Tamil Nadu Premier League sixth season is set to kick-off on 23rd June and will run till 31st July, we take a look at the tournament history, TNPL all-time highest run scorer record, top run scorer, and other details
2016 TNPL leading run scorer Narayan Jagadeesan also holds the record of all-time top run scorer in TNPL History with 1240 runs. The right-handed wicketkeeper also earned the opportunity to get selected for Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
TNPL Highest Run Scorer All Time And Batsman With Most Runs In Tamil Nadu Premier League Full List
Tamil Nadu Premier League History, Top Run Scorer of Each Season, And All-time Top Scorer
The highest scorer in the TNPL in 2021 was C Hari Nishaanth of the Dindigul Dragons. He scored 368 runs in nine matches, with a high of 70. He averaged 40.88 with a 131.89 strike rate during the competition, hitting 21 boundaries and clearing the fence 23 times.
The leading scorer in the 2019 edition of the TNPL was Dindigul Dragons’ Jagadeesan N. In ten matches, he scored 448 runs, with his top score of 105* against Ruby Trichy Warriors. Throughout the competition, he averaged 64 with a 137.42 strike rate, hitting a total of 45 fours and 14 sixes.
KB Arun Karthik of the Siecham Madurai Panthers scored 472 runs in the TNPL 2018, including six half-centuries, 39 fours, and 23 sixes. In the TNPL 2018 Series, he was named Man of the Match five times. KB In the TNPL 2018, Arun Karthik was again named Man of the Series.
In the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2017 Series, Washington Sundar scored 459 runs, with 48 fours and 17 sixes. He accumulated one century and three half-centuries. In the TNPL 2018 Series, he was named Man of the Match four times. He also scored a century with 7 runs as the Albert TUTI Patriots defeated the Chepauk Super Gillies by 27 runs. Washington Sundar was also named TNPL’s Man of the Series.
N Jagadeesan of the “Dindigul Dragons” scored the most runs in the series as an individual. He scored 397 runs, including 42 fours and nine sixes. In the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2016 Series, N Jagadeesh posted a batting average of 56.71, earning him Player of the Series honors.
Tamil Nadu Premier League Highest Run Scored by Team
Every year in July and August, eight teams representing Tamil Nadu’s eight districts compete. During the inaugural season, eventual winners Tuti Patriots scored a total of 215 runs, which still remains the highest total scored by any team in TNPL.
| Score | Team | Opponent | Season |
| 215/2 | Tuti Patriots | Chepauk Super Gillies | 2016 |
| 206/4 | V. B. Kanchi Veerans | Trichy Warriors | |
| 203/6 | Dindigul Dragons | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 2018 |
| 202/5 | Dindigul Dragons | Lyca Kovai Kings | 2021 |
| 201/1 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Dindigul Dragons | 2021 |
| 199/7 | Lyca Kovai Kings | Madurai Super Giant | 2016 |
| 197/3 | V. B. Kanchi Veerans | 2017 |
Tamil Nadu Premier League Highest Individual Total
TNPL has aired for five seasons, during which only few players have managed to score a century. We take a look at the highest individual total by a player in one match, Baba Aparajith’s score of 118 runs in 63 balls during the inaugural season remains a record till this date.
| Batsman | Runs | Balls | Opponent | Season |
| Baba Aparajith (Kanchi Veerans) | 118* | 63 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 2016 |
| Bharath Shankar (Trichy Warriors) | 112* | 68 | 2017 | |
| Kaushik Gandhi (Tuti Patriots) | 111* | 68 | Kanchi Veerans | 2018 |
| Washington Sundar (Tuti Patriots) | 107 | 61 | Super Gillies | 2017 |
| Arun Karthik (Madurai Panthers) | 106 | 61 | Kovai Kings | 2019 |
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