Salem Spartans
File:Salem Spartans logo.png | |
Nickname(s) | Namma Spartans |
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League | Tamil Nadu Premier League |
Personnel | |
Captain | Murugan Ashwin |
Coach | Ramaswamy Prasanna |
Owner | Selva Kumar M |
Team information | |
City | Salem, Tamil Nadu |
Founded | 2020 |
Home ground | Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium |
History | |
TNPL wins | 2016 |
Official website: | nammaspartans |
Salem Spartans, is a cricket team representing Salem district in the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association T20 League tournament, Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). The team is owned by Vivo Chennai south distributor Selvakumar M.[1][2]
Salem Spartans is the costliest team in TNPL with ₹5.21 crore (US$720,000) of brand value. This is the highest brand in TNPL.[3][4]
Team history[edit]
In 2019 franchise Albert Tuti Patriots removed co-owners of a franchise. So in 2020 the team Tuti Patriots was renamed as Salem Spartans [5] due to the change of ownership from Thoothukodi sports and private entertainment LTD to M.Selvakumar ( VIVO South Chennai distributor).[6][7]
Team identity[edit]
The team play in a jersey that grades from yellow through orange to red. The strip's trousers are black.
The team's anthem song is starting with the term Vanakkam Da Mapla (Tamil: வணக்கம் டா மாப்ள சேலத்தில இருந்து). The lyrics were also written by people from the areas around Salem City. The team hashtag is #VanakkamDaMapla, which is used in the anthem.
The term Spartans refers to the people who are always simple, it means the people's from Salem is always simple. Logo of the franchise Salem Spartans is also designed like a simple men take efforts to defend him from predators . Like wise the franchise is also simple but it will take much more efforts to defend the team from opponents and for the victory.
Current squad[edit]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Players with state caps are listed in italic.
Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Experience | Notes | |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Abishek S | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | District | ||
Jafar Jamal | Right-handed | Right arm | 2022 | State | ||
All-rounders | ||||||
Washington Sundhar | Legt-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | International | ||
Vijay Shankar | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | International | ||
Murugan Ashwin | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | State | ||
Daryl Ferrario | Right-handed | Right arm | 2020 | State | Captain[8] | |
R Karthikeyan | Right-handed | Right arm | 2021 | District | ||
Jeet S Jain | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2022 | District | ||
Pranesh B | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | District | ||
Lokesh Raj TD | Right-handed | Right arm | 2020 | District | ||
Kishoor G | Right-handed | Right arm | 2021 | District | ||
Karthikeyan R | Left-handed | Left arm | 2021 | District | ||
Boopalan S | Left-handed | Left arm | 2020 | District | ||
Akshay V Srinivasan | Right-handed | Right arm | 2020 | District | ||
Praanesh B | Left-handed | Right arm | 2022 | District | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Gopinath KH | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | State | Vice Captain | |
Kavin R | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2022 | District | ||
Ganesh S | Right - handed | Right - arm | 2022 | District | ||
Dinesh Veda Guru M | Right-handed | Right arm | 2021 | District | ||
Bowlers | ||||||
Ganeshan Periyasamy | Right-handed | Right-arm | 2020 | State | ||
Rishi R | Right - handed | Right - arm | 2022 | District | ||
Ganesh Moorthi | Left-handed | Left-arm | 2020 | District | ||
Source:SS Players |
Support staff[edit]
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Ramaswamy Prasanna |
Assistant coach | Sai Rupesh |
Fielding coach | Shyam Sundhar |
Porselvan | |
Trainer | RD Ashwin Kumar |
Vimal Chandrasekharn | |
Team manager | R Krishna |
Physio | Perooru Rupesh |
Vaira Sudharshan | |
Source:SS staffs [9] |
Statistics[edit]
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | No result | Points | Position |
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2016 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3/8 |
2017 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1/8 |
2018 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5/8 |
2019 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6/8 |
2020 | Season suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7/8 |
2022 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8/8 |
Total | 42 | 20 | 21 | 1 | – |
Seasons[edit]
Salem Spartans is playing their inaugural season in 2021 . Script error: No such module "Main if exists".
2022[edit]
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
2021[edit]
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
Sponsors and kit manufacturers[edit]
Principal sponsor | Associate sponsors |
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Sky Exchange |
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Source :[12][13] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Thoothukudi dubbed the TUTI Patriots". The Bindu. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2020..
- ↑ "TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team. "TNPL Players Draft 2020: Mukund goes to Tamizhans, Spartans picks Vijay Shankar". Sportstar. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans steal show with top picks in Season 5 draft".
- ↑ "TNPL 2021: Salem Spartans Players, Captain, Owner, Playing Squad, Time Table". 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Santlani, Amrit (2020-02-21). "TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans Rope In Vijay Shankar; Tiruppur Tamizhans Sign Abhinav Mukund". Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Vijay Shankar roped in by Salem Spartans in TNPL draft | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. Feb 20, 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ↑ "Support staffs". நம்ம Spartans. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ↑ admin. "Standings". Tamil Nadu Premier League. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ↑ "Standings – Tamil Nadu Premier League". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "TNPL 2021 To Start On July 19; All Games To Be Played In Chennai". isports247.net. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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