TNPL Auction 2025 Players List with Price and Teams | Mohammed, Vijay Shankar, and Mukilesh Among Top Buys | Ashwin, Sai Kishore, T Natrajan retained

The much-anticipated Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025 auction delivered high-stakes bidding and surprising picks as franchises battled to secure the best talent. Held in Chennai, the auction saw record-breaking purchases, with teams strategically building squads for the upcoming season. Pacer M. Mohammed, all-rounder Vijay Shankar, and explosive batter U. Mukilesh emerged as the most sought-after players, fetching significant prices.

Top Picks and Price Breakdown

M. Mohammed became the most expensive player in the TNPL 2025 auction, going to SKM Salem Spartans for INR 18.4 lakh. The experienced pacer, known for his ability to bowl under pressure, is expected to be a key asset for his new franchise.

Vijay Shankar, the seasoned all-rounder with international experience, was snapped up by Chepauk Super Gillies for INR 18 lakh. His ability to contribute with both bat and ball made him a prime target for franchises looking for a reliable match-winner.

Trichy Grand Cholas made a strong statement by securing U. Mukilesh for INR 17.6 lakh, making him one of the most expensive top-order batters of the auction. The franchise also successfully bid for wicketkeeper-batter J. Suresh Kumar for INR 16.1 lakh, adding strength to their batting lineup.

Overseas Presence in TNPL 2025

In an exciting move, former UAE leg-spinner Karthik Meiyappan, who gained international recognition after claiming a hat-trick in the 2022 T20 World Cup, was picked up by Siechem Madurai Panthers for INR 9.2 lakh. Meiyappan's experience in leagues like ILT20 and Global T20 Canada adds an overseas flair to the TNPL.

Star Players Retained Before the Auction

Several big names in Tamil Nadu cricket were retained by their respective franchises before the bidding war began. Dindigul Dragons held onto Varun Chakaravarthy and R. Ashwin, while Lyca Kovai Kings ensured the retention of Shahrukh Khan and Sai Sudharsan. iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans secured the services of their star spinner R. Sai Kishore, keeping their core intact for the season.

Surprise Buys and Emerging Talents

Chepauk Super Gillies made a strong move by securing Swapnil Singh, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) left-arm spinner, for INR 10.8 lakh. The franchise aimed to strengthen its spin department with this calculated purchase.

Meanwhile, the young sensation Andre Siddarth, who recently made headlines after being picked by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL auction for INR 30 lakh, was bought by Lyca Kovai Kings for INR 8.4 lakh. Siddarth’s potential as an emerging star makes him a player to watch this season.

Adding to their firepower, Trichy Grand Cholas secured India all-rounder Washington Sundar for INR 6 lakh. Despite being a steal compared to some other buys, Sundar's experience and skill set will be invaluable for his team.

Auction Highlights and the Road Ahead

The TNPL 2025 auction was marked by intense bidding, strategic planning, and franchise think-tanks working meticulously to build a well-balanced squad. With an auction purse of INR 80 lakh per team, franchises focused on creating a mix of seasoned campaigners, domestic performers, and young rising stars.

As the dust settles on an action-packed auction, TNPL 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most competitive seasons in the league’s history. Fans can expect thrilling matches, star-studded performances, and nail-biting encounters as Tamil Nadu’s best cricketers take center stage in the quest for T20 glory.

Chepauk Super Gillies

• Vijay Shankar (All-rounder) – INR 18.00 lakh
• Mokit Hariharan R S (All-rounder) – INR 5.20 lakh
• Swapnil K Singh (All-rounder) – INR 10.80 lakh
• Aushik Srinivas R (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Rajalingam G (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Rajan R (Wicketkeeper) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Sachin B (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Dinesh Raj S (Batsman) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Prem Kumar J (All-rounder) – INR 0.60 lakh
• Aashiq K (All-rounder) – INR 0.65 lakh
• Rohith Suthar S (Bowler) – INR 7.95 lakh
• Akram Khan M (All-rounder) – INR 1.10 lakh
• Sunil Krishna N (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Arjun P Murthy (Batsman) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Kirubakar R (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh

