# Nellai Royal Kings

Nellai Royal Kings is a cricket team representing Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL).The team is owned by Crown Forts Limited.
Nellai Royal Kings is the team in TNPL with ₹3.48 crore (US$420,000) of brand value.

## Team history

With change in ownership, the team replaced VB Kanchi Veerans with Crown Forts Limited being the new owners. The team is based in Tirunelveli.
Crown Forts Limited announced the name of its Tamil Nadu Premier League franchise and unveiled the logo. The team, ‘Nellai Royal Kings’, and its logo comprises a roaring lion with golden color

## 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 | |
| Guruswamy Ajitesh | Right-handed | - | 2022 | State | |
| Laxmesha Suryaprakash | Right-handed | Left arm | 2021 | State | |
| All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | All-rounders | |
| Gohulmoorthi | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2024 | District | |
| J Rohan | Right-handed | Left-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Lakshay Jain | Left-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Mokit Hariharan | Left-handed | Right-arm /Left-arm | 2024 | State | |
| Nidhish Rajagopal | Left-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | State | |
| NS Harish | Left-handed | Left arm | 2021 | District | |
| N Kabilan | Right-handed | Right arm | 2023 | District | |
| P Sugendhiran | Left-handed | Right arm | 2023 | District | |
| R Kirubakar | Right-handed | Right arm | 2024 | District | |
| Sonu Yadav | Right-handed | Right arm | 2023 | State | |
| Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | Wicket-keepers | |
| Arun Karthik | Right-handed | Left-arm | 2023 | State | Captain |
| AV Abilash | Right-handed | - | 2024 | District | |
| Rithik Easwaran | Left-handed | - | 2023 | District | |
| Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | Bowlers | |
| Emmanuel Cherian | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| Mohan Prasath | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | State | |
| Ragupathy Silambarasan | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2024 | District | |
| SJ Arun Kumar | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2023 | District | |
| V Gowtham | Left-handed | Left-arm | 2024 | District | |
| Source:TNPL & Espncricinfo ||||||

## Support staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | A. G. Guruswamy |

## Statistics

TNPL summary of results : :
| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | No result | Points | Position |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3/8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5/8 |
| Total | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | – |

### Achievements

* 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League: Runners-up
* Nellai Royal Kings have been consistently reaching the playoffs of Tamil Nadu Premier League since their entry in the league.

## Seasons

Nellai Royal Kings is playing their inaugural season in 2021.

### 2021

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

### 2022

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

### 2023

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

### 2024

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