TNPL Auction 2025: Sold Players List, Top 5 Expensive Buys & Squads of All 8 Tamil Nadu Premier League Teams

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The Tamil Nadu Premier League Season 9 is scheduled to be held later this year, but before that the eight teams assembled their squads at the TNPL auction 2025, which was held on Saturday (February 15).

All eight teams had already retained their star players and released some big names like Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar who went under the hammer alongside several top talents in Tamil Nadu, including Mohammed M and Mukilesh U among others.

In the TNPL 2025 player auction, Salem Spartans made the most expensive buy in the form of M Mohammed, who was bough for a whopping INR 18.40 lakhs after a thrilling battle with other teams. Here is a look at the top 5 expensive buys:

Most Expensive Buys in TNPL 2025 Auction

• Mohammed M - Salem Spartans - Rs 18.4 Lakh
• Vijay Shankar - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 18 Lakh
• Mukliesh U - Trichy Grand Cholans - Rs 17.6 Lakh
• Suresh Kumar J - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 16.1 Lakh
• Hari Nishant - Salem Spartans - Rs 12 Lakh

All eight teams must have a minimum of 16 players and can have a maximum of 20 players within the allocated budget of INR 80 lakh. Some teams had already filled slots via retentions, while some have opted for a major revamp.

TNPL Retained Players 2025

Ahead of the TNPL auction, all eight teams retained their players from the previous season. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, Sai Sudarshan, Sai Kishore and Varun Chakarvarthy were some of the players retained. Here is a look at the retained players list:

Dindigul Dragons 2025 Retained Players: Ravichandran Ashwin (Rs 16 Lakh), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 Lakh), Sandeep Warrier (Rs 8 Lakh), Baba Indrajith (Rs 6 Lakh), Shivam Singh (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Chepauk Super Gillies 2025 Retained Players: Abhishek Tanwar (Rs 12 Lakh), Baba Aparajith (Rs 6 Lakh), Lokesh Raj TD (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Silambarasan M (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Nellai Royal Kings 2025 Retained Players: Sonu Yadav(Rs 16 Lakh), Arun Karthick (Rs 12 Lakh), Ajitesh G (Rs 8 Lakh), Rithik Easwaran (Rs 6 Lakh), Harish NS (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Lyca Kovai Kings 2025 Retained Players: Shahrukh Khan (Rs 16 Lakh), Sai Sudarshan (Rs 12 Lakh), Manimaran Siddharth (Rs 8 Lakh), Sachin B (Rs 6 Lakh), J Subramanyan (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Salem Spartans 2025 Retained Players: Abhishek S (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Sunny Sandhu (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Harish Kumar S (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Poiyamozhi M (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Shivam Singh (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Madurai Panthers 2025 Retained Players: Murugan Ashwin (Rs 12 Lakh), Gurjapneet Singh (Rs 6 Lakh), Saravanan P (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Chaturved NS (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Trichy Grand Cholas 2025 Retained Players: Sanjay Yadav (Rs 6 Lakh), Jafar Jamal (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Rajkumar R (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Waseem Ahmed (Rs 2.4 Lakh), Athisayaraj Davidson (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

Tiruppur Tamizhans 2025 Retained Players: Sai Kishore (Rs 16 Lakh), T Natrajan (Rs 12 Lakh), Tushar Raheja (Rs 8 Lakh), Mohamed Ali S (Rs 6 Lakh), Amith Sathvik VP (Rs 2.4 Lakh).

TNPL Auction 2025 Players Sold

At the auction, Mohammed M, Vijay Shankar and Mukilesh U were the biggest buys, while several other Tamil Nadu stars also had takers. Now, let's take a look at the players bought at the auction so far starting with TNPL 2025 Auction's most expensive buys:

