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CFormer India players R. Ashwin and Vijay Shankar, on with leg-spinner M. Ashwin, person been released by their respective franchises up of the TNPL 2026 auction aft becoming ineligible to enactment successful the tournament.
R. Ashwin, who captained Dindigul Dragons, precocious signed for the San Francisco Unicorns successful Major League Cricket (MLC), portion Chepauk Super Gillies’ Vijay Shankar is acceptable to crook retired for the Kandy Royals successful the Lanka Premier League (LPL) aft retiring from Indian home cricket and the IPL. M. Ashwin, who besides announced his status from home and IPL cricket, has been released by Siechem Madurai Panthers.
TNCA caput U. Bhagwandas Rao clarified that players who person retired from BCCI-affiliated cricket are not eligible for the TNPL. “The franchise owners were already informed that they volition not beryllium eligible for the auction. Basically, whoever has retired from BCCI - retired from each things nether BCCI - is not eligible,” helium said. Super Gillies besides released erstwhile skipper B. Aparajith aft the batter informed the franchise that helium was not looking to play successful the upcoming season.
Among the notable retentions, Trichy Grand Cholas has retained India all-rounder Washington Sundar, portion Chepauk Super Gillies has held connected to wicketkeeper-batter N. Jagadeesan. Dindigul Dragons retained Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, and B. Indrajith, portion Lyca Kovai Kings kept religion with M. Shahrukh Khan, B. Sai Sudharsan, M. Siddharth, and R.S. Ambrish.
iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans retained skipper R. Sai Kishore and India pacer T. Natarajan, portion Siechem Madurai Panthers kept pacer Gurjapneet Singh. Nellai Royal Kings, meanwhile, released seasoned wicketkeeper-batter K.B. Arun Karthick.
The squads: Trichy Grand Cholas: Retained: J. Suresh Kumar, P. Saravana Kumar, J. Kousik, R. Sanjay Yadav, M.S. Washington Sundar, Jafar Jamal, R. Rajkumar, V. Athisayaraj Davidson, K. Easwaran, W. Antony Dhas, M. Ganesh Moorthi, N. Selva Kumaran, T. Saran.
Released: H.I. Waseem Ahmed, S. Sujay, U. Mukilesh, J. Rejin, S.P. Vinod, Arya Yohan.
Remaining purse: ₹15,06,250.
Chepauk Super Gillies: Retained: Abhishek Tanwar, Swapnil Singh, N. Jagadeesan, R.S. Mokit Hariharan, T.D. Lokesh Raj, M. Silambarasan, K. Aashiq, J. Prem Kumar, S. Dinesh Raj, G. Rajalingam, N. Sunil Krishna.
Released: B. Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Kirubakar, M. Akram Khan, S. Rohith Suthar, R. Aushik Srinivas, B. Sachin, R. Rajan, Arjun P. Moorthy.
Remaining purse: ₹24,03,125
Dindigul Dragons: Retained: Varun Chakaravarthy, Hunny Saini, Sandeep Warrier, B. Indrajith, R. Vimal Khumar, Shivam Singh, R.K. Jayant, H. Dinesh, M. Karthik Saran, Athul Maruthi Vikar, M. Viju Arul, Sasidharan.
Released: R. Ashwin, G. Periyasamy, Maan K. Bafna, D.T. Chandrasekar, N. Aakaash Sharma, V. Bhuvaneshwar.
Remaining purse: ₹20,28,125
iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans: Retained: R. Sai Kishore, T. Natarajan, R. Silambarasan, Tushar Raheja, S. Mohamed Ali, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, U. Sasidev, R.D. Pranav Raghavendra, V.P. Amith Sathvik, S. Mohan Prasath, C.V. Achyuth, M. Mathivanan, A. Esakkimuthu, V. Anovankar.
Released: Daryl S. Ferrario, B. Surya, K. Rajkumar, S. Radhakrishnan, K. Kanibalan, S. Prabanjan.
Remaining purse: ₹7,62,500.
Lyca Kovai Kings: Retained: M. Shahrukh Khan, B. Sai Sudharsan, S. Lokeshwar, C. Andre Siddarth, M. Siddharth, R.S. Ambrish, B. Sachin, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, G. Govinth, R. Divakar, P. Vidyuth.
Released: P. Bhuvaneswaran, K. Vishal Vaidhya, R. Rohit, S. Guru Raghavendran, L. Pradheep Vishal, N. Kabilan, K.T.A. Madhava Prasad, B. Aaditya, C.H. Jitendra Kumar.
Remaining purse: ₹5,84,375.
Nellai Royal Kings: Retained: R. Sonu Yadav, G. Ajitesh, Muhammed Adnan Khan, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, Sachin Rathi, V. Yudheeswaran, N.S. Harish, S. Selvaganapathi, B. Emmanuel Cherian, D. Santhosh Kumar, B. Rocky, J. Rohan, A. Arun Bala Yoghi, S. Risheek Kumar.
Released: K.B. Arun Karthick, Ajay K. Krishnan, P. Nirmal Kumar, S. Vijaya Kumar, Karan Hamir Sampat, Udayakumar.
Remaining purse: ₹16,56,250.
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Retained: M. Karthik, M.A. Atheeq Ur Rahman, B. Anirudh Sita Ram, Gurjapneet Singh, D. Deepesh, P. Vignesh, P. Saravanan, N.S. Chaturved, S. Rajalingam, S. Surya Anand, S. Shankar Ganesh.
Released: M. Ashwin, K. Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, C. Sarath Kumar, S. Ganesh, V. Sanjeev Kumar, R. Ram Arvindh, M. Ayush, Shyam Sundar, J. Ajay Chetan.
Remaining purse: ₹22,78,125.
SKM Salem Spartans: Retained: M. Mohammed, C. Hari Nishaanth, S. Nidhish Rajagopal, Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, S. Ajith Ram, M. Eshwar, S. Abishiek, Sunny Sandhu, R. Vivek, S. Harish Kumar, M. Poiyamozhi, Rahil Sanjay Shah, V.S. Karthick Manikandan, Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandeepan, D. Rahul, M.E. Yazh Arun Mozhi.
Released: Himalaya, J. Gowri Sankar, R. Kavin, R. Pavithran, R. Alexander.
Remaining purse: ₹4,71,875.
