The 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League (also known as TNPL-8 and branded as Shriram Capital TNPL was the eighth season of the

Tamil Nadu Premier League The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is an annual men's Twenty20 cricket league held in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and contested by eight city-based franchise teams from the state. Th ...

(TNPL). It took place from 5 July 2024 to 4 August 2024.

Kovai Kings The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is an annual men's Twenty20 cricket league held in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and contested by eight city-based franchise teams from the state. Th ...

were the defending champions, having won the previous season. In the final, the

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defeated the Lyca Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

Background

The

is a franchise

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cricket league held in India, organized by the

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. It is held annually since

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were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season after beating

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in the final.

Format

The format remained the same since the 2017 season, wherein the eight teams played against each other in the league phase in round-robin format and the top four qualified for the

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. The playoffs consist of three matches – one eliminator and two qualifiers, followed by the final. The top two teams from the league phase play against each other in the first qualifier match with the winner progressing to the final. The loser would play against the winner of an eliminator match between the third and fourth-place teams from the league phase play in the second qualifier. The winner of this match would play the winner of the first qualifier for the title.

Schedule

The season was held from 5 July to 4 August 2024.

Prize money

The winners of TNPL are awarded with the runners-up receiving . The two semi-finalists are awarded each with the remaining four teams receiving each.

Sponsorship

Shriram Group Shriram Group is an Indian Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Chennai. It was founded on 5 April 1974 by R. Thyagarajan (industrialist), R. Thyagarajan, AVS Raja and T. Jayaraman. The group had its beginning in chit funds bus ...

continued to be the title sponsor of the event, having won the rights in 2020.

Broadcasting

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has held the television rights since the inaugural season in 2016. The matches are telecast with commentaries in

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and

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. FanCode is the streaming partner since the last season.

Teams

Eight franchises are competing in the league. The franchises are named after a city it is representing in the state. Each team can have a maximum of 20 players that includes two outstation players.

Personnel changes

For the season, the teams were permitted a maximum of 20 players and were allowed to retain a set of players before the rest went into an auction. About 61 players were sold in the auction with the maximum bid at .

Venues

The group stage matches were held in four venues across the state. The last two matches of the league including the final was held at

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in Chennai.

Points table

* Advanced to the qualifiers * Advanced to the

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Playoffs

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Qualifier 1

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Eliminator

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Qualifier 2

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Final

In the final, the

defeated the Kovai Kings by six wickets to win their first TNPL title.

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

External links

Series home
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