Dindigul Dragons

• Vimal Khumar R (Batsman) – INR 3.80 lakh
• Periyasamy G (Bowler) – INR 9.80 lakh
• Maan K Bafna (All-rounder) – INR 5.70 lakh
• Atul Maruti Vitkar (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Rajwinder Singh (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Hunny (All-rounder) – INR 11.70 lakh
• Jayant R K (Batsman) – INR 1.15 lakh
• Karthik Saran M (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Dinesh H (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Viju Arul M (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Chandrasekar D T (Bowler) – INR 0.85 lakh

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

• Silambarasan R (Bowler) – INR 9.00 lakh
• Pradosh Ranjan Paul (Batsman) – INR 4.40 lakh
• Achyuth C V (Bowler) – INR 0.75 lakh
• Pranav Ragavendra R D (Bowler) – INR 2.75 lakh
• Sasidev U (Batsman) – INR 3.70 lakh
• Mohan Prasath S (Bowler) – INR 1.00 lakh
• Anovankar V (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Radhakrishnan S (All-rounder) – INR 1.00 lakh
• Rajkumar K (Batsman) – INR 0.55 lakh
• Esakkimuthu A (Bowler) – INR 0.60 lakh
• Mathivanan M (Bowler) – INR 0.70 lakh
• Kanibalan K (Batsman) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Surya B (Bowler) – INR 0.85 lakh
• Daryl S Ferrario (All-rounder) – INR 0.85 lakh
• Prabanjan S (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh

Lyca Kovai Kings

• Lokeshwar S (Wicketkeeper) – INR 10.00 lakh
• Andre Siddarth C (Batsman) – INR 8.40 lakh
• Vishal Vaidhya K (Batsman) – INR 1.00 lakh
• Rohit R (All-rounder) – INR 1.60 lakh
• Jitendra Kumar CH (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Govinth G (Bowler) – INR 0.60 lakh
• Divakar R (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Vidyuth P (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Kabilan N (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Aaditya B (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Ambrish R S (All-rounder) – INR 6.25 lakh
• Guru Raghavendran S (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Bhuvaneswaran P (Bowler) – INR 3.05 lakh
• Pradheep Vishal L (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Madhava Prasad K T A (Wicketkeeper) – INR 0.65 lakh

Nellai Royal Kings

• Ajay K Krishnan (Bowler) – INR 4.40 lakh
• Sachin Rathi (All-rounder) – INR 2.50 lakh
• Athish S R (Wicketkeeper) – INR 3.80 lakh
• Nirmal Kumar P (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Karan Hamir Sampat (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Rohan J (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Yudheeswaran V (Bowler) – INR 2.45 lakh
• Selvaganapathi S (Bowler) – INR 2.05 lakh
• Santhosh Kumar D (Bowler) – INR 0.60 lakh
• Muhammed Adnan Khan (Batsman) – INR 7.05 lakh
• Emmanuel Cherian B (Bowler) – INR 0.65 lakh
• Rocky B (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Risheek Kumar S (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Vijaya Kumar S (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Arun Bala Yoghi A (Batsman) – INR 0.50 lakh

Siechem Madurai Panthers

• Anirudh Sita Ram B (Batsman) – INR 6.20 lakh
• Ajay Chetan J (Wicketkeeper) – INR 0.85 lakh
• Rajalingam S (All-rounder) – INR 0.65 lakh
• Ganesh S (Batsman) – INR 8.05 lakh
• Vignesh P (Bowler) – INR 2.65 lakh
• Ram Arvindh R (Wicketkeeper) – INR 8.10 lakh
• Shankar Ganesh S (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Sanjeev Kumar V (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Surya Anand S (All-rounder) – INR 0.65 lakh
• Sarath Kumar C (Batsman) – INR 2.50 lakh
• Atheeq Ur Rahman M A (Batsman) – INR 7.75 lakh
• Gowtham Thamarai Kannan K (Bowler) – INR 5.15 lakh
• Karthik M (All-rounder) – INR 9.20 lakh
• Shyam Sundar S (All-rounder) – INR 2.65 lakh
• Ayush M (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Deepesh D (Bowler) – INR 5.15 lakh

