After taking his team Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR) to the IPL 2018 playoffs, Dinesh Karthik will feature in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). The wicketkeeper batsman has been bought by IDream Karaikudi Kaalai franchise.
Karthik was the first pick of the day in TNPL player draft for season 3. Karthik was the captain of the Tuti Patriots and led his franchise to the final of the tournament in the previous season.
Karthik won’t be available for the first half of the Tamil Nadu Premier League as he is the part of India’s limited-overs team touring England. He may miss the whole season if he is included up in India's test squad in England.
TNPL will start from 11th July while the limited-overs series against England will end on July 17.
Another IPL captain R Ashwin will also be part of TNPL. The Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) skipper is likely to lead Dindigul Dragons.
However, depending upon his selection in the Indian Test side for England tour, he would leave the TNPL mid-way. In his absence, Dragons' vice-captain Narayan Jagadeesan will take-over captaincy duties.
Washington Sundar will feature in TNPL as part of the Tuti Patriots side. Sundar will also miss the first half of the tournament due to his international assignments.
All rounder Vijay Shankar was bought by Chepauk Super Gillies.
Here are the TNPL teams after 2018 players draft:
Dindigul Dragons: Chaturved NS, Hari Nishaanth C, Anirudh Sita Ram B, Mohammed M, Rohit R, Adithya Arun, Abhinav M, Silambarasan, Trilok Nag, Yazh Arun Mozhi, Sujendran M, Kaushik J, N Ramakrishnan, Ra Aravind, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Varun M Totatri
Retained: R Ashwin, N Jagadeesan and R Vivek
IDream Karaikudi Kaalai: Dinesh Karthik, Aniruda S, V Yo Mahesh, R Kavin, L Suryap Prakash, Lakshman, Aaditya V, Kishan Kumar S, Radhakrishnan, Maan K Bafna, Ashwath Mukunthan, Swaminathan S, Ajith Kumar T, S Ganesh, R Srinivasan, P Murugesh
Retained: R Rajkumar, M Shajahan and S Mohan Prasath
Tuti Patriots: Washington Sundar, Kaushik Gandhi, Sai Kishor R, R Sathish, Athisayaraj Davidson V, Akshay Srinivasan, Malolan Rangarajan, Ashith Rajiv, U Sushil, Dinesh S, Abishiek S, Venkatesh A, Nidish S, R Jesuraj, S Boopalan, S Shubham Mehta.
Retained: Anand Subramanian, Akash Sumra and Ganesh Moorthy
Chepauk Super Gillies: Vijay Shankar, Gopinath KH, M Ashwin, Harish Kumar S, Ganga Sridhar Raju, Sunny Kumar Singh, Samruddh Bhat, Arun Kumar V, Vishaal R, Rahul B, Siddharth M, Arun B, Aarif A, MK Sivakumar, Manav Parakh, B Sai Sudharsan
Retained: S Karthik, U Sasidev and RK Alexander
Lyca Kovai Kings: Anthony Das, Natarajan T, Abhinav Mukund, K Vignesh, Shahrukh Khan M, Akkil Srinaath, Suresh Kumar J, Mithun R, Suresh Babu, Sumant Jain, Rajesh MP, Ashwin Venkataraman, M Raja, R Sathyanarayan, Mohammed Adnan Khan, S Manikandan
Retained: Rohith Ravikumar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul and S Ajith Ram
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Varun CV, Abhishek Tanwar, Rahil Shah, Thalaivan Sargunam.X, Kousik J, Jagannath RS, Nilesh S, Rohit D, S.P Nathan, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Akash L, Lokesh Raj T.D, SS Karnavar, Vikkram Jangid, MS Promoth, PS Shivaramakrishnan
Retained: KB Arun Karthik, Shijit Chandran and R Karthikeyan
Trichy Warriors: Sonu Yadav, Sanjay MS, Murali Vijay, C.Ganapathi, Suresh Kumar S, Vasanth Saravanan, Aravind S, Lakshminarayanan M, Vignesh L, Chandrasekar D.T, Aswin Crist A, Mani Bharathy K, Saravana Kumar P, AS Govinda Raajan, RS Thillak, V Aakash
Retained: B Indrajith, Bharath Shankar and K Vignesh
Kanchi Veerans: Lokeshwar S, Vishal Vaidhya. K, Aushik Srinivas R, Subramania Siva, Mukilesh U, Sunil Sam, S Arun, Deeban Lingesh K, Francis Rokins P, Siddharth S, Divakar R, Mokit Hariharan, S Chandrasekhar, S Ashwath, U Vishal, Shriram C
Retained: Baba Aparajith
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