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The Hindu
a day ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Shivam steers Dragons to convincing victory
Shivam Singh's unbeaten half-century (82 n.o., 50b, 5x4, 5x6) powered Dindigul Dragons to a convincing seven-wicket win over Lyca Kovai Kings in the opening match of TNPL-9 at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here on Thursday. Chasing a moderate target of 150, opener Shivam started cautiously before seamlessly switching gears and delivering some lusty blows. Shivam, who was dropped on one, found able support from R. Vimal Khumar as the duo added 64 runs for the second wicket. The opener cut, swept and pulled en route his half-century. Once he crossed 50, he cut loose and closed out the game in style by smashing pacer Govinth for consecutive sixes as the defending champion romped home with 16 balls to spare. Earlier, Dragons' skipper R. Ashwin opted to field first, and his bowlers backed up the decision with a disciplined effort to restrict Kovai Kings to 149 for eight. Only B. Sachin put up a fight for the home team, scoring 51. The openers lacked intent and struggled to score boundaries against Ashwin and pacer Sandeep Warrier. Sachin and Andre Siddarth then came together for a 62-run alliance for the third wicket to set a platform for the Kings. Sachin was the aggressor in the partnership and was strong off the backfoot, targeting the square region behind the wicket on the off-side. However, a mix-up between the duo meant Andre was run out in the 13th over. From there, the Dragons struck at regular intervals to restrict the two-time champion to a below-par total and kickstart its title defence on the right note. The scores: Lyca Kovai Kings 149/8 in 20 overs (B. Sachin 51, Warrier 2/27, Ashwin 2/33, Periyasamy 2/30) lost to Dindigul Dragons 154/3 in 17.2 overs (Shivam Singh 82 n.o., Shahrukh Khan 2/26). Friday's match: IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Chepauk Super Gillies (7.15 p.m.).
Time of India
2 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025: Squads, key players, schedule and other details
The ninth season of Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) will commence on Thursday with defending champions Dindigul Dragons squaring off against Lyca Kovai Kings in the Inaugural Match of the tournament. The Final Match of Tamil Nadu Premier League will be played on the July 6. Live Events Previous Edition's Stats: Key Players in each team: squads: TNPL 2025 Schedule Date Match Details Time Venue June 5 Dindigul Dragons vs Lyca Kovai Kings 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 6 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Chepauk Super Gillies 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 7 Nellai Royal Kings vs Trichy Grand Cholas 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 8 Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Salem Spartans 3:15 PM Coimbatore June 8 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 9 Chepauk Super Gillies vs Nellai Royal Kings 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 10 Salem Spartans vs Trichy Grand Cholas 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 11 Lyca Kovai Kings vs Siechem Madurai Panthers 7:15 PM Coimbatore June 13 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Salem Spartans 7:15 PM Salem June 14 Chepauk Super Gillies vs Lyca Kovai Kings 3:15 PM Salem June 14 Dindigul Dragons vs Siechem Madurai Panthers 7:15 PM Salem June 15 Trichy Grand Cholas vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 3:15 PM Salem June 15 Nellai Royal Kings vs Salem Spartans 7:15 PM Salem June 16 Dindigul Dragons vs Chepauk Super Gillies 7:15 PM Salem June 17 Trichy Grand Cholas vs Lyca Kovai Kings 7:15 PM Salem June 18 Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Nellai Royal Kings 7:15 PM Salem June 19 Salem Spartans vs Chepauk Super Gillies 7:15 PM Salem June 21 Lyca Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royal Kings 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 22 Salem Spartans vs Dindigul Dragons 3:15 PM Tirunelveli June 22 Siechem Madurai Panthers vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 23 Chepauk Super Gillies vs Trichy Grand Cholas 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 24 Lyca Kovai Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 25 Trichy Grand Cholas vs Siechem Madurai Panthers 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 26 Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons 7:15 PM Tirunelveli June 28 Chepauk Super Gillies vs Siechem Madurai Panthers 7:15 PM Dindigul June 29 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Nellai Royal Kings 3:15 PM Dindigul June 29 Dindigul Dragons vs Trichy Grand Cholas 7:15 PM Dindigul July 1 TBC vs TBC Qualifier 1 7:15 PM Dindigul July 2 TBC vs TBC Eliminator 7:15 PM Dindigul July 4 TBC vs TBC Qualifier 1 7:15 PM Dindigul July 6 TBC vs TBC Final 7:15 PM Dindigul (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel There are 4 venues finalized for the mega event. They are:1. Sri Ramakrishna College in Coimbatore2. Salem Cricket Foundation Ground in Salem3. CSK Ground in Sankar Nagar in Tirunelveli4. NPR College Ground in DindigulA total of eight teams particiapte in the turmanemt, including Lyca Kovai Kings, Nellai Royal Kings, Chepauk Super Gillies, Dindigul Dragons, Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans, SKM Salem Spartans, Siechem Madurai Panthers and Trichy Grand tournament will be held in a double round robin format with each team taking on each other twice. Post the league stages, the two teams that finish in the top 2 of points table will play in Qualifier 1 