The eagerly anticipated auction of the seventh edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) was held on Thursday, February 23 at the Plush Hotel in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu. All eight franchises came well-prepared ahead of the mega event to build a strong squad for their respective sides.
For the last six seasons, a draft method was used to pick players.
Ahead of the mega event, the teams were allowed to retain a maximum of two players.
Price division
Category A – INR 10 lakhs for Category A (players who have played international matches)
Category B – INR 6 lakhs for Category B (players who have played senior BCCI domestic matches)
Category C – INR 3 lakhs for Category C (players who are not in Category A or B but who have played more than 30 TNPL matches)
Category D – INR 1.50 lakhs for Category D (other players)
A total of 942 players will be going under the hammer across two days. Each team can have a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 20 in their squad. Tamil Nadu batter Sai Sudharsan turned out to be the most expensive player on Day 1 as he was sold for INR 21.60 lakh to Lyca Kovai Kings.
Updated squads of all franchises after Day 1 of the auction
Chepauk Super Gillies – N Jagadeesan (retained) , U Sasidev (retained), Baba Aparajith (INR 10 lakh), Harish Kumar S (INR 12.8 lakh), Harish Kumar (INR 12.8 lakh), Sanjay Yadav (INR 17.6 lakh), R Satish (4.2 lakh), Pardosh Ranjan Paul (5 lakh)
Nellai Royal Kings – Ajitesh (retained), Karthik Manikandan (retained), Sandeep Warrier (INR 8.25 lakh), Mohan Prasath S (INR 3.4 lakhs), Sonu Yadav R (INR 15.2 lakhs), Aswin Crist INR (2 lakh), Arun Karthik (INR 12 lakh)
Idream Tirupur Tamizhans – Tushar Raheja (retained), Vijay Shankar (INR 10.25 lakh), Ajith Ram (INR 4.2 lakhs), Sai Kishore (INR 13 lakhs), Anirudh Sitaram, NS Chaturved (INR 8 lakhs)
Lyca Kovai Kings – Shahrukh Khan (retained), Suresh Kumar(retained), Sai Sudarshan (INR 21.6 lakhs), M Siddharth, M Mohammed (INR 10.6 lakh)
Dindigul Dragons – Ravichandran Ashwin(retained), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 6.75 lakhs), Baba Indrajith (INR 6 lakhs), Subodh Kumar Bhati (INR 10.4 lakh), Saravana Kumar P (6.6 lakh)
Ba11sy Trichy – Antony Dhas (retained), T. Natarajan (INR 6.25 lakh), Daryl S Ferrario (INR 4.4 lakh), Monish Satish (INR 2 lakh), Athisayaraj Davidson (INR 5.2 lakh)
Salem Spartans – Ganesh Moorthi (retained), Kaushik Gandhi (INR 8.4 lakh), Jaganath Sinivas (INR 4.3 lakh), Abhishek Tanwar (INR 13.2 lakh)
Siechem Madurai Panthers – V Gautham (retained), Washington Sundar (INR 6.75 lakhs), J Koushik (INR 7.40 lakh), Swapnil Singh (INR 12 lakhs), Hari Nishaanth C (INR 12.2 lakh), Murugan Ashwin (INR 6.4 lakh)
