TNPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Tamil Nadu Premier League 2023 – Two days of action in the inaugural TNPL Auction has come to an end. In the accelerated bidding process on Day 2, Kiran Aakash became the expensive player. He bagged a 6.5 lakh contract with Lyca Kovai Kings. Day 1 of the first-ever auction saw Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Titans batter Sai Sudharsan hit jackpot as he became the most expensive player. Lyca Kovai Kings splurged 21.6 lakhs to for the opener. Brothers Sanjay Yadav and Sonu Yadav too drew a big pay cheque. Follow TNPL 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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TNPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Sai Sudharsan, Sanjay Yadav & Sonu Yadav most expensive buys as 8 teams set squads for TNPL 2023 – Watch TNPL Auction Highlights
Sanjay Yadav was bought by four-time champions Chepauk Super Gillies for 17.6 lakhs. Nellai Royal Kings spent 15.2 Lakhs to snatch all-rounder Sonu Yadav. Sai Kishore, who plays for Gujarat Giants in the IPL has bagged a 13 lakhs contract with Tirupur Tamizhans. Vijay Shankar too was bought by the team for 10.25 lakhs.
India All-rounder Washington Sundar and Mystery Spinner Varun Chakravarthy bagged 6.75 lakhs each. Madurai Panthers picked Sundar, while Dindigul Dragons bought Varun Chakravarthy.
The surprise picks were Shivam Singh who fetched Rs 15.95 lakhs (Dindigul Dragons) and Swapnil Singh who went for Rs 12 lakhs to Madurai.
The seventh edition of the eight-team league is expected to be played between June and July. For the last six seasons, draft method was used to pick the players. Ahead of this year’s edition, the TNPL Governing council decided to introduce the auction. The total bid for each franchises is fixed at Rs, 70 Lakh.
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Teams were also asked to retain a maximum of two players after dividing them in different categories. Players have been classified into four different groups based on the base price.
Price division
- Category A – Rs. 10 lakhs for Category A (players who have represented International matches)
- Category B – Rs. 6 lakhs for Category B (players who have represented senior BCCI domestic matches)
- Category C – Rs. 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 – Rs. 1.50 Lakhs for Category D player (other players)
Teams were allowed to retain a maximum of two players (one in category A or B, other in Category C or D). All the eight teams were allowed to have a squad strength of a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 20 players.
Check out the final squads for TNPL 2023
Ballsy Trichy: Natarajan – 6.25 Lakhs, Anthony Das – 6 Lakhs, Ganga Sridhar Raju – 6 Lakhs, Silambarasan – 6 Lakhs, R Rajkumar – 5.8 Lakhs, Athisayaraj Davidson – 5.2 Lakhs, Daryl Ferrario – 4.4 Lakhs, Akshay Srinivasan – 4.3 Lakhs, Shajahan – 3 Lakhs, Monish Satish – 2.4 Lakhs, R Alexander – 2.4 Lakhs, Jafar Jamal – 2 Lakhs, Mani Bharathi – 1.2 Lakhs, K Easwaran – 1 Lakhs, Francis Rokins – 1 Lakh, G Godson – 50k, Karthick Shanmugam – 50k, SP Vinod – 50k
Chepauk Super Gillies: Sanjay Yadav – 17.6 Lakhs, Harish Kumar – 12.8 Lakhs, Baba Aparajith – 10 Lakhs, N Jagadeesan – 6 Lakhs, Pradosh Ranjan Paul – 5 Lakhs, R Satish – 4.2 Lakhs, U Sasidev – 3 Lakhs, R Rohit – 3 Lakhs, M Silambarasan – 2.7 Lakhs, Rahil Shah – 2 Lakhs, R Sibi – 50k, S Kumar – 50k, Santosh Shiv S – 50k, TD Lokesh Raj – 50k, B Rocky – 50k, Ayyappan – 50k
