Tamil Nadu’s domestic cricket team has achieved a lot of success in the last few years. It is rare to see a side from Tamil Nadu crash out of a domestic tournament in the early rounds. The talent pool of Tamil Nadu is so good that there are many players from the state, who are playing in IPL now.
The credit must also go to Tamil Nadu Premier League, which is an IPL-style tournament, but happening at a lower level without overseas stars. TNPL has elevated the game of many Tamil Nadu players, and here’s a quick look at the 12 players from the state, who are playing in IPL 2024.
1. Gujarat Titans have 5 players of Tamil Nadu
Gujarat Titans have shown enormous faith in the players from the Tamil Nadu region. The Ahmedabad-based franchise already retained Sai Kishore, Sai Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar, who played in 2022 and 2023 for GT.
In the 2024 auction, the Titans ended up signing Shahrukh Khan, who is a dangerous big-hitter of the ball. At the start of the 2024 season, the Titans signed fast bowler Sandeep Warrier as a replacement for Mohammed Shami.
2. Sunrisers Hyderabad
Former champions Sunrisers Hyderabad have a couple of capped Indian cricketers from the Tamil Nadu region. Both players, namely T Natarajan and Washington Sundar, were a part of the Indian Test squad that won the series against Australia in 2020/21. The third name is of Jhatavedh Subramanyan, who was born in Hong Kong, but made a name for himself in TNPL.
3. Rajasthan Royals have
Veteran all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin plays for the Rajasthan Royals team in the league. Ashwin is a off-spin bowling all-rounder from TN, who has the experience of playing in IPL since 2009. He recently played his 100th Test for India as well.
4. Kolkata Knight Riders have
Former two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders have one spinner, named Varun Chakravarthy from TN in their squad. Varun is a mystery spinner, who even represented India in ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
5. Lucknow Super Giants
The spinners of Tamil Nadu are in huge demand in the league. Manimaran Siddharth earned an impressive deal from the Lucknow Super Giants, and he has been a great performer for the side as well.
6. RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have one veteran cricketer from TN as well. He is none other than Dinesh Karthik, who plays the finisher’s role for the franchise.
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