2018 TNPL: List of players retained by the teams

The third season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is just around the corner and the teams have already started to work on the player draft. Ahead of the player draft, the teams have retained the players they wanted to ahead of the 2018 edition.

The TNPL Governing Council have already listed down the things each franchise should do in the player retentions. According to the guidelines, each franchise has been allowed to retain three players and this includes a maximum of one cricketer who has represented India.

If the franchise does not have an international player, it can hold on to a maximum of two cricketers who have played for the State senior side.

If a side opts to retain three players, at least one of them has to be uncapped; someone who has not turned out for Tamil Nadu. A team can also choose not to retain any cricketer and start from scratch.

Let us take a look at the list of players who were retained by all the eight teams.

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Tuti Patriots

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The most consistent side in the history of TNPL, Tuti Patriots had the likes of India internationals Dinesh Karthik, Abhinav Mukund and Washington Sundar in their squad for the first season and along with them, they also had quite a few Tamil Nadu players including Kaushik Gandhi, Aswin Crist and Aushik Srinivas.

Surprisingly, the franchise retained batsman Anand Subramanian, all-rounder Akash Sumra and slow left-arm spinner Ganesh Moorthy. It is quite understandable that the likes of Karthik and Washington were not retained as they would be busy with their national commitments in England.

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