Tamil Nadu Premier League 2021 is ready to play on July 19 after a delay due to COVID-19. 8 teams will participate in the competition– Chepauk Super Gillies, Lyca Kovai Kings, Dindigul Dragons, Trichy Warriors (formerly Ruby Kanchi Warriors), iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (formerly Karaikudi Kaalai), Siechem Madurai Panthers (formerly Madurai Super Giant), Salem Spartans (formerly Tuti Patriots), V B Kanchi Veerans (formerly VB Thiruvallur Veerans).
Tamil Nadu Premier League 2021 Teams
| Team | City | Captain |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | Chennai | Kaushik Gandhi |
| Lyca Kovai Kings | Coimbatore | Abhinav Mukund |
| Dindigul Dragons | Dindigul | Ravichandran Ashwin |
| Trichy Warriors | Tiruchirapalli | Baba Indrajith |
| iDream Karaikudi Kaalai | Karaikudi | Srikkanth Anirudha |
| Siechem Madurai Panthers | Madurai | Rohit Damodaran |
| Nellai Royal Kings Squad | Nellai | Baba Aparajith |
| Salem Spartans Squad | Salem | Vijay Shankar |
The (TNPL) Tamil Nadu Premier League is an occupational franchise cricket league that is managed by (TNCA) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. Ever since its establishment in 2016, the TNPL (Tamil Nadu Premier League) has been very famous among fans. The 20-21 edition of TNPL is going to be the 5th. There are an overall 8 franchises that take part in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
Chepauk Super Gillies Squad
| Player | Role |
| B Arun | Bowler |
| S Vijayakumar | – |
| Rajagopal Stahish | All-Rounder |
| R Ajith Kumar | Bowler |
| RS Jaganath Srinivas | Bowler |
| V Santhana Sekar | All-Rounder |
| Manimaran Siddharth | Bowler |
| S Sujay | Batsman |
| S Harish Kumar | All-Rounder |
| V Arun Kumar | Bowler |
| H Prasidh Akash | All-Rounder |
| R Sai Kishore – Traded | Bowler |
| Narayan Jagadeesan | Wicket-keeper |
| V Sai Prakash | All-Rounder |
| M Kaushik Gandhi | All-Rounder |
| R Alexander | Bowler |
| U Sasidev | All-Rounder |
| Sonu Yadav – Traded | All-Rounder |
| D Rahul. | All-Rounder |
| Sandeep Warrier | All-Rounder |
| R Nilesh Subramanian | Wicket-keeper |
| S Radhakrishnan | All-Rounder |
Salem Spartans Squad
| Player | Role |
| B Praanesh | All-Rounder |
| S Abhishek | Batsman |
| Akshay V Srinivasan | All-Rounder |
| Murugan Ashwin | All-Rounder |
| S Boopalan | All-Rounder |
| Daryl S Ferrario | All-Rounder |
| M Ganesh Moorthi | Bowler |
| KH Gopinath | Wicket-keeper |
| TD Lokesh Raj | All-Rounder |
| G Periyasamy | All-Rounder |
| S Shubham Mehta | All-Rounder |
| U Sushil | Wicket-keeper |
| M Vijay Kumar | Batsman |
| Vijay Shankar | All-Rounder |
| Washington Sundar | All-Rounder |
| G Kishoor G | Batsman |
| A Aarif | Wicket-keeper |
| M Suganesh | All-Rounder |
| Abhinav Vishnu | All-Rounder |
| A V R Rathnam | All-Rounder |
| R Karthikeyan | All-Rounder |
| Karthikeyan R | All-Rounder |
Siechem Madurai Panthers Squad
| Player | Role |
| R Mithun | All-Rounder |
| V Gowtham | All-Rounder |
| PS Nirmal Kumar | All-Rounder |
| NS Chaturved | All-Rounder |
| P Praveen Kumar | All-Rounder |
| B. Anirudh Sita Ram | All-Rounder |
| KB Arun Karthik | Wicket-Keeper |
| R Rohit | All-Rounder |
| R Aushik Srinivas | Bowler |
| J Kousik | All-Rounder |
| DT Chandrasekar | Bowler |
| V Aaditya | All-Rounder |
| R Silambarasan | Bowler |
| M Shahjahan | All-Rounder |
| K Deeban Lingesh | All-Rounder |
| Varun Chakravarthy | All-Rounder |
| L Kiran Akash | All-Rounder |
| Jhathavedh Subramanyan | All-Rounder |
| K Rajkumar | All-Rounder |
| P Sugendhiran | All-Rounder |
| P K Saravanan | – |
| B Rocky | All-Rounder |
Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans Squad
| Player | Role |
| S Dinesh | All-Rounder |
| S Manigandan | Bowler |
| R Rajkumar | All-Rounder |
| S Mohan Prasath | Bowler |
| S Siddharth | All-Rounder |
| S Aravind | All-Rounder |
| Maan K Bafna | All-Rounder |
