Chepauk Super Gillies

Chepauk Super Gillies is a cricket team representing Chennai city in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL).^[1] The team is owned by Metronation Chennai Television Private Limited.^[2] Chepauk Super Gillies were crowned Tamil Nadu Premier League champions for Three times.^[3]

Chepauk Super Gillies

League	Tamil Nadu Premier League
Personnel
Captain	Kaushik Gandhi
Coach	Hemang Badani
Owner	Metronation Chennai Television Private Limited
Team information
City	Chennai
Home ground	M A Chidambaram Stadium
History
TNPL wins	3 (2017, 2019 & 2021)

Franchise history

Metronation Chennai Television Pvt. Ltd bought the team based on South Chennai (Rs 5.13 crore) & Hemang Badani was announced as the Coach of the side ahead of the TNPL Draft in 2016.

The Metronation Television Chennai Pvt. Ltd. announced the name of its Tamil Nadu Premier League franchise and unveiled the logo. The team, ‘Chepauk Super Gillies’, & tagline ‘ Pattaya Kelappu’, and its logo comprises a helmet, two bails, and a lighthouse.

Team history

TNPL Season 1 (2016)

Players: R Sathish, Yo Mahesh, Thalaivan Sargunam, Anthony Dhas, Gopinath, Sai Kishore, Sasidev, Joel Joseph, Tamil Kumaran, Alaxander R, Vasanth Saravanan S, Rahul B, Ashwath Mukunthan, Karthik S, Rajeel Abdul Rahman, Nirmal Kumar, Vasudevan, Aditya Barooah, Shibi Jawahar.

TNPL Season 2 (2017)

Squad: Rajagopal Sathish, Yo Mahesh, Thalaivan Sargunam, Antony Dhas, Gopinath, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Joel Joseph, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, R Alexander, Sathiamoorty Saravanan, Baskaran Rahul, Ashwath Mukunthan, S Karthik, Aditya Barooah, Jothimani Gowjith Subhash, Arun Kumar, Rangaraj Suthesh, S Radhakrishnan.

TNPL Season 3 (2018)

• Ganga Sridhar Raju
• MK Shivakumar
• Uthirasamy Sasidev
• Baskaran Rahul
• Vijay Shankar
• Harish Kumar
• Gopinath
• S Karthik
• Aarif A
• M Ashwin
• Sunny Kumar Singh
• Samruddh Bhat
• Arun Kumar
• Manimaran Siddharth
• R Alexander
• B Arun

TNPL Season 4 (2019)

Chepauk Super Gillies Player's

• A Aarif
• B Arun
• Dev Rahul
• G Periyaswamy
• Ganga Sridhar Raju
• Hari Gopinath
• Harish Kumar
• Kaushik Gandhi
• Manimaran Siddharth
• Murugan Ashwin
• R Alexander
• Umashankar Sushil
• Uthirasamy Sasidev
• Vijay Shankar

TNPL Season 5 (2021)

Chepauk Super Gillies Players

• Arun Kumar
• B Arun
• Dev Rahul
• Harish Kumar
• Jaganath Sinivas
• Kaushik Gandhi
• Manimaran Siddharth
• N Jagadeesan
• Nilesh Subramanian
• R Alexander
• Rajagopal Sathish
• Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
• S Radhakrishnan
• S Sujay
• Sandeep Warrier
• Sonu Yadav
• Uthirasamy Sasidev

Current squad

• Ramadoss Alexander
• B Arun
• Arun Kumar
• Kaushik Gandhi
• S Harish Kumar
• Narayan Jagadeesan
• RS Jaganath Sinivas
• S Karthik
• S Madhan Kumar
• R Nilesh Subramanian
• Prashid Akash
• Radhakrishnan
• Dev Rahul
• Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
• Sai Prakash
• Sandeep Warrier
• Uhirasamy Sasidev
• Rajagopal Sathish
• M Siddharth
• Sonu Yadav
• S Sujay
• Vijay Kumar

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Support staff

Coach : Hemang Badani

Statistics

Highest Wicket-Taker of the Tournament - Sai Kishore (17 Wickets - TNPL 2017)

Most Energetic Player of the Tournament - Sasidev (TNPL 2017)

Most Runs for Chepauk Super Gillies in TNPL 2016 - K H Gopinath (273 Runs)

Achievements

• Chepauk Super Gillies met Tuti Patriots in the final of season 2 and won by 6 wickets.^[5][6][7]

References

1. . www.chepauksupergillies.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
2. "'Chepauk Super Gillies' logo unveiled". The Hindu. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. S.Dinakar. "TNPL 2019: Bowlers hand Chepauk Super Gillies second title in three years". Sportstar. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
4. Staff, S. R. (24 June 2022). "TNPL 2022 players list, fixtures, live streaming, TV channels - Sporty Report". Retrieved 24 June 2022.
5. "TNPL - Tamil Nadu Premier League". www.tnca.cricket.
6. . Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
7. Dinakar, S. (21 August 2017). "TNPL final: Saravanan blitz secures title for Chepauk Super Gillies". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 September 2017.