The ninth edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is set to kick off on Thursday (June 5), bringing together eight formidable teams eager to make their mark. Defending champions Dindigul Dragons, who are aiming to defend their title, will clash with LYCA Kovai Kings in the opening showdown on Thursday at SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore. A total of eight teams are set to compete in the thrilling tournament, which will run until July 6, 2025.

All eight teams participating in the tournament are - Dindigul Dragons, Lyca Kovai Kings, Nellai Royal Kings, Chepauk Super Gillies, Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans, SKM Salem Spartans, Siechem Madurai Panthers, and Trichy Grand Cholas.

The TNPL 2025 season will follow a similar structure to previous editions, comprising a group stage followed by playoffs. The tournament will be held across four venues: SNR College Cricket Ground, SCF Cricket Ground, Indian Cement Company Ground and NPR College Ground.

Here are the squads of all eight teams:

Dindigul Dragons: Atul Maruti Vitkar, Baba Indrajith, Chandrasekar DT, Dinesh H, Hunny, Jayant RK, Karthik Saran M, Maan K Bafna, Periyasamy G, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Viju Arul M, and Vimal Khumar R

Lyca Koval Kings: Aaditya B, Ambrish RS, Andre Siddarth C, Bhuvaneswaran P, Divakar R, Guru Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Kabilan N, Lokeshwar S, Madhava Prasad KTA, Rohit R, Sachin B, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Siddharth M, Vidyuth P, Vishal Vaidhya K

Nellai Royal Kings: Ajay K. Krishnan, Ajitesh G., Arun Bala Yoghi A., Arun Karthick K.B., Athish S.R., Emmaniel Cherian B., Harish N.S., Muhammed Adnan Khan, Nirmal Kumar P., Rithik Easwaran, Rocky B., Rohan J., Sachin Rathi, Santhosh Kumar D., Vijaya Kumar S., and Yudheeswaran V

Trichy Grand Cholas: Antony Dhas, Arya Yohan, Athisiyaraj Davidson, Easwaran K, Ganesh Moorthi, Jafar Jamal, Kousik J, Mukilesh U, Rajkumar R, Rejin J, Sanjay Yadav, Saravana Kumar, Selva Kumaran, Sujay S, Suresh Kumar, Vinod SP, Waseem Ahmed, and Washington Sundar

Chepauk Super Gillies: Aashiq K, Abhishek Tanwar, Akram Khan M, Arjun P Murthy, Aushik Srinivas R, Babar Aparajith, Dinesh Raj S, Jagadeesan N, Kirubakar R, Lokesh Raj TD, Mokit Hariharan RS, Prem Kumar J, Rajan R, Rohith Suthar S, Sachin B, Silambarasan M, Swapnil K Singh, Vijay Shankar

IDream Tirrupur Tamizhans: Achyuth CV, Amith Sathvik VP, Anovankar V, Daryl S. Ferrario, Esakkimuthu A., Mathivanam M, Mohamed Ali S, Mohan Prasath S., Natrajan T., Prabanjan S., Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Pranav Raghvendra RD, Radhakrishnan, Rajkumar K., Sai Kishore, Sasidev U., Silambarasan R., Surya B., and Tushar Raheja

Siechem Madurai Panthers: Ajay Chetan J, Atheeq Ur Rahman, Ayush M, NS Chaturved, Ganesh S, C. Hari Nishaanth, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Gurjapneet Singh, Murugan Ashwin, Rajalingam S, Ram Anirudh R, Sanjeev Kumar V, Sarath Kumar C, Saravanan P, Shankar Ganesh S, Shyam Sundar, Surya Anand S, Vignesh Puthur

Salem Spartans: Abishek S, Ajith Ram, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, Eswar M, Gowri Sankar J, , Harish Kumar S, Kavin R, Karthick Manikandan VS, Mohammed M, Nidhish S Rajagopal, Pavithran R, Poiyamozhi M, Rahil Shah, Rahul D, Sudhan S Kandepan, Sunny Sandhu, Vivek R, and Yaz Arun Mozhi