2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League

The 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League, also known as (TNPL-7) or, for sponsorship reasons, Shriram Capital TNPL[1] was the seventh season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). It took place from 12 June 2023 to 12 July 2023.[2]

2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League
Dates12 June – 12 July 2023
Administrator(s)Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s)India
ChampionsLyca Kovai Kings (2nd title)
Runners-upNellai Royal Kings
Participants8
Matches32
Player of the seriesGuruswamy Ajitesh (Nellai Royal Kings)
Most runsGuruswamy Ajitesh (Nellai Royal Kings) (385)
Most wicketsShahrukh Khan (Lyca Kovai Kings) (17)
2022
2024

Chepauk Super Gillies and Lyca Kovai Kings were the co-defending champions from the previous season.[3]

Participating teams

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There are eight franchises competing in league.[4] The franchises are named after a district it is representing in the state.[5][6]

Source:[7]

Team Captain Coach
Chepauk Super Gillies Narayan Jagadeesan Hemang Badani
Dindigul Dragons Ravichandran Ashwin Subramaniam Badrinath
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans R. Sai Kishore R. Prasanna
Lyca Kovai Kings Shahrukh Khan Sriram Somayajula
Nellai Royal Kings Arun Karthik A. G. Guruswamy
Ba11sy Trichy Ganga Sridhar Raju Tinu Yohannan
Salem Spartans Abhishek Tanwar Robin Bist
Siechem Madurai Panthers Hari Nishaanth Bharath Reddy

Rules

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A number of new laws/rules have been introduced in this season:[8]

  • An "Impact Player" rule allowing sides to substitute a player during a match from four named substitutes.
  • Decision Review System (DRS) system will only be used in case of dismissals.
  • Reserve days were allotted to playoff matches.

Venues

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A total of four venues will be used in the 2023 season. The tournament started at Coimbatore and final will be held in Tirunelveli.

Squads

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Source:[9]

Chepauk Super Gillies Dindigul Dragons IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans Lyca Kovai Kings Nellai Royal Kings Ba11sy Trichy Salem Spartans Siechem Madurai Panthers

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Lyca Kovai Kings (C) 7 6 1 0 12 2.076
2 Dindigul Dragons 7 6 1 0 12 −0.271
3 Nellai Royal Kings 7 5 2 0 10 0.696
4 Siechem Madurai Panthers 7 4 3 0 8 −0.324
5 Chepauk Super Gillies 7 3 4 0 6 0.683
6 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 7 2 5 0 4 −0.486
7 Salem Spartans 7 2 5 0 4 −1.244
8 Ba11sy Trichy 7 0 7 0 0 −2.009
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Source:[10]

  •   Advanced to the qualifiers
  •   Advanced to the eliminator
  •   Eliminated from Tournament

League stage

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Source:[11]

Match 1
12 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Lyca Kovai Kings
179/7 (20 overs)
v
Sai Sudharsan 86 (45)
Vijay Shankar 3/26 (4 overs)
Tushar Raheja 33 (33)
Shahrukh Khan 3/20 (4 overs)
Lyca Kovai Kings won by 70 runs
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Sai Sudharsan (Lyca Kovai Kings)
  • IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Impact Player Subs: Atheeq Ur Rahman for B. Sachin (Lyca Kovai Kings) and Vishal Vaidhya for Ganeshan Periyaswamy (IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans) were the first Impact Players to be used in the TNPL.

Match 2
13 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Chepauk Super Gillies
217/5 (20 overs)
v
Salem Spartans
165/9 (20 overs)
Pradosh Ranjan Paul 88 (55)
Sunny Sandhu 2/32 (4 overs)
Muhammed Adnan Khan 47* (15)
Rocky Bhasker 2/13 (2 overs)
Chepauk Super Gillies won by 52 runs
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (Chepauk Super Gillies)
  • Chepauk Super Gillies won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 3
14 June 2023
15:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Siechem Madurai Panthers
126/8 (20 overs)
v
Nellai Royal Kings
129/4 (13.4 overs)
Hari Nishaanth 64 (51)
Mohan Prasath 3/26 (4 overs)
Nidhish Rajagopal 42* (26)
V Gowtham 1/4 (1 over)
Nellai Royal Kings won by 6 wickets
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: M Ashwin Kumar and Madanagopal Kuppuraj
Player of the match: Mohan Prasath (Nellai Royal Kings)
  • Siechem Madurai Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 4
14 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Ba11sy Trichy
120 (19.1 overs)
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Dindigul Dragons
122/4 (14.5 overs)
Ganga Sridhar Raju 48 (41)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/21 (4 overs)
Shivam Singh 46 (30)
T. Natarajan 1/15 (3 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 6 wickets
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: Saidharshan Kumar and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Ba11sy Trichy won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 5
15 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Chepauk Super Gillies
121/3 (15.4 overs)
Radhakrishnan 36 (33)
Harish Kumar 2/12 (4 overs)
Baba Aparajith 46* (29)
Ajith Ram 2/15 (4 overs)
Chepauk Super Gillies won by 7 wickets
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: M Ashwin Kumar and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
Player of the match: Harish Kumar (Chepauk Super Gillies)
  • IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 6
16 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Lyca Kovai Kings
181/6 (20 overs)
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Nellai Royal Kings
182/6 (20 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 90 (52)
M Poiyamozhi 3/29 (4 overs)
Guruswamy Ajitesh 112 (60)
Shahrukh Khan 1/12 (2 overs)
Nellai Royal Kings won by 4 wickets
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: Rajesh Kannan and Saidharshan Kumar
Player of the match: Guruswamy Ajitesh (Nellai Royal Kings)
  • Nellai Royal Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7
18 June 2023
15:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ba11sy Trichy
139/9 (20 overs)
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Salem Spartans
143/5 (15.2 overs)
Mani Bharathi 40 (33)
Abhishek Tanwar 3/9 (4 overs)
Kaushik Gandhi 52* (32)
G. Godson 3/34 (4 overs)
Salem Spartans won by 5 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and M. Madhu
Player of the match: Abhishek Tanwar (Salem Spartans)
  • Ba11sy Trichy won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 8
18 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Siechem Madurai Panthers
123 (19.3 overs)
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Dindigul Dragons
124/3 (14.1 overs)
Jagatheesan Kousik 45 (34)
Suboth Bhati 3/19 (4 overs)
Baba Indrajith 78* (48)
Gurjapneet Singh 3/18 (4 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 7 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: GS Ananth Ramakrishnan and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Suboth Bhati (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Dindigul Dragons won the toss and elected to field.

