.5 overs)
Maan Bafna 26 (19) P. Vignesh 3/8 (4 overs)		Ravichandran Ashwin 69* (30) P. Bhuvaneswaran 1/22 (1.5 overs)

Dindigul Dragons won by 9 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Krishnaraj Srinath Player of the match: P. Vignesh (Dindigul Dragons)

• Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

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Final

In the final, the Dindigul Dragons defeated the Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.^[26]

4 August 2024 19:15 (N) Scorecard

Kovai Kings 129/7 (20 overs)	v	Dindigul Dragons 131/4 (18.2 overs)
Ram Arvindh 27 (26) P. Vignesh 2/15 (4 overs)		Ravichandran Ashwin 52 (46) Manimaran Siddharth 1/14 (4 overs)

Dindigul Dragons won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Ravichandran Ashwin (Dindigul Dragons)

• Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team	Inns.	HS	Ave	100s/50s
364	Shivam Singh	Dindigul Dragons	9	106*	45.50	1/3
324	Tushar Raheja	Tiruppur Tamizhans	9	81	36.00	−/3
286	Baba Indrajith	Dindigul Dragons	10	96*	40.85	−/2
260	Arun Karthik	Nellai Royal Kings	7	84	43.33	−/2
252	Ravichandran Ashwin	Dindigul Dragons	9	69*	36.00	−/3
Source: ESPNcricinfo[27]

Most wickets

Wkts.	Player	Team	Inns	BBI	Ave	4W
16	M Poiyamozhi	Salem Spartans	7	4/28	13.68	1
13	Shahrukh Khan	Kovai Kings	9	3/13	15.30	−
13	Athisayaraj Davidson	Trichy Grand Cholas	7	4/32	15.46	1
12	T Natarajan	Tiruppur Tamizhans	8	4/36	17.50	1
12	Sandeep Warrier	Dindigul Dragons	10	2/17	19.25	−
Source: ESPNcricinfo[28]