The 10th edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) gets underway on Tuesday (August 4), with defending champion IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans taking on Dindigul Dragons in the tournament opener at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul.

Over the next 25 days, eight franchises will battle it out across 32 matches before the playoffs and final in Chennai. The league has established itself as one of India’s premier domestic T20 competitions, producing several IPL and India stars, including Varun Chakaravarthy, T. Natarajan, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore and Shahrukh Khan.

Where to watch TNPL 2026 live in India

TV broadcast

Fans can watch TNPL 2026 live on the Star Sports Network.

Star Sports 2 (English commentary)

Star Sports 1 Tamil (Tamil commentary)

Live streaming

Every match will be streamed live on FanCode via the app and website. Fans can purchase either a Match Pass or a Season Pass to watch the tournament live.

TNPL 2026 full squads

Chepauk Super Gillies

Squad: Abhishek Tanwar, Swapnil K. 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, Ashwanth Valthapa, Ram Arvindh R, Waseem Ahmed H, Mohana Prasath M, B. Arun, Harish Aadithya, Vignesh M, Sujay.

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

Squad: 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, Ganesh S., Shantanu K., Vishal M., Bharath M., Wafar K., Akshay Dev Kumar.

Dindigul Dragons

Squad: 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, Mohit Mittan, Anuraag Rajesh Nair, Krish E., Vineeth V.K., Bhuvaneshwaran P., B.K. Kishore, Sakthi Karuppasamy, Nirankarsharma.

Trichy Grand Cholas

Squad: 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, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Sai Shriraam G., Shyam Sundar S., Rajkumar K., Bhavan Suriya S., Vijay Abhimanyu T., Ramesh K.

Salem Spartans

Squad: 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, Uday Kumar M., Kavin R., Dinesh Veda Guru.

Lyca Kovai Kings

Squad: 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, Maan Bafna, Abhinav K., Jitendra Kumar, Deeban Lingesh, Manav Parakh, Prashid Akash, Mithun Vijay V.

Nellai Royal Kings

Squad: 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, U. Mukilesh, Rohit R., Sachin Sre Dev S., Subash S., Bharath Kumar M., Madhav Prasad K.T.A.

Siechem Madurai Panthers

Squad: 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, Siddharth Mahadevan, Kiran Karthikeyan, Rohan Ravi Bhutra, Shavin K., Hari Ragavendra V.

Opening fixture

August 4, 7.30 PM IST

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons

Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul

Published on Aug 04, 2026