Match 9
19 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Chepauk Super Gillies
126/8 (20 overs)
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Lyca Kovai Kings
128/2 (16.3 overs)
Harish Kumar 32 (20)
Valliappan Yudheeswaran 3/29 (4 overs)
Sai Sudharsan 64* (43)
Rahil Shah 1/26 (4 overs)
Lokesh Raj 1/26 (4 overs)
Lyca Kovai Kings won by 8 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Mohamed Rafi and K. Raghuram
Player of the match: Valliappan Yudheeswaran (Lyca Kovai Kings)
  • Lyca Kovai Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
20 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Nellai Royal Kings
124 (18.2 overs)
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IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
128/3 (18.2 overs)
Sonu Yadav 35 (32)
P Bhuvaneswaran 5/17 (3.2 overs)
Tushar Raheja 49 (43)
Sonu Yadav 2/23 (4 overs)
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans won by 7 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and MM Srinivasa Rangan
Player of the match: P Bhuvaneswaran (IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans)
  • IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
21 June 2023
15:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Dindigul Dragons
170/9 (20 overs)
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Chepauk Super Gillies
169/9 (20 overs)
Adithya Ganesh 44 (30)
Rahil Shah 3/38 (4 overs)
Baba Aparajith 74 (40)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/23 (4 overs)
Dindigul Dragons won by 1 run
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Mohamed Rafi
Player of the match: Suboth Bhati (Dindigul Dragons)
  • Chepauk Super Gillies won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12
21 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Ba11sy Trichy
117/6 (20 overs)
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Lyca Kovai Kings
119/4 (18.2 overs)
S. Sujay 72* (59)
Daryl Ferrario 2/17 (4 overs)
Lyca Kovai Kings won by 6 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: K Raghuram and GS Ananth Ramakrishnan
Player of the match: S. Sujay (Lyca Kovai Kings)
  • Lyca Kovai Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 13
22 June 2023
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
115/4 (16 overs)
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Nellai Royal Kings
129/5 (15.4 overs)
Kaushik Gandhi 51 (43)
Lakshay Jain 2/17 (2 overs)
Guruswamy Ajitesh 39 (31)
Abhishek Tanwar 2/30 (4 overs)
Nellai Royal Kings won by 5 wickets (DLS method)
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: MM Srinivasa Rangan and Krishnaraj Srinath
Player of the match: Kaushik Gandhi (Salem Spartans)
  • Nellai Royal Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nellai Royal Kings were set a revised target of 129 runs from 16 overs.

Playoffs

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Play-offs started on 7 July 2023.[12]

Qualifier 1 / EliminatorQualifier 2Final
7 July 2023 – Salem12 July 2023 – Tirunelveli
1Lyca Kovai Kings193/7 (20 overs)Q1WLyca Kovai Kings205/5 (20 overs)
2Dindigul Dragons163/9 (20 overs)10 July 2023 – TirunelveliQ2WNellai Royal Kings101 all out (15 overs)
Q1LDindigul Dragons185/5 (20 overs)
8 July 2023 – SalemEWNellai Royal Kings191/3 (20 overs)
3Nellai Royal Kings211/6 (20 overs)
4Siechem Madurai Panthers207/4 (20 overs)

References

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  8. ^ "TNPL 2023: Impact Player Rule, DRS To Make Debut In Tamil Nadu Premier League; Reserve Days Planned For Playoffs". Zee News. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League Squads". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "TNPL 2022 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for TNPL".
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