The second and ultimate day of the Tamil Nadu Premier League public sale on Friday noticed 68 gamers getting picked by the eight franchises.
Lyca Kovai Kings made the 2 large buys of the day, shelling out ₹6.5 lakh for medium-pacer L. Kiran Akash and ₹6 lakh for top-order batter U. Mukilesh.
The groups had a handbag of ₹70 lakh every and collectively spent ₹5.28 crores on participant signings.
The present holders of the TNPL, Chepauk Super Gillies and Lyca Kovai Kings — the trophy was shared final 12 months after rain interrupted the ultimate — signed solely 17 and 18 gamers respectively. The different six groups crammed their roster with the utmost (20 gamers).
With 11 gamers already retained earlier than the auctions, there’ll now be 155 gamers throughout eight groups. The seventh version of the TNPL is prone to be held within the June-July window at 4 centres — Salem, Tirunelveli, Dindigul and Coimbatore — like final 12 months.
Speaking after the public sale, TNCA secretary R.I. Palani stated, “Until last year, the TNPL used the drafting system that has given some of the players the limelight they deserved, but a few were left out due to the system’s dynamics. The first-ever auction has allowed players to be handpicked by the team managements based on talent and performance, leaving nothing to luck and chance.”
Friday’s picks
Chepauk Super Gillies: S. Mathan Kumar, Santosh Shiv, M. Viju Arul, T.D. Lokesh Raj, B. Rocky, B. Iyappan.
Dindigul Dragons: R. Vimal Khumar, V.P. Dhiran, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, M. Mathivanan, M.E. Tamil Dileepan, Advaith Sharma, Rohan Ravi Bhutra, C. Sarath Kumar, S. Arun, P. Vignesh, M. Affan Khader.
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans: Rahul Iyappan, S. Ganesh, I. Vetrivel, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Manikandan, Mohammed Ali, A. Karuppuswamy, P. Bhuvaneswaran, M. Raghavan.
Lyca Kovai Kings: L. Kiran Akash, U. Mukilesh, Atheeq Ur Rehman, P. Vidyuth, V. Yudeeshwaran, R. Ram Aravindh, P. Hemcharan, R. Divakar, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, S. Sujay, Okay.M. Om Prakash.
Nellai Royal Kings: L. Suryapprakash, R. Kabilan, M. Poiyamozhi, N.S. Harish, B. Emmanuel Cherian, J. Rohan, P. Sugendhiran, S.J. Arun Kumar, A. Adithya.
BA11SY Trichy: Mohammed Asim, T. Saran, S.P. Vinod, G. Karthik Shanmugam.
Salem Spartans: Guru Sayee, N. Selvakumaran, V. Yuvaraj, R. Kavin, R. Karthikeyan, Sachin Rathi, S. Aravind, R. Prasanth.
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Anton Andrew Subihshan, Deepan Lingesh, P. Saravanan, D. Sudhan, D. Rahul, Krish Jain, Ajay Okay. Krishnan, M. Ayush, B. Surya, S. Karthik.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com