# Lyca Kovai Kings

Lyca Kovai Kings is a cricket team representing Coimbatore city of Tamil Nadu in the tournament of Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). The team is owned by Lyca Productions. Lyca Kovai Kings has won two TNPL titles, one jointly with Chepauk Super Gillies due to rain interruption in 2022 Tamil Nadu Premier League and another in 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League.

## Team history

Lyca Productions bought the team based on Coimbatore (Rs 5.01 crore) & Lance Klusener was announced as the Coach of the side ahead of the TNPL Draft in 2016.
Lyca Productions announced the name of its Tamil Nadu Premier League franchise and unveiled the logo. The team, ‘Lyca Kovai Kings’, and its logo comprises a crown with two lions and five stars.

## Current squad

As per 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League,
* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Players with state caps are listed in italic.
| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Experience | Notes |
| Batters | Batters | Batters | Batters | Batters | |
| Balasubramaniam Sachin | left-handed | - | 2023 | State | |
| GV Vignesh | Right-handed | Lef-arm | 2024 | District | |
| Ram Arvindh | Right-handed | Right arm | 2022 | District | |
| Shahrukh Khan | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2018 | State | Captain |
| Sai Sudharsan | Left-handed | Left arm | 2021 | International | Vice Captain |
| S Sujay | Left-handed | left arm | 2023 | District | |
| All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | |
| Atheeq Ur Rahman | Left-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Om Prakash | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| P Hemcharan | Right-handed | Leg-arm | 2023 | District | |
| P Vidyuth | Left-handed | Left-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Meeran Rahil Rahman | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2024 | District | |
| Mohammed Mohammed | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| R Divakar | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2021 | District | |
| U Mukilesh | Right-handed | Right arm | 2021 | District | |
| Valliappan Yudheeswaran | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2021 | District | |
| Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | |
| Suresh Kumar | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2018 | District | |
| Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | |
| Gowtham Thamarai Kannan | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Jhatavedh Subramanyan | Right-handed | Leg-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Manimaran Siddharth | Right-handed | Left-arm | 2023 | State | |
| Manish Ravi | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2024 | District | |
| Source:TNPL & Espncricinfo ||||||

## Support staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Sriram Somayajula |

## Statistics

TNPL summary of results : :
| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | No result | Points | Position |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4/8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4/8 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3/8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5/8 |
| 2020 | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4/8 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4/8 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1/8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1/8 |
| Total | 56 | 34 | 19 | 3 | – |

### Achievements

* 2022 Tamil Nadu Premier League: Champions
* 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League: Champions
Team records :
| Record |
| Individual High score | 108* By Rohith |
| Most wickets in an innings | 4/14 by Shahrukh Khan M |
| Most Runs scored | 398 in 10 matches by Suresh Kumar J |
| Most wickets | Abhishek Tanwar - 17 wickets in 9 innings |
| Highest team total: | 209/8 vs Nellai Royal Kings |

## Seasons

Lyca Kovai Kings is playing their inaugural season since the inauguration of league in 2016.

### 2016

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Result | NR | W | W | W | L | L | W | L |

### 2017

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Result | W | L | NR | L | NR | W | W | W | L |

### 2018

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Result | NR | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L |

### 2019

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | W |

### 2021

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Result | NR | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |

### 2022

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | NR |

### 2023

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |

### 2024

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |