# 2016 Tamil Nadu Premier League

The 2016 season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League was the inaugural edition of the TNPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Tamil Nadu, India. The league was formed by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) in 2016. Star India was the official broadcaster.

## Teams

| Team | City | Captain | Coach |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | Chennai | Rajagopal Sathish | Hemang Badani |
| Kovai Kings | Coimbatore | Murali Vijay | Lance Klusener |
| Dindigul Dragons | Dindigul | Ravichandran Ashwin | M. Venkataramana |
| Trichy Warriors | Tiruchirapalli | Baba Indrajith | Brett Lee |
| Karaikudi Kaalai | Karaikudi | Subramaniam Badrinath | Robin Singh |
| Madurai Super Giants | Madurai | Arun Karthik | Michael Bevan |
| Tuti Patriots | Thoothukudi | Dinesh Karthik | Monty Desai |
| Thiruvallur Veerans | Tiruvallur | Baba Aparajith | Bharat Arun and Muttiah Muralitharan |
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## Tournament results
### Points table

* advanced to the playoffs
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Points | NRR |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.964 |
| Dindigul Dragons | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.698 |
| Tuti Patriots | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.414 |
| Kovai Kings | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.384 |
| Karaikudi Kaalai | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.020 |
| Thiruvallur Veerans | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.104 |
| Kanchi Warriors | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.960 |
| Madurai Super Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.411 |
Source:Cricbuzz

### League progression

| | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Knockout | Knockout |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | SF | Final |
| Tuti Patriots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | W | C |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | W | RU |
| Dindigul Dragons | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | L |
| Kovai Kings | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | L |
| Karaikudi Kaalai | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Thiruvallur Veerans | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Kanchi Warriors | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Madurai Super Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Win | Loss | Super-Over | No result |
* C - Champion
* RU - Runner-up

### Fixtures

| Date | Match | Team 1 | Margin | Team 2 | Ground | Time (IST) |
| 24 Aug, Wed | 1 | Tuti Patriots | 45 runs Scorecard | Chepauk Super Gillies | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 25 Aug, Thurs | 2 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 5 wickets Scorecard | Tiruvallur Veerans | NPR College Ground, Dindigul Dragons | 06:30 PM |
| 26 Aug, Fri | 3 | Kovai Kings | Super Over Scorecard | Kanchi Warriors | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 27 Aug, Sat | 4 | Dindigul Dragons | 14 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 02:30 PM |
| 28 Aug, Sun | 5 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 67 runs Scorecard | Karaikudi Kaalai | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 02:30 PM |
| 29 Aug, Mon | 6 | Tiruvallur Veerans | 6 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 06:30 PM |
| 30 Aug, Tues | 7 | Dindigul Dragons | 48 runs Scorecard | Kanchi Warriors | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 31 Aug, Wed | 8 | Tuti Patriots | 9 wickets Scorecard | Kovai Kings | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 1 Sep, Thu | 9 | Dindigul Dragons | 29 runs Scorecard | Tiruvallur Veerans | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 06:30 PM |
| 2 Sep, Fri | 10 | Kovai Kings | 10 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 06:30 PM |
| 3 Sep, Sat | 11 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 8 runs Scorecard | Tuti Patriots | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 02:30 PM |
| 3 Sep, Sat | 12 | Kanchi Warriors | 7 wickets Scorecard | Chepauk Super Gillies | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 4 Sep, Sun | 13 | Tuti Patriots | Super Over Scorecard | Dindigul Dragons | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 06:30 PM |
| 5 Sep, Mon | 14 | Tiruvallur Veerans | 42 runs Scorecard | Kanchi Warriors | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 02:30 PM |
| 5 Sep, Mon | 15 | Kovai Kings | 11 runs Scorecard | Chepauk Super Gillies | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 06:30 PM |
| 6 Sep, Tues | 16 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 52 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 7 Sep, Wed | 17 | Tiruvallur Veerans | 6 wickets Scorecard | Tuti Patriots | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 06:30 PM |
| 8 Sep, Thu | 18 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 6 runs Scorecard | Dindigul Dragons | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 06:30 PM |
| 9 Sep, Fri | 19 | Madurai Super Giants | & wickets Scorecard | Kanchi Warriors | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 02:30 PM |
| 9 Sep, Fri | 20 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 36 runs Scorecard | Kovai Kings | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 10 Sep, Sat | 21 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 55 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 02:30 PM |
| 10 Sep, Sat | 22 | Tiruvallur Veerans | 2 runs Scorecard | Kovai Kings | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 11 Sep, Sun | 23 | Karaikudi Kaalai | 7 wickets Scorecard | Dindigul Dragons | NPR College Ground, Dindigul | 02:30 PM |
| 11 Sep, Sun | 24 | Kanchi Warriors | 9 wickets Scorecard | Tuti Patriots | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 12 Sep, Mon | 25 | Chepauk Super Gillies | 41 runs Scorecard | Tiruvallur Veerans | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 13 Sep, Tues | 26 | Kovai Kings | 16 runs Scorecard | Dindigul Dragons | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 02:30 PM |
| 13 Sep, Tues | 27 | Tuti Patriots | 33 runs Scorecard | Madurai Super Giants | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | 06:30 PM |
| 14 Sep, Wed | 28 | Kanchi Warriors | 3 wickets Scorecard | Karaikudi Kaalai | India Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli | 06:30 PM |
* Team 1 - 1st innings.
* Winner in bold.

### Playoffs

* Semi final 16 September 2016 6:30 P.M. (D/N) Scorecard
| Tuti Patriots 187/8 (20 overs) | v | Dindigul Dragons 149/8 (18.5 overs) |
| Abhinav Mukund 91 (55) Sunny Singh 3/34 (4 overs) | | N Jagadeesan 59(41) Washington Sundar 4/23 (4 overs) |
* Tuti Patriots won by 38 runs Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Abhinav Mukund (Patriots)
* Patriots won the toss and elected to bat
* Semi final 17 September 2016 6:30 P.M. (D/N) Scorecard
| Chepauk Super Gillies 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Kovai Kings 144/9 (18.5 overs) |
| Vasanth Saravanan 52(39) K Vignesh 2/21 (4 overs) | | L Suryaprakash 38(28) Anthony Das 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Chepauk Super Gillies won by 17 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Rajesh Kannan R and R Sundar Player of the match: Vasanth Saravanan (Super Gillies)
* Super Gillies won the toss and elected to bat
* Final 18 September 2016 6:30 P.M. (D/N) Scorecard
| Tuti Patriots 215/2 (20 overs) | v | Chepauk Super Gillies 93 (18.5 overs) |
| Abhinav Mukund 82*(52) Sai Kishore 1/35 (4 overs) | | Vasanth Saravanan 30(34) Ganesh Moorthi 4/11 (4 overs) |
* Tuti Patriots won by 122 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Krishnamachari Srinivasan Player of the match: Ganesh Moorthi (Patriots)
* Patriots won the toss and elected to bat