Defending champion Dindigul Dragons’ think-tank on the 2025 TNPL public sale
Pacer M. Mohammed (₹18.4 lakh), all-rounder Vijay Shankar (₹18 lakh), and top-order batters U. Mukilesh (₹17.6 lakh) and J. Suresh Kumar (₹16.1 lakh) have been the highest buys of the 2025 Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) public sale held right here on Saturday.
Mohammed went to SKM Salem Spartans, Vijay Shankar to Chepauk Tremendous Gillies, and Mukilesh and Suresh to Trichy Grand Cholas.
Former UAE leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, who within the 2022 T20 World Cup turned the primary UAE bowler to take a hat-trick, was purchased by Siechem Madurai Panthers for ₹9.2 lakh. Karthik, who has the expertise of taking part in within the ILT20 and the World T20 Canada, has now moved to his birthplace Chennai.
Star Tamil Nadu and India gamers like Varun Chakaravarthy (Dindigul Dragons), Shahrukh Khan, Sai Sudharsan (each Lyca Kovai Kings), and R. Sai Kishore (iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans) have been retained by their respective franchises earlier than the public sale. Former India off-spinner R. Ashwin was additionally retained by the Dragons.
Swapnil Singh, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) left-arm spinner, was snapped up by Chepauk Tremendous Gillies for ₹10.8 lakh.
The 18-year-old Andre Siddarth, who went to Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) for his base worth of ₹30 lakh within the newest IPL public sale, was purchased by Kovai Kings for ₹8.4 lakh.
Trichy Grand Cholas spent ₹6 lakh to safe India all-rounder Washington Sundar’s companies.
Printed – February 15, 2025 10:30 pm IST
