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TNPL 2021: When and where to watch the tournament live

The Tamil Nadu Premier League is slated to begin on Monday (July 19, 2021) with Lyca Kovai Kings locking horns with Salem Spartans. The 2020 edition of the competition was called off after Covid-19 outburst in the country. The Tamil Nadu government had earlier formally approved the holding of the tournament but it would be held without spectators. “The Tamil Nadu government formally approved holding the TNPL 2021 tournament on July 1 subject to no spectators and strict Covid protocols. After discussions with all the stakeholders, it was decided to start the 2021 edition of TNPL from July 19 to August 15,” Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) secretary R S Ramasaamy was quoted as saying in a press release on Wednesday. When will the tournament commence? The TNPL 2021 will begin on July 19, 2021 (Monday) in Chennai. What time will the match broadcast? The matches are scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm (IST) while the toss will take place at 7:00 pm. Which channels will broadcast the match live? The competition will be broadcast on Star Sports Network. The Disney+ Hotstar will also have the live streaming of the matches. The teams started with the practice sessions on July 9, 2021.

Unfair and untrue: Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews hit back at Muttiah Muralitharan

Two of the biggest players among the current crop of Sri Lankan cricketers, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne have hit back against former Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan for his comment over the contract dispute between players and Sri Lanka Cricket. The duo has written a letter to the great off-spinner and tried to convince him that the dispute over the contract was not only about money and his comment on national television did not reflect true situations. The duo also blamed Muralitharan for what they called “dissatisfaction and hatred” against the team. However, they maintained that they “treasure” their relationship with the off-spinner. The duo reminded Muralitharan that they demanded accountability and transparency from the board over the issue of “player evaluations”. The duo also reminded Muralitharan of the 15-months period in 2011 when Sri Lankan players did play without any payment. The duo also reminded Muralitharan of his association with the Australian side in 2017 when he was signed up as a consultant to assist Aussies on spinning pitches. The letter said that the team respected his decision as “professional” and did not make it a “monetary” issue like the off-spinner has alleged against the players fighting for the contract despite. They urged all the players of the past and the current crop to stand together and extend a helping hand in the hour of tough times for Sri Lankan players. Notably, the SLC and players were at loggerheads for a contract dispute and the board had threatened to field a different side against India if they would not have agreed to sign up the new terms.