• Mohammed M - Salem Spartans - Rs 18.4 Lakh
• Vijay Shankar - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 18 Lakh
• Mukliesh U - Trichy Grand Cholans - Rs 17.6 Lakh
• Suresh Kumar J - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 16.1 Lakh
• Hari Nishant - Salem Spartans - Rs 12 Lakh
• Hunny - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 11.7 Lakh
• Swapnil K Singh - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 10.8 Lakh
• Nidish S Rajagopal - Salem Spartans - Rs 10 Lakh
• Lokeshwar S - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 10 Lakh
• Periyasamy G - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 9.8 Lakh
• Karthik M - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 9.2 Lakh
• Silambarasan R - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 9 Lakh
• Sarvana Kumar P - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 8.4 Lakh
• Andre Siddarth - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 8.4 Lakh
• Ram Arvindh R - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 8.1 Lakh
• Ganesh S - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 8.05 Lakh
• Kousik J - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 8 Lakh
• Rohith Suthar S - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 7.95 Lakh
• Atheeq Ur Rahman - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 7.75 Lakh
• Muhammed Adnan Khan - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 7.05 Lakh
• Boopathi Vaishna Kumar - Salem Spartans - Rs 6.8 Lakh
• Ambrish S - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 6.25 Lakh
• Anirud Sita Ram B - Siachem Madurai Panthers - Rs 6.2 Lakh
• Washington Sundar - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 6 Lakh
• Maan K Bafna - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 5.7 Lakh
• Mokit Hariharan - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 5.2 Lakh
• Deepesh D - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 5.15 Lakh
• Gowtham Thamarai Kannan - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 5.15 Lakh
• Ajith Ram S - Salem Spartans - Rs 5 Lakh
• Pradosh Ranjan Paul - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 4.4 Lakh
• Ajay K Krishna - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 4.4 Lakh
• Eshwar M - Salem Spartans - Rs 4 Lakh
• Atish SR - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 3.8 Lakh
• Vhimal Kumar R - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 3.8 Lakh
• Sasidev U - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 3.7 Lakh
• Bhuvaneswaran P - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 3.05 Lakh
• Sujay S - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 3 Lakh
• Pranav Ragavendra R D - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 2.75 Lakh
• Vignesh P - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 2.65 Lakh
• Shyam Sundar S - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 2.65 Lakh
• Sarath Kumar C - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 2.5 Lakh
• Sachin Rathi - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 2.5 Lakh
• Yudheeswaran V - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 2.45 Lakh
• Kavin R - Salem Spartans - Rs 2.2 Lakh
• Selvaganapathi - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 2.05 Lakh
• Rahil Shah - Salem Spartans - Rs 2 Lakh
• Rohit R - Lyca Kovia Kings - Rs 1.6 Lakh
• Easwaran K - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 1.20 Lakh
• Jayanth RK - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 1.15 Lakh
• Akram Khan M - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 1.1 Lakh
• Mohan Prasath S - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 1 Lakh
• Ganesh Moorthi M - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 1 Lakh
• Antony Dhas - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 1 Lakh
• Vishal Vaidhya K - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 1 Lakh
• Radhakrishnan S - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 1 Lakh
• Surya B - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 85,000
• Daryl S Ferrario - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 85,000
• Chandrasekar DT - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 85,000
• Ajay Chetan - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 85,000
• Achyuth CV - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 75,000
• Karthick Manikandan - Salem Spartans - Rs 75,000
• Mathivan M - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 70,000
• Emmanuel Cherian B - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 65,000
• Rajalingam S - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 65,000
• Madhava Prasad KTA - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 65,000
• Aashiq K - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 65,000
• Surya Anand - Salem Spartans - Rs 65,000
• Karan HS - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 60,000
• Prem Kumar J - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 60,000
• Esakkimuthu A - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 60,000
• Govinth G - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 60,000
• Santhosh Kumar D - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 60,000
• Rajkumar K - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 55,000
• Dinesh Raj S - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Rajwinder Singh - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 50,000
• Rocky B - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 50,000
• Kirubakar R - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Rohan J - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 50,000
• Divakar R - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Nirmal Kumar P - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 50,000
• Sanjeev Kumar V - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 50,000
• Guru Raghavendran S - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandepan - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Rejin J - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 50,000
• Shankar Ganesh - Siecham Madurai Panthers - Rs 50,000
• Himalaya - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Rajalingam G - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Ayush M - Siechem Madurai Panthers - Rs 50,000
• Pradheep Vishal L - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Vinod SP - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 50,000
• Gowri Sankar J - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Rahul D - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Yazh Arun Mozhi - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Kanibalan K - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 50,000
• Arya Yohan - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 50,000
• Prabanjan S - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 50,000
• Risheek Kumar - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 50,000
• Kabilan N - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Aushik Srinivas R - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Sunil Krishna - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Anovankar V - iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - Rs 50,000
• Arun Bala Yoghi - Nellai Royal Kings - Rs 50,000
• Pavithran R - Salem Spartans - Rs 50,000
• Vidyuth P - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Sachin B - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Selva Kumaran N - Trichy Grand Cholas - Rs 50,000
• Rajan R - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Dinesh H - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 50,000
• Aaditya B - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Karthik Saran M - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 50,000
• Jitendra Kumar CH - Lyca Kovai Kings - Rs 50,000
• Arjun P Murthy - Chepauk Super Gillies - Rs 50,000
• Atul Viktar - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 50,000
• Viju Arul M - Dindigul Dragons - Rs 50,000