| P Francis Rokins | Batsman |
| K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan | Bowler |
| Aswin Crist | Bowler |
| Tushar Raheja | Batsman |
| A Karuppusamy | All-Rounder |
| M Mohammed | Bowler |
| Dinesh Karthik | Wicket-Keeper |
| N Mohammed Ashik | Wicket-Keeper |
| M Affan Khader | All-Rounder |
| Adhithya Giridhar | Batsman |
| L Sathiyannaarayan | All-Rounder |
| S T Natarajan | All-Rounder |
| R I Raaj Kumar | All-Rounder |
| S Ashwin Balaji | All-Rounder |
| M Rooban Raj | Bowler |
Dindigul Dragons Squad
| Player | Role |
| K Vishal Vaidhya | All-Rounder |
| S Arun | All-Rounder |
| Advaith Sharma | All-Rounder |
| R Suthesh | Bowler |
| S Swaminathan | All-Rounder |
| L Vignesh | All-Rounder |
| R Srinivasan | All-Rounder |
| RS Mokit Hariharan | All-Rounder |
| S Lokeshwar | Wicket-Keeper |
| C Hari Nishaanth | All-Rounder |
| C Ashwin | All-Rounder |
| MS Sanjay | All-Rounder |
| V Lakshman | Bowler |
| K Mani Bharathy | Wicket-Keeper |
| AR Siva Murugan | All-Rounder |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | All-Rounder |
| R Vivek | All-Rounder |
| M Silambarasan. | All-Rounder |
| Gurjapneet Singh | All-Rounder |
| R Vimal Khumar | All-Rounder |
| S Kishan Kumar | All-Rounder |
| S Vigneshwaran | All-Rounder |
Nellai Royal Kings Squad
| Player | Role |
| H Trilok Nag | Bowler |
| CH Jitendra Kumar | All-Rounder |
| Sanjay Yadav | All-Rounder |
| V Athisayaraj Davidson | Bowler |
| T Ajith Kumar | All-Rounder |
| M Abhinav | All-Rounder |
| NS Harish | All-Rounder |
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | Wicket-Keeper |
| S Sharun Kumar | All-Rounder |
| Baba Indrajith | All-Rounder |
| Ashwath Mukunthan | All-Rounder |
| L Suryapprakash | Batsman |
| S Senthil Nathan | All-Rounder |
| Arjun P Murthy | All-Rounder |
| M Sarath Kumar | All-Rounder |
| R Rohith Ram | – |
| A Sarathraj | All-Rounder |
| T Veeramani | All-Rounder |
| R Sri Neranjan | All-Rounder |
| R Vivek | All-Rounder |
| C Suresh | All-Rounder |
| Aparajith B | All-Rounder |
RUBY Trichy Warriors Squad
| Player | Role |
| Akash Sumra | All-Rounder |
| ME Yazh Arun Mozhi | All-Rounder |
| M Poiyamozhi | All-Rounder |
| Rahil S Shah | Bowler |
| S Santosh Shiv | All-Rounder |
| W Antony Dhas | All-Rounder |
| Aditya Ganesh | Wicket-Keeper |
| Nidhish S Rajagopal | All-Rounder |
| R Ganesh | All-Rounder |
| Sumant Jain | All-Rounder |
| Muhammed Adnan Khan | All-Rounder |
| P Saravana Kumar | All-Rounder |
| VP Amith Sathvik | All-Rounder |
| G Hemanth Kumar | All-Rounder |
| K Mukunth | Batsman |
| G Karthick Shanmugam | All-Rounder |
| B Rahul | All-Rounder |
| Sunil Sam | Bowler |
| M Mathivanan | All-Rounder |
| R Karthik | All-Rounder |
LYCA Kovai Kings Squad
| Player | Role |
| P Shijit Chandran | All-Rounder |
| J Suresh Kumar | Wicket-Keeper |
| J Gowjith Subash | All-Rounder |
| K Vignesh | Bowler |
| GR Manish | All-Rounder |
| R Kavin | Wicket-Keeper |
| G Aravindh | All-Rounder |
| V Ganga Sridhar Raju | Batsman |
| U Mukilesh | All-Rounder |
| Abhishek Tanwar | All-Rounder |
| MA Atheeq Ur Rahman | All-Rounder |
| N Selva Kumaran | All-Rounder |
| Ashwin Venkataraman | Batsman |
| B Sai Sudharsan | All-Rounder |
| Nishaanth Kumar Alwar | All-Rounder |
| Shahrukh Khan | All-Rounder |
| Thangarasu Natarajan | Bowler |
| S Ajith Ram | Bowler |
| E Srinivasan | All-Rounder |
| K Kiran Kasshyap | All-Rounder |
| S Anandakumar | All-Rounder |
| V Yudheeswaran | All-Rounder |
Chepauk Super Gillies and Tuti Patriots both are amongst the most successful TNPL teams. Both teams reached the finals together in the first two editions with Tuti Patriots winning the first time whereas Chepauk Super Gillies winning on the second occasion. In the 3rd edition of 2018 was won by Siechem Madurai Panthers.Keep it here for more on these and other stories.
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