TNPL 2021: A look at full squads & teams

The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is set to begin on Monday (July 19, 2021) with the first match to be played between Lyca Kovai Kings and Salem Spartans. All the matches will take place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai without any spectators. The tournament was cancelled in 2020 after there was a Covid-19 outburst in the country. Here we take a look at full squads and teams in the tournament. Dindigul Dragons – K Vishal Vaidhya, S Arun, Advaith Sharma, R Suthesh, S Swaminathan, L Vignesh, R Srinivasan, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Lokeshwar, C Hari Nishaanth, C Ashwin, MS Sanjay, V Lakshman, K Mani Bharathy, AR Siva Murugan, Gurjapneet Singh, R Vimal Khumar, Kishan Kumar S, Vigneshwaran S, Ravichandran Ashwin, R Vivek and M Silambarasan. iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans – S Dinesh, S Manigandan, RI Raajkumar, S Mohan Prasath, S Siddharth, S Aravind, Maan K Bafna, P Francis Rokins, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Aswin Crist A, Tushar Raheja, A Karuppusamy, C Shriram, M Mohammed, Mohammed Ashik N, Affan Khader M, Adithya Giridhar, Saathiyaannaryan L, M Rooban Raj, Mohan Prasath S, Maan K Bafna, R Rajkumar, Natarajan ST, Ashwin Balaji S, and Dinesh Karthik. Chepauk Super Gillies –B Arun, S Vijayakumar, Rajagopal Sathish, R Ram, Arvind, RS Jaganath Srinivas, V Santhana Sekar, Manimaran Siddharth, S Sujay, S Harish Kumar, V Arun Kumar, H Prasidh Akash, *R Sai Kishore, Narayan Jagadeesan, V Sai Prakash, M Kaushik Gandhi, R Alexander, U Sasidev, Sonu Yadav, Rahul D, Sandeep Warrier, Radhakrishnan S Siechem Madurai Panthers –R Mithun, V Gowtham, PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Chaturvedi, P Praveen Kumar, B Anirudh Sita Ram, KB Arun Karthik, R Rohit, R Aushik Srinivas, J Kousik, DT Chandrasekar, V Aaditya, R Silambarasan, M Shahjahan, K Deeban Lingesh, Varun Chakravarthy, J Subramanyam, Rajkumar K, Sughendiran P, Saravanan PK, Aaditya V, Sunil Sam and L Kiran Akash. Ruby Trichy Warriors –B Rahul, Akash Sumra, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, M Poiyamozhi, Rahil S Shah, S Santosh Shiv, W Antony Dhas, Aditya Ganesh, Nidhish S Rajagopal, R Ganesh, Sumant Jain, Muhammed Adnan Khan, P Saravana Kumar, VP Amith Sathvik, G Hemanth Kumar, K Mukunth, G Karthick Shanmugam, Mathivanan, Karthik R, S Kesav Krishna and Varun Totadri. Salem Spartans –B Praanesh, S Abishiek, Akshay V Srinivasan, Murugan Ashwin, S Boopalan, Daryl S Ferrario, M Ganesh Moorthi, Gopinath KH, TD Lokesh Raj, G Periyasamy, S Shubham Mehta, U Sushil, M Vijay Kumar, Vijay Shankar, Kishoor G, Aarif A, Suganesh M, Abhinav Vishnu, Rathnam AVR, R Karthikeyan and Washington Sundar. Nellai Royal Kings –H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav R, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Baba Aparajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryap Prakash, S Senthil Nathan, Jitendra Kumar CH, Rohit Ram R, Sathraj A, Veeramani T, Sri Neranjan R, Vivek R, Suresh C and Arjun P Murthy. Lyca Kovai Kings- P Shijit Chandran, J Suresh Kumar, J Gowjith Subash, K Vignesh, GR Manish, R Kavin, G Aravindh, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, U Mukilesh, Abhishek Tanwar, MA Atheeq Ur Rahman, N Selva Kumaran, Ashwin Venkataraman, B Sai Sudharsan, Nishanth Kumar Alwar, Shahrukh Khan, Srinivasan E, Thangarasu Natarajan, Kiran Kasshyap, Yudheeswaran V, Anandakumar S and S Ajith Ram

Argument over face mask exposes betting racket

Delhi Police Special Cell has said that the two people who were involved in an argument with the Delhi Police personnel during an IPL game at the Arun Jaitley for not wearing a mask are a part of a betting racket. The Special cell has further added that the two persons arrested had been working for two different modules according to a report in The Indian Express. “They were present inside the stadium during three IPL matches and around 12 persons, including one from Dubai, were connected through conference calls at one time and they all were making money through online betting,” Delhi Police Special stated in the chargesheet before a Delhi Court. A peon at the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Balam Singh, a liaison officer/ assistant at DDCA for accreditation-related work for IPL games Virender Singh, Krishan Garg, Manish Kansal, Himanshu Kumar, and Sandeep Kumar have been arrested by the Police. “One of the suspects, Navdeep Kabli Singh (31) told police that he was working for a man famous by the name of Google in betting world, for the last four years. He claimed his employer runs a book of satta (gambling) and also owns an “online betting website”. Navdeep disclosed that he gave rates during betting and he, along with two other employees, were running “satta” from their office in Gurugram,” police states. Krishan Garg and Manish Kansal were involved in the argument with Delhi Police sub-inspector Pradeep Kumar after the two were standing near a gallery of the Kotla’s VIP lounge without wearing face masks on May 2. “Garg showed his accreditation card, mentioning as junior assistant (SDMC health) and Kansal’s accreditation card shows he was duty supervisor of IBS facility management. Police found that their accreditation cards were made by Balam and Shah. Balam took Rs 10,000 and Shah took Rs 40,000 for making their cards,” police said.