The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2023 will start on Monday, June 12 and run till Wednesday, July 12.

Organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), the TNPL 2023 will feature eight teams representing eight districts of the southern-most state of India.

The likes of T Natarajan, Varun Chakravarthy, Shahrukh Khan, B Sai Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar are likely to take part in the upcoming edition of the TNPL.

Chepauk Super Gillies, Dindigul Dragons, IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans, Lyca Kovai Kings, Nellai Royal Kings, Ruby Trichy Warriors, Salem Spartans and Siechem Madurai Panthers are the eight teams that will compete in the seventh edition of the T20 tournament.

Eight teams will play against each other in a round-robin format. The top four teams will qualify for the TNPL 2023 playoffs, comprising Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and the final.

The top-two placed teams will lock horns in the Qualifier 1 to book their place in the TNPL final. On the other hand, teams placed third and fourth after the league phase will face each other in the Eliminator.

The winner of the Eliminator and the loser of Qualifier 1 will clash in Qualifier 2 for a place in the summit clash.

A total of 32 matches will be played across four venues in Tamil Nadu. The TNPL 2023 final will be played at the Indian Cement Company Ground in Tirunelveli.

The other three venues for TNPL 2023 are SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore, NPR College Ground in Dindigul and Salem’s SCF Ground.

Chepauk Super Gillies and Lyca Kovai Kings were joint-winners of the last edition after the final was abandoned due to rain. Chepauk Super Gillies are the most successful team in the competition with four titles.

Where to watch TNPL 2023 live in India?

The TNPL 2023 matches will be telecast live on Star Sports 1 Tamil and Star Sports 3 TV channels in India.

Live streaming of TNPL 2023 matches will be available on the FanCode app and website. 

TNPL 2023 schedule and live India match times

All timings are in India Standard Time (IST)

Monday, June 12

Lyca Kovai Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, June 13

Salem Spartans vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, June 14

Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Nellai Royals Kings - 3:00 PM

Dindigul Dragons vs Ruby Trichy Warriors - 7:00 PM

Thursday, June 15

Chepauk Super Gillies vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - 7:00 PM

Friday June 16

Lyca Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royals Kings - 7:00 PM

Sunday, June 18

Salem Spartans vs Ruby Trichy Warriors - 3:00 PM

Dindigul Dragons vs Siechem Madurai Panthers - 7:00 PM

Monday, June 19

Lyca Kovai Kings vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, June 20

Nellai Royals Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, June 21

Chepauk Super Gillies vs Dindigul Dragons - 3:00 PM

Ruby Trichy Warriors vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 7:00 PM

Thursday, June 22

Nellai Royals Kings vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 7:00 PM

Saturday, June 24

Nellai Royals Kings vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 3:00 PM

Salem Spartans vs Siechem Madurai Panthers - 7:00 PM

Sunday, June 25

Dindigul Dragons vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 3:00 PM

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Ruby Trichy Warriors - 7:00 PM

Monday, June 26

Chepauk Super Gillies vs Siechem Madurai Panthers - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, June 27

Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, June 28

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons - 7:00 PM 

Thursday, June 29

Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Ruby Trichy Warriors - 7:00 PM

Saturday, July 1

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Salem Spartans - 3:00 PM

Nellai Royals Kings vs Dindigul Dragons - 7:00 PM

Sunday, July 2

Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 3:00 PM

Ruby Trichy Warriors vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 7:00 PM

Monday, July 3

Dindigul Dragons vs Salem Spartans - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, July 4

Siechem Madurai Panthers vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, July 5

Ruby Trichy Warriors vs Nellai Royals Kings - 7:00 PM

Friday, July 7

Qualifier 1 - 7:00 PM

Saturday, July 8

Eliminator - 7:00 PM

Monday, July 10

Qualifier 2 - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, July 12

TNPL 2023 final  - 7:00 PM

TNPL 2023 teams and squads

Chepauk Super Gillies:  Uthirasamy Sasidev (captain), B. Iyappan, R Sibi, S Santosh Shiv, Baba Aparajith, Bhasker Rocky, Rajagopal Sathish, S Harish Kumar, Sanjay Yadav, Mathan Kumar (wicket-keeper), Narayan Jagadeesan (wicket-keeper), Pradosh Ranjan Paul (wicket-keeper), M Silambarasan, M Viju Arul, Rahil Shah, Ramalingam Rohit, TD Lokesh Raj 

Dindigul Dragons:  Adithya Ganesh, Baba Indrajith, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, S Arun Vignesh Puthur, Advaith Sharma, Affan Khader, Diran VP, G Kishoor, Hemanth Kumar G, Mathivannan M, R Vimal Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohan Bhutra, Sarath Kumar C, Shivam Singh S, Tamil Dhileepan M E (wicket-keeper), P Saravana Kumar, Subodh Bhati, Varun Chakaravarthy

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans:  B Anirudh Sita Ram, K Vishal Vaidhya, N Sarangarajan Chaturvedi, Rahul Harish, A Karippuswamy, P Bhuvaneswaran, Parthasarathy G, S Manigandan, Sundararaman Radhakrishnan, Vetrivel I, Vijay Shankar, S Ganesh  (wicket-keeper), Tushar Raheja (wicket-keeper), Ganeshan Periyaswamy, H Trilok Nag, S Ajith Ram, Sai Kishore

Lyca Kovai Kings:  Atheeq Rahman, S Sujay, Sachin Baby, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, U Mukilesh, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, M Mohammed, P Vidyuth, Yudheeshwaran V, J Suresh Kumar ((wicket-keeper), Ram Arvindh R (wicket-keeper), Hemcharan P, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, L Kiran Akash, Manimaran Siddharth, Ramesh Divakar 

Nellai Royal Kings:  Laxmesha Suryaprakash, P Sugendhiran, Arun Kumar, Emmanuel Cherian, N Kabilan, Nidhish Rajagopal, R Mithun, Rohan J, Sonu Yadav, Ajitesh G (wicket-keeper), Arun Karthik (wicket-keeper), Rithik Easwaran (wicket-keeper), Adithya Arun, Aswin Crist, Karthick Manikandan, M Poiyamozhi, NS Harish, S Mohan Prasath, Sandeep Warrier

Ruby Trichy Warriors:  Akshay Srinivasan, Daryl Ferrario, G Godson, Ganga Sridhar Raju, Jafar Jamal, M Shajahan, P Francis Rokins, Antony Dhas, Easwaran K, Karaparambil Monish, Rajkumar R, K Mani Bharathi (wicket-keeper), T Saran (wicket-keeper), Ramadoss Alexander, G Karthik Shanmugam, K Mohamed Azeem, Ragupathy Silambarasan, T Natarajan, V Athisayaraj Davidson

Salem Spartans:  Kaushik Gandhi, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Rajendran Karthikeyan, S Abishiek, S Aravind, R Prasanth, RS Jaganath Srinivas, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Guru Sayee, Sunny Sandhu, Amith Sathvik V P (wicket-keeper), R Kavin (wicket-keeper), Abhishek Tanwar, Akash Sumra, M Ganesh Moorthi, Maan Bafna, Sachin Rathi, Selva Kumaran, Yuvaraj V 

Siechem Madurai Panthers:  Hari Nishaanth, P Saravanan, Shijit Chandran, V Aditya, Andrew Subikshan, Ayush M, Balu Surya, Gowtham V, Gurjapneet Singh, Jagatheesan Kousik, K Deeban Lingesh, Sri Abisek S, Sudhan D, Swapnil Singh, Washington Sundar, Karthik S (wicket-keeper), Krish Jain, Ajay Krishna, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Dev

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