SKM Salem Spartans

• M. Mohammed (All-rounder) – INR 18.40 lakh
• Hari Nishaanth C (All-rounder) – INR 12.00 lakh
• Nidhish S Rajagopal (All-rounder) – INR 10.00 lakh
• Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Batsman) – INR 6.80 lakh
• Ajith Ram S (Bowler) – INR 5.00 lakh
• Kavin R (Wicketkeeper) – INR 2.20 lakh
• Rahil Sanjay Shah (Bowler) – INR 2.00 lakh
• Yazh Arun Mozhi M E (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Eshwar M (Wicketkeeper) – INR 4.00 lakh
• Pavithran R (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Gowri Sankar J (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandeepan (Batsman) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Himalaya (Wicketkeeper) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Karthick Manikandan V S (Bowler) – INR 0.75 lakh
• Rahul D (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh

Trichy Grand Cholas

• U. Mukilesh (All-rounder) – INR 17.60 lakh
• J. Suresh Kumar (Wicketkeeper) – INR 16.10 lakh
• Saravana Kumar P (All-rounder) – INR 8.40 lakh
• Kousik J (All-rounder) – INR 8.00 lakh
• Washington Sundar M S (All-rounder) – INR 6.00 lakh
• Ganesh Moorthi M (Bowler) – INR 1.00 lakh
• Antony Dhas W (All-rounder) – INR 1.00 lakh
• Vinod S P (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Easwaran K (Bowler) – INR 1.20 lakh
• Rejin J (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Arya Yohan (Bowler) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Selva Kumaran N (All-rounder) – INR 0.50 lakh
• Sujay S (Batsman) – INR 3.00 lakh

TNPL 2025 Retained Players: Full List with Prices Teamwise

Ahead of the TNPL 2025 auction, franchises strategically retained key players to ensure stability and a strong core for the upcoming season. Each team was allowed to retain up to five players, including a maximum of four seasoned professionals and one uncapped player, maintaining a balance between experience and emerging talent. Here’s the full list of retained players along with their prices.

Trichy Grand Cholas

• Sanjay Yadav R (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Jafar Jamal (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Rajkumar R (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Waseem Ahmed H I (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Athisayaraj Davidson V (UC) – INR 2,40,000

Chepauk Super Gillies

• Abhishek Tanwar (C) – INR 12,00,000
• Aparajith B (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Jagadeesan N (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Lokesh Raj T D (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Silambarasan M (UC) – INR 2,40,000

Lyca Kovai Kings

• Shahrukh Khan M (C) – INR 16,00,000
• Sai Sudharsan B (C) – INR 12,00,000
• Siddharth M (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Sachin B (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Jhathavedh Subramanyan (UC) – INR 2,40,000

Nellai Royal Kings

• Sonu Yadav R (C) – INR 16,00,000
• Arun Karthick K B (C) – INR 12,00,000
• Ajitesh G (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Rithik Easwaran S (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Harish N S (UC) – INR 2,40,000

Dindigul Dragons

• R Ashwin (C) – INR 16,00,000
• Varun C V (C) – INR 12,00,000
• Sandeep Warrier (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Indrajith B (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Shivam Singh (UC) – INR 2,40,000

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

• Sai Kishore R (C) – INR 16,00,000
• T Natarajan (C) – INR 12,00,000
• Tushar Raheja (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Mohamed Ali S (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Amith Sathvik V P (UC) – INR 2,40,000

Siechem Madurai Panthers

• Ashwin M (C) – INR 8,00,000
• Gurjapneet Singh (C) – INR 6,00,000
• Saravanan P (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Chaturved N S (UC) – INR 2,40,000

SKM Salem Spartans

• Abishiek S (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Sunny Sandhu (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Vivek R (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Harish Kumar S (UC) – INR 2,40,000
• Poiyamozhi M (UC) – INR 2,40,000

With these strategic retentions, TNPL 2025 franchises have built a solid foundation, ensuring a mix of experienced match-winners and young emerging talents to make the tournament even more competitive. Fans can expect an exciting season as these players aim to lead their teams to glory.