Dindigul Dragons: Shivam Singh – 15.95 Lakhs, Subodh Bhati – 10.4 Lakhs, Ravichandran Ashwin – 10 Lakhs, Varun Chakravarthy – 6.75 Lakhs, Saravana Kumar – 6.6 Lakhs, Baba Indrajith – 6 Lakhs, Adithya Ganesh – 2 Lakhs, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar – 1.7 Lakhs, R Vimal Kumar – 1.5 Lakhs, Mathivanan – 1.4 Lakhs, G Hemant Kumar – 60k, G Kishoor – 50k, VP Diran – 50k, Tamil Dhilleepan – 50k, Advaith Sharma – 50k, Rohan Ravi Bhutra – 50k, C Sarath Kumar – 50k, S Arun – 50k, P Vignesh – 50k, Affan Khader – 50k
IDream Tirupur Tamizhans – Sai Kishore – 13 Lakhs, Vijay Shankar – 10.25 Lakhs , NS Chaturved – 8 Lakhs, R Vivek – 7.8 Lakhs, Vishal Vaidhya – 5.9 Lakhs, G Periyasamy – 5.8 Lakhs, Anirudh Sitaram – 4.8 Lakhs, Ajith Ram – 4.2 Lakhs, Trilok Nag – 2 Lakhs, Tushar Raheja – 1.5 Lakhs, Radhakrishnan – 65k, S Ganesh – 60k, Mohamad Ali – 60k, G Parthasarathy – 50k, Rahul Ayyappan – 50k, S Manigandan – 50k, A Karuppaswamy – 50k, I Vetrivel – 50k, P Bhuvaneshwaran – 50k, M Ragavan – 50k
Lyca Kovai Kings: Sai Sudharsan – 21.6 Lakhs, M Mohammed – 10.6 Lakhs, Kiran Akash – 6.5 Lakhs, Shah Rukh Khan – 6 Lakhs, M Siddharth – 6 Lakhs, U Mukilesh – 6 Lakhs, Ram Arvindh – 3.05 Lakhs, Atheeq ur Rahman – 1.95 Lakhs, Suresh Kumar – 1.5 Lakhs, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan – 1.45 Lakhs, R Divakar – 1 L, P Vidyuth – 75k, J Subramaniam – 75k, B Sachin – 50k, Yudheeswaran – 50k, Hemcharan – 50k, S Sujay – 50k, KM Om Prakash – 50k
Nellai Royal Kings: Sonu Yadav – 15.2 Lakhs, Arun Karthik – 12 Lakhs, Sandeep Warrier – 8.25 Lakhs, Ajitesh – 6 Lakhs, Rithik Easwaran – 5.55 Lakhs, Mohan Prasath – 3.4 Lakhs, Nidhish Rajagopal – 2.15 Lakhs, Aswin Crist – 2 Lakhs, L Suryaprakash – 2 Lakhs, M Poiyamozhi – 1.7 Lakhs, Sri Neranjan – 1.10 Lakhs, Karthik Manikandan – 1.05 Lakhs, R Mithun – 1.05 Lakhs, NS Harish – 70k, N Kabilan – 60k, Emmanuel Cherian – 55k, P Sugendhiran – 50k, SJ Arun Kumar – 50k, A Adithya – 50k
Salem Spartans: Abhishek Tanwar – 13.2 Lakhs, Sunny Sandhu – 10 Lakhs, Kaushik Gandhi – 8.4 Lakhs, Maan K Bafna – 5.9 Lakhs, Mokit Hariharan – 5.4 Lakhs, Ganesh Murthi – 3 Lakhs, Jagannath Sinivas – 2.8 Lakhs, Sachin Rathi – 2.7 Lakhs, Amith Sathvik – 2.4 Lakhs, R Kavin – 2 Lakhs, Muhammad Adnan Khan – 1.3 Lakhs, Akash Sumra – 1 Lakh, S Aravind – 70k, S Abhishek – 50k, Gowri Shankar – 50k, Guru Sayee – 50k, Selvakumar – 50k, Yuvaraj V – 50k, Karthikeyan – 50k, R Prasanth – 50k
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Hari Nishaanth – 12.2 Lakhs, Swapnil Singh – 12 Lakhs, J Koushik – 7.4 Lakhs, Washington Sundar – 6.75 Lakhs, Murugan Ashwin – 6.4 Lakhs, B Surya – 4.4 Lakhs, Shijit Chandran – 2.6 Lakhs, Gurjapneet Singh – 2.05 Lakhs, Deeban Lingesh – 2 Lakhs, S Karthik – 2 Lakhs, Ajay Krishnan – 1.90 Lakhs, Gautham – 1.5 Lakhs, P Saravana – 70k, Sri Abishek – 50k, Aaditya V – 50k, Anton Andrew – 50k, Krish Jain – 50k, D Rahul – 50k D Sudhan – 50k, M Ayush – 50k
TNPL 2023 Auction Highlights: Sai Sudharsan, Sanjay Yadav & Sonu Yadav most expensive as 8 teams set their squads for TNPL 2023 – Watch TNPL Auction Highlights
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