5. Ruby Kanchi Warriors
Owner: Ruby Builders and Promoters
Mentor: Brett Lee
Bought by Ruby Builders for 3.69 crores, the Ruby Kanchi Warriors is yet another TNPL franchise with an Australian at the helm having roped in speedster Brett Lee as the team’s mentor. He will look to impart his youthful exuberance to the young skipper B Indrajith who will need to keep a cool head to bring out the best out of his players.
Players: Indrajith B, Koushik J, Jesuraj R, Shahrukh Khan M, Bharath Shankar, Prathiban, Varun Kumar, Prabhu M, Kaushik J, Ganesh L, Adithya Ganesh, Siddharth S, Suthesh T, Nilesh Subramanian, Akkil Srinaath, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Mitchell Anthony, Trilok Nag, Aditya
6. VB Thiruvallur Veerans
Owner: VB Cricket Academy
Former Indian cricketer VB Chandrasekar is at the helm of the franchise which has Indrajith’s brother Aparjith as the skipper.
Players: Aparjith B, Abhishek Tanwar, Rahil S Shah, Kavin R, Chaturved NS, Malolan Rangarajan, Rohit R, Jaganath Sinivas, Vignesh GV, Sanjay Yadav, Arun S, Samruddh Bhat, Hari Nishaanth, Lakshminarayanan, Govindaraj, Silambarasan, Mukilesh, Samuel S, Santosh Shiv.
7. Karaikudi Kaalai
Owner: Chettinad Apparels Private Limited
Sporting a green and blue jersey will be the Karaikudi Kaalai franchise who will be hopeful that the combination of coach Robin Singh and captain S Badrinath can help the side get off to a winning start in the TNPL.
Coach: Robin Singh.
Players: Badrinath, Aniruda, Sunil Sam, Suresh Babu, Lokeshwar, Ganapathi Chandrasekar, Shoaib MD Khan, Vishal Vaidhya, Sonu Yadav, Rajkumar, Mohan Prasath, Vijay Kumar, Abhinav M, Jerome A, Srinivasan R, Kiran Akash, Sujay S, Swaminathan S, Shahjahan.
8. Chepauk Super Gillies
Owner: Metronation Chennai Television Private Limited
Rounding off the set of teams is the Chennai-based side which will enjoy the humongous support of the iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium. The side will call upon the hugely experienced Hemang Badani as coach while R Sathish will skipper the side.
Players: R Sathish, Yo Mahesh, Thalaivan Sargunam, Anthony Dhas, Gopinath, Sai Kishore, Sasidev, Joel Joseph, Tamil Kumaran, Alaxander R, Vasanth Saravanan S, Rahul B, Ashwath Mukunthan, Karthik S, Rajeel Abdul Rahman, Nirmal Kumar, Vasudevan, Aditya Barooah, Shibi Jawahar.
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