India, July 3 -- Tamil Nadu Premier League 2026 auction: A total of 783 players went into the hammer as the Shriram Capital Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) Player Auction took place on July 3, Friday at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While the likes of Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan and Sai Kishore were retained before the auction, there were still some promising players on the table. Majority of the players were in Category D, with the tally raising to 767, while the remaining were from Category B and C.

Veterans Ravichandran Ashwin and Vijay Shankar retired from BCCI-affiliated domestic and IPL cricket to pursue overseas opportunities, making them ineligible to play in the TNPL anymore. Ashwanth Valthapa, w...