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HIGHLIGHTS | TNPL Mega Auction 2025: Salem Spartans buys Mohammad for Rs 18.40 lakh, Vijay Shankar returns to Chepauk Super Gillies
Suresh Kumar sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 16.10 lakh
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CHENNAI: The auction of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), one of the leading state franchise leagues in the country, came to a close with team's engaging in intense bidding war and Mohammed M got the best of all to become the costliest player this year when Salem Spartans bought him for Rs 18.40 lakh.
In the marquee list, Vijay Shankar was the first player to go under the hammer with the four-time champion Chepauk Super Gillies buying the all-rounder for Rs 18 lakh. They also bought Swapnil K Singh for Rs 10.80 lakh.
Apart from the top buy of the tournament, Spartans also secured the services of Hari Nishaanth for Rs 12 lakh.
Trichy Grand Cholas bought two players who represented Kovai Kings last year, U Mukilesh was sold for Rs 17.60 lakh and Suresh Kumar for Rs Rs 16.1 lakh.
Grand Cholas also bought star all-rounder Washington Sundar for Rs 6 lakh.
Welcome to the Mega Auction of TNPL 2025!
Remaining Purses
Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 49.2 Lakh
Dindigul Dragons - Rs 35.6 Lakh
Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 35.6 Lakh
Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 35.6 Lakh
Madurai Panthers - Rs 61.2 Lakh
Salem Spartans - Rs 68 Lakh
Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 64.4 Lakh
Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 35.6 Lakh
Retained players list: Chepauk Super Gillies
Abhishek Tanwar
B Aparajith
N Jagadeesan
TD Lokesh Raj
M Silambarasan
Retained players list: Dindigul Dragons
Ravi Ashwin
Varun Chakravarthy
Sandeep Warrier
Baba Indrajith
Shivam Singh
Retained players list: Lyca Kovai Kings
Shahrukh Khan
Sai Sudharsan
Siddharth M
Sachin B
Jhathavedh S
Retained Players list: Tiruppur Tamizhans
Sai Kishore
T Natarajan
Tushar Raheja
Mohamed Ali
Amith Sathvik
Retained Players list: Nellai Royal Kings
Sonu Yadav
Arun Karthick
Ajitesh G
Rithik Easwaran
Harish NS
Retained Players list: Madurai Panthers
Murugan Ashwin
Gurjapneet Singh
Saravanan P
Chaturved NS
Retained Players list: Salem Spartans
Abishiek S
Sunny Sandhu
Harish Kumar S
Poiyamozhi M
Vivek R
Retained Players list: Trichy Grand Cholas
Sanjay Yadav
Jafar Jamal
Rajkumar R
Waseem Ahmed
Athisayaraj Davidson
Vijay Shankar is the first player to go under hammer
Vijay Shankar goes to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 18 lakh
After an intense bidding war from the start the all-rounder Vijay Shankar was sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 18 lakh. Dindigul Dragons, Madurai Panthers were the other teams that were interested, but CSG was determined to go all in for him.
Hari Nishaanth next player in the marquee list
Hari Nishaanth sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 12 lakh
Silambarasan R sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 9 lakh
Achyuth CV sold to Tiruppur for Rs 0.75 lakh
Gowtham Thamarai Kannan sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 5.15 lakh
Trilok Nag remains unsold
Pranav Ragavendra sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans to Rs 2.75 lakh
The 16-year-old pacer, who made his debut on last year's Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy was sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans
Yudheeswaran sold to Nellai Royal Kings for Rs 2.45 lakh
Deepesh D sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 5.15 lakh
Kishoor G remains unsold
Shajahan remains unsold
Andre Siddarth sold to Rs 8.40 lakh to Lyca Kovai Kings
Andre Siddarth, who played for Chepauk Super Gillies last season and made his Ranji Trophy debut, was sold to Lyca Kovai Kings. The youngster was sold to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the mega auction of IPL.
