With the advent of 20-20 games, cricket has achieved a level of popularity that was never seen before in the history of the game. The entertainment value that a 20-20 tournament brings is of immense value.
Just look at the rising stocks of the Indian T20 League and you would get a picture. The Indian T20 League has become the second most lucrative league in the world on the back of the latest digital media rights.
To mirror a similar level of success in domestic 20-20 cricket, the Tamil Nadu Premier League was formed. Hosted five times so far, the TNPL has become the biggest domestic T20 League in India. The schedule for the sixth edition of the league has been announced and will commence on June 23rd 2022.
This edition will have eight teams in total and will follow the round-robin format, similar to that of the Indian T20 League. The top four teams at the end of the league matches will be moved to the knockouts. The top two teams would play against each other for a place in the final.
TNPL 2022 Teams:
There are a total of 8 teams in TNPL 2022.
- Chepauk Super Gillies
- Salem Spartans
- Dindigul Dragos
- IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
- Lyca Kovai Kings
- Nellai Royal Kings
- Ruby Trichy Warriors
- Siechem Madurai Panthers
TNPL 2022 Schedule:
| Match No. | Fixture | Time (IST) | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Chepauk Super Gillies vs Nellai Royal Kings | 07:15 PM | 23 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 02 | Dindigul Dragons vs Ruby Trichy Warriors | 07:15 PM | 24 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 03 | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Chepauk Super Gillies | 03:15 PM | 25 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 04 | Salem Spartans vs Nellai Royal Kings | 07:15 PM | 25 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 05 | LYCA Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons | 07:15 PM | 26 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 06 | Ruby Trichy Warriors vs iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 07:15 PM | 27 June 2022 | Tirunelveli |
| 07 | Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons | 03:15 PM | 30 June 2022 | Dindigul |
| 08 | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs LYCA Kovai Kings | 07:15 PM | 30 June 2022 | Dindigul |
| 09 | iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons | 07:15 PM | 4 July 2022 | Dindigul |
| 10 | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Nellai Royal Kings | 07:15 PM | 5 July 2022 | Dindigul |
| 11 | LYCA Kovai Kings vs Salem Spartans | 03:15 PM | 6 July 2022 | Dindigul |
| 12 | Ruby Trichy Warriors vs Chepauk Super Gillies | 07:15 PM | 6 July 2022 | Dindigul |
| 13 | Dindigul Dragons vs Siechem Madurai Panthers | 07:15 PM | 7 July 2022 | Dindigul |
| 14 | Nellai Royal Kings vs iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 03:15 PM | 10 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 15 | Ruby Trichy Warriors vs LYCA Kovai Kings | 07:15 PM | 10 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 16 | Salem Spartans vs Siechem Madurai Panthers | 07:15 PM | 11 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 17 | Chepauk Super Gillies vs LYCA Kovai Kings | 07:15 PM | 12 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 18 | iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Salem Spartans | 07:15 PM | 13 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 19 | Nellai Royal Kings vs Ruby Trichy Warriors | 07:15 PM | 15 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 20 | LYCA Kovai Kings vs iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 03:15 PM | 16 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 21 | Chepauk Super Gillies vs Dindigul Dragons | 07:15 PM | 16 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 22 | Salem Spartans vs Chepauk Super Gillies | 07:15 PM | 19 July 2022 | Salem |
| 23 | iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Siechem Madurai Panthers | 07:15 PM | 20 July 2022 | Salem |
| 24 | Salem Spartans vs Ruby Trichy Warriors | 07:15 PM | 21 July 2022 | Salem |
| 25 | Chepauk Super Gillies vs iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 07:15 PM | 22 July 2022 | Salem |
| 26 | LYCA Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royal Kings | 07:15 PM | 23 July 2022 | Salem |
| 27 | Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Ruby Trichy Warriors | 03:15 PM | 24 July 2022 | Salem |
| 28 | Dindigul Dragons vs Salem Spartans | 07:15 PM | 24 July 2022 | Salem |
| 29 | Eliminator | 07:15 PM | 26 July 2022 | Salem |
| 30 | Qualifier 1 | 07:15 PM | 27 July 2022 | Salem |
| 31 | Qualifier 2 | 07:15 PM | 29 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
| 32 | TNPL 2022 final | 07:15 PM | 31 July 2022 | Coimbatore |
TNPL 2022 Squads:
Chepauk Super Gillies- B Arun, S Vijayakumar, Rajagopal Sathish, R Ajith Kumar, RS Jaganath Srinivas, V Santhana Sekar, Manimaran Siddharth, S Sujay, S Harish Kumar, V Arun Kumar, H Prasidh Akash, R Sai Kishore – Traded, Narayan Jagadeesan, V Sai Prakash, M Kaushik Gandhi, R Alexander, U Sasidev, Sonu Yadav – Traded, D Rahul, Sandeep Warrier, R Nilesh, Subramanian, S Radhakrishnan
Dindigul Dragons- K Vishal Vaidhya, S Arun, Advaith Sharma, R Suthesh, S Swaminathan, L Vignesh, R Srinivasan, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Lokeshwar, C Hari Nishaanth, C Ashwin, MS Sanjay, V Lakshman, K Mani Bharathy, AR Siva Murugan, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vivek, M Silambarasan, Gurjapneet Singh, R Vimal Khumar, S Kishan Kumar, S Vigneshwaran
Nellai Royal Kings- H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryapprakash, S Senthil Nathan, Arjun P Murthy, M Sarath Kumar, R Rohith Ram, A Sarathraj, T Veeramani, R Sri Neranjan, R Vivek, C Suresh, Aparajith B
Siechem Madurai Panthers- R Mithun, V Gowtham, PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Chaturved, 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, L Kiran Akash, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, K Rajkumar, P Sugendhiran, P K Saravanan, B Rocky
RUBY Trichy Warriors- Akash Sumra, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, M Poiyamozhi, Rahil S Shah, 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, B Rahul, Sunil Sam, M Mathivanan, R Karthik
Salem Spartans- B Praanesh, S Abhishek, Akshay V Srinivasan, Murugan Ashwin, S Boopalan, Daryl S Ferrario, M Ganesh Moorthi, KH Gopinath, TD Lokesh Raj, G Periyasamy, S Shubham Mehta, U Sushil, M Vijay Kumar, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar, G Kishoor, A Aarif, M Suganesh, Abhinav Vishnu, A V R Rathnam, R Karthikeyan, Karthikeyan R
LYCA Kovai Kings- 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, B Sai Sudharsan, Nishaanth Kumar Alwar, Shahrukh Khan, Thangarasu Natarajan, S Ajith Ram, E Srinivasan, K Kiran Kasshyap, S Anandakumar, V Yudheeswaran
Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans- S Dinesh, S Manigandan, R Rajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, S Siddharth, S Aravind, Maan K Bafna, P Francis Rokins, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Aswin Crist, Tushar Raheja, A Karuppusamy, M Mohammed, Dinesh Karthik, N Mohammed Ashik, M Affan Khader, Adhithya Giridhar, L Sathiyannaarayan, S T Natarajan, R I Raaj Kumar, S Ashwin Balaji, M Rooban Raj
TNPL 2022 Venues:
- Indian Cement Ground, Tirunelveli
- NPR College Ground, Dindigul
- Salem Cricket Ground Foundation Stadium, Salem
- SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
TV and Live Streaming:
TNPL 2022 will be live-streamed on Star Sports and Disney+Hotstar and would also be available for free on Voot Select.
