The Tamil Nadu Premier League TNPL 2023 has witnessed two days of action in the inaugural TNPL auction, check out the highlights of the auction, player price divisions, full squad list and players prices, and more.
The TNPL 2023 is the seventh edition of the eight-team league and it is expected to be played between June and July.
Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2023 all teams squad, auction players list, price
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While the last six seasons have all featured a draft method for picking players the TNPL Governing council decided to introduce an auction for this year’s edition.
Tamil Nadu Premier League TNPL 2023 auction highlights
Each franchise had a total bid fixed at ₹70 Lakh. Moreover, teams were also asked to retain a maximum of two players after dividing them in different categories. The organizers classified players into four different groups based on the base price.
Of the two retained players, one player was from category A or B, while the other was from Category C or D. Moreover, all the eight teams were allowed to have only a maximum of 20 players and a minimum of 16 players in their squads.
On Day 1 the first-ever TNPL auction Tamil Nadu and Gujarat Titans batter Sai Sudharsan became the most expensive player. Lyca Kovai Kings splurged a massive 21.6 lakhs for the opener. Meanwhile, on Day 2 of the accelerated bidding process, Kiran Aakash became the msot expensive player. It was Lyca Kovai Kings again who bagged the player for a 6.5 lakh contract.
Player price division
All the players for the TNPL 2023 were divided into four categories for the auction. Given below are the four categories of players and their descriptions:
| Category A | ₹10 lakhs for Category A (players who have represented International matches) |
| Category B | ₹6 lakhs for Category B (players who have represented senior BCCI domestic matches) |
| Category C | ₹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 | ₹1.50 Lakhs for Category D player (other players) |
Tamil Nadu Premier League TNPL 2023 full squad lists
Given below are the full squad lists of all the teams along with the price of each player:
Ballsy Trichy
| Player | Price |
| 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
| Player | Price |
| 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
| Player | Price |
| 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
| Player | Price |
| 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
| Players | Price |
| 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
| Players | Price |
| 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
| Players | Price |
| 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
| Players | Price |
| 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 |