TNPL 2025 sale: Vijay Shankar, previous UAE spinner Karthik Meiyappan among major purchases

Vijay Shankar, Swapnil Singh, M Mohammed and C Andre Siddarth were among the major purchases at the Tamil Nadu Head Association (TNPL) 2025 super sale that was held in Chennai on Saturday. Previous UAE worldwide Karthik Meiyappan, who has now moved back to Chennai, his city of birth, went to Madurai Jaguars for INR 9.2 lakh. The wristspinner had stowed a full go-around in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia and carries with him the experience of having played in the ILT20 and Worldwide T20 Canada. Leading the pack up to the closeout, any semblance of R Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy (both Dindigul Mythical serpents), Shahrukh Khan and Sai Sudharsan (both Lyca Kovai Lords) and Tamil Nadu skipper R Sai Kishore (Tiruppur Tamizhans) were held by the establishments. Vijay had started off the bartering by setting off an offering war, having no less than four of the eight establishments, including Ashwin's Dindigul, raising the oar for his overall abilities before Chepauk Super Gillies scooped him up for INR 18 lakh. It was Mohammed who brought the most elevated bid of INR 18.8 lakh, with Salem Spartans fighting off contest from his previous group Kovai Rulers and Madurai. Mohammed hasn't played in the IPL yet has had a spell with Punjab Lords as a net bowler previously. Swapnil, the UP-conceived left-arm fingerspinner, who frequently bowls in the powerplay for Regal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), was picked by Chepauk for INR 10.8 lakh. In the IPL 2025 sale, RCB had utilized their entitlement to-match card to get Swapnil back for INR 50 lakh. Swapnil, who had begun his homegrown vocation with Baroda, left the side during the Coronavirus pandemic after not getting ordinary game-time with them. He moved to Uttarakhand as an outstation player and since he has selected himself into TNCA's first-division association, he is qualified to play in the TNPL. Sudharsan had gotten back to activity from sports hernia in Tamil Nadu's Ranji Prize quarter-last conflict against Vidarbha as of late, yet his accessibility for the TNPL is hazy as he may be picked in the India An or India crew for the Britain visit. In a bid to make up for that shortfall, Kovai Rulers gobbled up Siddarth for INR 8.4 lakh. Siddarth, the nephew of previous Tamil Nadu robust and current public selector S Sharath, has likewise broken into the IPL, procuring an arrangement worth INR 30 lakh with Chennai Super Lords. Siddarth had additionally played for India Under-19s in the 50-overs Under-19 Asia Cup in late 2024. With Washington Sundar set to opening into Ashwin's spot as the cutting edge offspinner in India's Test side, and liable to miss a lump of the TNPL, he went to Trichy Excellent Cholas at a genuinely minimal expense of INR 6 lakh. Dindigul are the reigning champs of the TNPL, having come out on top for their lady championship under Ashwin's administration in August 2024.