In the year 2016, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) formed the Tamil Nadu Premier League. TNPL is a men’s T20 cricket league that is held every year in the state of Tamil Nadu and eight city-based franchise teams participate in this tournament.
The 7th edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) which started on June 12, 2023. A total of 28 league games were played across four cities in Tamil Nadu—Coimbatore, Dindigul, Salem, and Tirunelveli—between June 12 and July 12, 2023.
TNPL 2023 Overview
Name of the Tournament | Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) |
Conducting Body | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
Format | T20 |
Teams | 8 Teams |
Start Date | June 12, 2023 |
Final Date | July 12, 2023 |
Winner | Lyca Kovai Kings |
TNPL 2023 Winner

Lyca Kovai Kings became the winner of TNPL 2023. LKK was the first team to qualify for the finals, followed by Nellai Royal Kings. The Lyca Kovai Kings performed consitently well during the season and won the final against Nellai Royal Kings by 104 runs.
TNPL 2023 Prize Money & Awards
Award | Amount | Winner |
TNPL 2023 Winning Prize Money | Rs. 1 crore | Lyca Kovai Kings |
TNPL 2023 Runner-up | Rs. 60 Lakh | Nellai Royal Kings |
Player of the Match (Final) | Rs. 10,000 | Jhatavedh Subramanyan (LKK) |
Player of the Tournament | Rs. 1 Lakh | G Ajitesh (NRK) |
Sriram Maximum Fours in TNPL 2023 | Rs. 50,000 | Sai Sudarshan (NRK) |
Power Catch of the Tournament | Rs. 50,000 | Murugan Ashwin (SMP) |
Maximum 50s | Rs. 50,000 | G Ajitesh (NRK) |
Sriram Maximum Fours (Final) | Rs 10,000 | Atheeq Ur Rahman (NRK) |
Turbo Power Player (Final) | Rs 10,000 | Jhathavedh Subramanyan (LKK) |
TNPL 2023 Playoffs Schedule
The teams that rank in the top 4 will be playing in the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2023 Playoffs. A total of 2 qualifiers, 1 eliminator, and then the Final will be played on July 12, 2023. Here’s the TNPL 2023 Playoff Schedule.
Date | Time | Match | Venue |
July 7, 2023 | 7 PM | Lyca Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons (Qualifier 1) (LKK won by 30 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
July 8, 2023 | 7 PM | Nellai Royal Kings vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (Eliminator) (NRK won by 4 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
July 10, 2023 | 7 PM | Dindigul Dragons vs Nellai Royal Kings (Qualifier 2) (NRK won by 7 Wickets) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 12, 2023 | 7 PM | Lyca Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royal Kings (Final) (LKK won by 104 runs) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
TNPL 2023 Schedule
Date | Time | Match | Venue |
June 12, 2023 | 7 PM | Lyca Kovai Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (LKK won by 70 runs) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 13, 2023 | 3 PM | Salem Spartans vs Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG won by 52 runs) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 14, 2023 | 7 PM | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Nellai Royal Kings (NRK won by 6 wicketsts) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 14, 2023 | 7 PM | Dindigul Dragons vs Ba11sy Trichy (DD wom by 6 wickets) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 15, 2023 | 7 PM | Chepauk Super Gillies vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (CSG won by 7 wickets) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 16, 2023 | 3 PM | Lyca Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royal Kings (NRK won by 5 wickets) | SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore |
June 18, 2023 | 3 PM | Salem Spartans vs Ba11sy Trichy (SS won by 5 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 18, 2023 | 7 PM | Dindigul Dragons vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (DD won by 7 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 19, 2023 | 7 PM | Lyca Kovai Kings vs Chepauk Super Gillies (LKK won by 8 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 20, 2023 | 7 PM | Nellai Royal Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (ITT won by 7 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 21, 2023 | 3 PM | Chepauk Super Gillies vs Dindigul Dragons (DD won by 1 run) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 21, 2023 | 7 PM | Ba11sy Trichy vs Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK won by 6 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 22, 2023 | 7 PM | Nellai Royal Kings vs Salem Spartans (NRK won by 5 wickets) | NPR College Ground, Dindigul |
June 24, 2023 | 3 PM | Nellai Royal Kings vs Chepauk Super Gillies (NRK won by 8 wickets) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 24, 2023 | 7 PM | Salem Spartans vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP won by 7 wickets) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 25, 2023 | 3 PM | Dindigul Dragons vs Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK won by 59 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 25, 2023 | 7 PM | Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Ba11sy Trichy (ITT won by 46 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 26, 2023 | 7 PM | Chepauk Super Gillies vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP won by 12 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 27, 2023 | 7 PM | Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK won by 79 runs) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 28, 2023 | 7 PM | Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons (DD won by 8 wickets) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
June 29, 2023 | 7 PM | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Ba11sy Trichy (SMP won by 7 wickets) | SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
July 1, 2023 | 3 PM | Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Salem Spartans (SS won by 8 runs) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 1, 2023 | 7 PM | Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons (DD won by 7 wickets) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 2, 2023 | 3 PM | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK won by 44 runs) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 2, 2023 | 7 PM | Ba11sy Trichy vs Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG won by 58 runs) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 3, 2023 | 7 PM | Dindigul Dragons vs Salem Spartans (DD won by 7 wickets) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 4, 2023 | 7 PM | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (SMP won by 4 runs) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
July 5, 2023 | 7 PM | Ba11sy Trichy vs Nellai Royal Kings (NRK won by 8 wickets) | Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli |
TNPL 2023 Points-Table
Teams | Matches | Win | Loss | Points | NRR |
Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | +2.155 |
Dindigul Dragons (DD) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | +0.529 |
Nellai Royal Kings (NRK) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | +0.696 |
Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -0.324 |
Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | +0.683 |
iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (ITT) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.486 |
Salem Spartans (SS) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -1.244 |
Ba11sy Trichy (BTY) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -2.009 |
TNPL 2023 Venue
Here’s the list of venues where all 28 league matches and four playoff matches will be held. All these venues are across the state of Tamil Nadu.
- SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
- Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli
- SCF Cricket Ground, Salem
- NPR College Ground, Dindigul
TNPL 2023 Teams
In total, eight teams will compete in the 2023 season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). There are 28 league-stage games and four playoff games in which teams from all throughout the state compete. In a round-robin style, each team faces the other once during the league stages. The teams that will compete in the TNPL in 2023 are listed below.
- Lyca Kovai Kings
- IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
- Salem Spartans
- Chepauk Super Gillies
- Siechem Madurai Panthers
- Nellai Royal Kings
- Dindigul Dragons
- Ba11sy Trichy
TNPL 2023 Squads
Here’s the list of squads for all eight teams that will be participating in TNPL 2023:
Lyca Kovai Kings
Suresh Kumar (wk), B Sai Sudharsan, P Vidyuth, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, S Sujay, M Shahrukh Khan, M Siddharth, M Mohammed, P Hemcharan, L Kiran Akash, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Ram Arvindh, B Sachin, L Kiran Akash, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Atheeq Ur Rahman, R Divakar, U Mukilesh, and KM Om Prakash.
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
P Bhuvaneshwaran, S Ganesh, Mohamed Ali, Radhakrishnan, G Parthasarathy, I Vetrivel, K Vishal Vaidhya, Rajendran Vivek, Alliraj Karuppusamy, S Manigandan, Rahul Harish, M Ragavan, Ganeshan Periyaswamy, Tushar Raheja (wk), Vijay Shankar, R Sai Kishore, NS Chaturvedi, B Anirudh, Ajith Ram, and H Trilok Nag.
Salem Spartans
Amit Sathvik (wk), Prasanth Rajesh, Sachin Rathi, Ravi Karthikeyan, RS Mokit Hariharan, VRS Guru Kedarnath, RS Jaganath Sinivas, R Kavin, S Abishiek, Akash Sumra, Mann Bafna, Sunny Sandhu, Abhishek Tanwar, V Yuvaraj, Kaushik Gandhi, M Ganesh Moorthi, S Aravind, N Selva Kumaran, J Gowri Sankar, and, Muhammad Adnan Khan.
Chepauk Super Gillies
N Jagadeesan (wk), B Iyappan, M Viju Arul, R Sibi, S Santosh Shiv, TD Lokesh Raj, S Madhan Kumar, Rocky Bhasker, Ramalingam Rohit, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Sanjay Yadav, Pradosh Ranjan Paul (wk), Baba Aparajith, Rajagopal Sathish, Rahil Shah, M Silambarasan, and S Harish Kumar.
Siechem Madurai Panthers
Mann Bafna, Kaushik Gandhi, RS Mokit Hariharan, VRS Guru Kedarnath, RS Jaganath Sinivas, M Ganesh Moorthi, S Aravind, N Selva Kumaran, Sunny Sandhu, Abhishek Tanwar, V Yuvaraj, J Gowri Sankar, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Amit Sathvik (wk), R Kavin, S Abishiek, Akash Sumra, Prasanth Rajesh, Sachin Rathi, and Ravi Karthikeyan
Nellai Royal Kings
Arun Karthik (wk), Aswin Crist, M Poiyamozhi, P Sugendhiran, Sri Neranjan, R Mithun, S Mohan Prasath, SJ Arun Kumar, Ritwik Easwaran, Nidhish Rajagopal, L Suryaprakash, J Rohan, Emmanuel Cherian, NS Harish, N Kabilan, Karthick Manikandan, Sandeep Warrier, Adithya Arun, Guruswamy Ajitesh, and Sonu Yadav.
Dindigul Dragons
Adithya Ganesh (wk), R Ashwin, Subodh Bhati, Advaith Sharma, VP Diran, Hemanth Kumar, Kishoor, Boopathi Kumar, C Sarath Kumar, P Vignesh, ME Tamil Dhileepan, Affan Khader, Vimal Khumar, S Arun, Rohan Bhutra, Varun Chakravarthy, Baba Indrajith, and P Saravana Kumar.
Ba11sy Trichy
Ramadoss Alexander, SP Vinod, Akshay Srinivasan, Antony Dhas, Raghupathy Silambarasan, K Easwaran, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Jafar Jamal, G Karthik Shanmugam, G Godson, R Rajkumar, T Saran, K Mani Bharathi (wk), T Natarajan, Daryl Ferrario, M Shajahan, P Francis Rokins, Ganga Sridhar Raju, K Monish, and K Mohamed Azeem.
TNPL 2023 Ticket-Booking
The Cricketing fans who want to watch the matches in the stadium can buy the tickets from the stadium counters. Also, people who don’t want to stand in long queues to buy can buy tickets online through Paytm Insider. The ticket price for the tournament will start from Rs. 200 and it can easily go up to Rs. 2000.
FAQs related to TNPL
A. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association organizes the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
A. Chepauk Super Gillies and Lyca Kovai Kings were the joint winners of the TNPL 2022.
A. The winner of TNPL will receive Rs 1 crore as a cash prize.
A. Chepauk Super Gillies are the most successful teams of TNPL and they have won the title 4 times.