Pradosh Ranjan Paul sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 4.40 lakh
Atheeq Ur Rahman sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 7.75 lakh
After a long bidding war between Salem Spartans and Chepauk Super Gillies, Nellai Royal Kings and Madurai Panthers came in at the very end to buy Rahman. CSG came in for one last bid at Rs 7.70 lakh, but Madurai went one step ahead and CSG were out.
Rahman was known as the first impact player in the league's history when he walked to bat representing Kovai Kings in the 2023 season.
Jayant RK sold to Dindigul Dragons for Rs 1.15 lakh
Muhammed Adnan Khan sold to Nellai Royal Kings for Rs 7.15 lakh
Boopathi Vaishna Kumar sold to Salem Spartans for 6.80 lakh
Sarath Kumar sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 2.50 lakh
Sasidev U sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 3.70 lakh
Sujay S sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 3 lakh
Dinesh Raj sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 0.50 lakh
Ganesh S sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 8.05 lakh
Vishal Vaidhya sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 1 lakh
Mokit Hariharan sold to CSG for Rs 5.20 lakh
Ambrish RS sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 6.25 lakh
Sathish R remains unsold
Francis Rokins remains unsold
Rohit R sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 1.60 lakh
Sachin Rathi sold for Nellai Royal Kings for Rs 2.50 lakh
Antony Dhas sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 1 lakh
Nidhish Rajagopal sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 10 lakh
Mukilesh U sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for a whopping price of Rs 17.60 lakh
Next set: Spinners
Vignesh sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 2.65 lakh
Mathivanan sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 0.70 lakh
Surya B sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 0.85 lakh
Kirubakar sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 0.50 lakh
Spinner Ajith Ram sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 5 lakh
Karthick Manikandan sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 0.75 lakh
Monish Sathish remains unsold
The auction resumes at 2:15 pm
Next set: Wicket-keeper
Madhava Prasad remains unsold
Kavin R goes unsold
Mani Bharathy remains unsold
Suresh Kumar sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 16.10 lakh
After the lunch break, it was an electric start with Trichy Grand Cholas and Madurai Panthers ready to break the bank to get the keeper-batter Suresh Kumar. From a base of Rs 0.50 lakh, his price went up to Rs 16.10 lakh, which was offered by Trichy Grand Cholas.
Athish SR sold to Nellai for Rs 3.40 lakh
It was a fight between Dindigul Dragons and Nellai Royal Kings and at the end Nellai bought the wicket-keeper batter for Rs 3.80 lakh
Ram Arvindh sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 8.10 lakh
Lokeshwar S sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 10 lakh
Selvaganapathi sold to Nellai Royal Kings for Rs 2.05 lakh
Abhinav K goes unsold
Rohan J sold to Nellai Royal Kings for Rs 0.50 lakh
Easwaran K sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 1.20 lakh
Hunny sold to Dindigul Dragons for Rs 11.70 lakh
After an intense bidding war in the final stages of the auction, Hunny was sold to defending champion Dindigul Dragons for Rs 11.70 lakh.
Guru Ragavendran sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 0.50 lakh
Rohith Suthar sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 7.95 lakh
Radhakrishnan sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 1 lakh
Rajalingam sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 0.50 lakh
Shyam Sundar sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 2.65 lakh
Pradeep Vishal sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 0.50 lakh
Vinod SP sold to Trichy Grand Cholas for Rs 0.50 lakh
Gowri Shankar sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 0.50 lakh
Eshwar sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 4 lakh
Karthik M sold to Madurai Panthers for Rs 9.20 lakh
Rahul D sold to Salem Spartans for Rs 0.50 lakh
Hari Ragavendra remains unsold
Kanibalan sold to Tiruppur for Rs 0.50 lakh
Lakshay Jain remains unsold
Prabanjan sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans for Rs 0.50 lakh
Saran T remains unsold
Madhava Prasad sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 0.65 lakh
Sunil Krishna sold to CSG for Rs 0.50 lakh
Abhinav remains unsold
Vidyuth sold to Lyca Kovai Kings for Rs 0.50 lakh
B Sachin sold to Chepauk Super Gillies for Rs 0.50 lakh