2018 TNPL: List of players retained by the teams

Lyca Kovai Kings

Lyca Kovai Kings, who had Indian Test opener Murali Vijay and all-rounder Vijay Shankar in the last couple of seasons have released both their internationals, along with a few Tamil Nadu players including pacer K Vignesh, opener L Suryaprakash, batsman B Anirudh Sitaram, all-rounder Harish Kumar, veteran spinner J Syed Mohammad etc.

The franchise have retained wicketkeeper-batsman Rohith Ravikumar, opener Pradosh Ranjan Paul and spinner S Ajith Ram.