Dindigul Dragons

Dindigul Dragons is a Twenty20 cricket team representing the city of Dindigul in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL).[1]

Dindigul Dragons
LeagueTamil Nadu Premier League
Personnel
CaptainHari Nishaanth
CoachS. Badrinath
OwnerTAKE Solutions
Team information
CityDindigul
Founded2016
Official websitedindiguldragons.com

The team is owned by Srinivasan H R, vice chairman and managing director of Take Solutions.[2] The team is coached by former Indian cricketer S. Badrinath.[3] Hari Nishaanth is the captain of the franchise.[4]

Franchise history

Srinivasan H R, vice chairman and managing director of Take Solutions, was the 7th highest bidder. He chose the district Dindigul and the team was named as Dindigul Dragons. The team's launch took place on 22 August 2016 at the NPR College Ground in Natham, Dindigul.[5][6]

Current Squad

2021
  • Srinivasan
  • K Vishal Vaidhya
  • S Arun
  • Advaith Sharma
  • R Suthesh
  • S Swaminathan
  • L Vignesh
  • 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(C)
  • R Vivek
  • M Silambarasan

Support Staff

  1. Head Coach: M. Venkataramana

Achievements
  • N Jagadeesan was the tournament's leading run scorer with 397 runs and was also named as the Player of the Tournament.
  • Jagadeesan became the first batsman to score 1000 runs in TNPL when he scored 87* against Madurai Panthers on 22 July 2017 at ICL Cricket Ground, Tirunelveli.

See also

References
  1. "Dindigul Dragons (TNPL) Team Squad, Logo, Captain, Players Name - Scooptimes". Scooptimes.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  2. "Dindigul Dragons launches team jersey". The Hindu. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "Badrinath is Dindigul coach for next TNPL". dtNext.in. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  4. "TNPL: R Ashwin to lead Dindigul Dragons for Initial Matches". 1 June 2018.
  5. "TNPL 2016: Dindigul Dragons to be launched on Monday".
  6. "HR Srinivasan on how Take Solutions grew from small outsourcing shop into a life sciences major".
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