2018 TNPL: List of players retained by the teams

Karaikudi Kaalai

After having an average first season, Karaikudi Kaalai finished third in the second season, eventually losing to Chepauk Super Gillies in the semis. They had the services of S Badrinath, who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket earlier today, former Tamil Nadu all-rounder Chandrasekar Ganapathy, former Chennai Super Kings batsman Aniruddha Srikanth etc. in the previous seasons.

None of their star players was retained by the franchise for TNPL 2018. Kaalai instead retained their all-rounder R Rajkumar, M Shajahan and S Mohan Prasath.