HIGHLIGHTS | TNPL Mega Auction 2025: Salem Spartans buys Mohammad for Rs 18.40 lakh, Vijay Shankar returns to Chepauk Super Gillies

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. 

 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

Abhishek Tanwar

B Aparajith

N Jagadeesan

TD Lokesh Raj

M Silambarasan

Ravi Ashwin

Varun Chakravarthy

Sandeep Warrier

Baba Indrajith

Shivam Singh

Shahrukh Khan

Sai Sudharsan

Siddharth M

Sachin B

Jhathavedh S

Sai Kishore

T Natarajan

Tushar Raheja

Mohamed Ali

Amith Sathvik

Sonu Yadav

Arun Karthick

Ajitesh G

Rithik Easwaran

Harish NS

Murugan Ashwin

Gurjapneet Singh

Saravanan P

Chaturved NS

Abishiek S

Sunny Sandhu

Harish Kumar S

Poiyamozhi M

Vivek R

Sanjay Yadav

Jafar Jamal

Rajkumar R

Waseem Ahmed

Athisayaraj Davidson

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.  

This is the highest buy in this mega auction so far. Mohammed overtook Vijay Shankar, who was sold for Rs 18 lakh to CSG

The 16-year-old pacer, who made his debut on last year's Ranji Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy was sold to Tiruppur Tamizhans 

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. 

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. 

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.

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

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. 

All the teams have bought enough players in their slots. Everyone except Dindigul Dragons and Trichy Grand Cholas have bought all 20 players.