while the 3rd and 4th Placed Teams will square off in the Eliminator Match. The loser of Qualifier 1 and winner of Eliminator Match will lock horns in the Qualifier 2. The winner of Qualifier 1 and the winner of Qualifier 2 will square off in the Finals on the 6th of July, - Dindigul DragonsRunners up - Lyca Kovai KingsTop Run Scorer - Shivam Singh, 364 Runs (Dindigul Dragons)Top Wicket Taker - M Poiyamozhi, 16 Wickets (Salem Spartans)Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Uthirasamy Sasidev, Sai Kishore, Daryl FerrarioChepauk Super Gillies - Vijay Shankar, Jagadeesan Narayan and Baba AparajithDindigul Dragons - Maan Bafna, Shivam Singh, Baba IndrajithLyca Kovai Kings - K Vishal Vaidhya, Suresh Lokeshwar, Shahrukh KhanNellai Royal Kings - Sonu Yadav, Arun Karthik, NS HarishTrichy Grand Cholas - U Mukilesh, Jagatheesan Kousik, Suresh KumarSiechem Madurai Panthers - Gurjapneet Singh, P Saravanan and Karthik MeiyappanSKM Salem Spartans - Boopathi Kumar, M Poiyamozhi and Nidhish RajagopalK Rajkumar, Kanibalan K, Radhakrishnan, Uthirasamy Sasidev, C V Achyuth, Daryl Ferrario, Prabanjan S, V Anovankar, Amith Sathvik, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Tushar Raheja, Balu Surya, Esakkimuthu A, Mathivannan M, Mohamed Ali, Mohan Prasath, Pranav Raghavendra, Ragupathy Silambarasan, Sai Kishore, T NatarajanVijay Shankar, Aashiq Rehman, Arjun Murthy, Abhishek Tanwar, Baba Aparajith, N Sunil Krishna, Dinesh Raj S, Kirubakar Ravinder, Prem Kumar, Rajalingam G, RS Mokit Hariharan, Swapnil Singh, Jagadeesan Narayan, R Rajan, Akram Khan, Aushik Srinivas R, M Silambarasan, Rohith Suthar, TD Lokesh RajMaan Bafna, R K Jayant, Shivam Singh, Vimal Khumar, Dinesh H, Hunny Saini, M Karthik Saran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Baba Indrajith, Atul Vitkar, DT Chandrasekar, Ganeshan Periyaswamy, M Viju Arul, Rajwinder Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Varun ChakaravarthyAndre Siddarth, Balasubramaniam Sachin, Jitendra Kumar, K Vishal Vaidhya, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, P Vidyuth, Pradheep Vishal, Ramalingam Rohit, Madhava Prasad, Suresh Lokeshwar, Ambrish R S, B Aaditya, Govinth G, Guru Raghavendran, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, M Siddharth, N Kabilan, P Bhuvaneswaran, Ramesh DivakarPS Nirmal Kumar, S Vijaya Kumar, Sachin Rathi, Rocky Bhasker, Sonu Yadav, Ajay Krishnan, Emmanuel Cherian, J Rohan, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Ajitesh Guruswamy, D Santhosh Kumar, Arun Karthik, Rithik Easwaran, NS Harish, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, Selvaganapathi S, S Risheek Kumar, Karan Sampat, Arun Bala, Athish S RU Mukilesh, Jagatheesan Kousik, Jafar Jamal, Suresh Kumar, Arya Yohan Menon, K Easwaran, SP Vinod, Sujay Sivasankaran, Sanjay Yadav, Washington Sundar, R Rajkumar, T Saran, Waseem Ahmed, Antony Dhas, M Ganesh Moorthi, V Athisayaraj Davidson, J Rejin, P Saravana Kumar, N Selva Chaturved, Shyam Sundar S, Sanjeev Kumar, Ram Arvindh, Balchander Anirudh, P Saravanan, Atheeq Ur Rahman, C Sarath Kumar, P Vignesh, S Rajalingam, Ajay Chetan J, Ganesh S, Shankar Ganesh, Murugan Ashwin, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Gurjapneet Singh, Karthik Meiyappan, Deepesh D, Surya Anand S, Ayush MAbishiek Selvakumar, Boopathi Kumar, Hari Nishaanth, Vivek R, Sudhan Kandepan, J Gowri Sankar, Nidhish Rajagopal, Pavithran R, S Harish Kumar, Sunny Sandhu, Eshwar M, R Kavin, Karthick Manikandan, Mohammed M, M Poiyamozhi, Rahil Shah, Rahul D, S Ajith Ram, Yazh Arun Mozhi, Himalaya.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Exciting ninth edition of TNPL kicks off with defending champions Dindigul Dragons facing Lyca Kovai Kings.
The IPL might have just ended less than 48 hours ago, but T20 league action will continue in the country when the ninth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League kicks off at the Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science here on Thursday. In the opening fixture, defending champion Dindigul Dragons, led by former India off-spinner R. Ashwin, will take on the Lyca Kovai Kings in a rematch of last year's summit clash. The TNPL has been a nurturing ground for players from the state to take the next step. As many as 11 cricketers from Tamil Nadu featured in the recently concluded IPL, and most of them have benefited from the T20 league that started in 2016. B. Sai Sudharsan, who finished as the highest run-getter in the IPL, was one of the most recent finds of the TNPL when he burst onto the scene in a breakout season for Kovai Kings in 2021. The eight-team tournament will be played across four venues, starting in Coimbatore before moving to Salem and Tirunelveli. Dindigul will host the final leg of the tournament, including the Playoffs. There have been some significant changes in team composition post the mega auction earlier this year, with some big names, including Vijay Shankar and M. Mohammed, finding new homes. The Chennai-born former UAE leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, who scalped a hat-trick against Sri Lanka in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, has returned home and will make his TNPL debut. This year, the TNPL will have DRS calls for wides and no-balls. With the IPL scouts expected to be scouring across the venues, it will be a chance for TN's bright hopefuls to show their wares and follow in the footsteps of the likes of Sai Sudharsan, T. Natarajan, and Varun Chakarvarthy. TNPL schedule: League stages: At Coimbatore: June 5-11; At Salem: June 13-19; At Tirunelveli: June 21-26; At Dindigul: June 28-29; Playoffs (At Dindigul): Qualifier 1: July 1; Eliminator: July 2; Qualifier 2: July 4; Final: July 6.
