Salem Spartans
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]
| Nickname(s) | Namma Spartans |
|---|---|
| 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 the costliest team in TNPL with ₹5.21 crore (US$680,000) of brand value. This is the highest brand in TNPL.[3][4]
Team history
changeIn 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
change
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
change- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
change| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| 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
change| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | No result | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
changeSalem Spartans is playing their inaugural season in 2021.
2022
changeW = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
2021
changeW = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
Sponsors and kit manufacturers
change| Principal sponsor | Associate sponsors |
|---|---|
| Sky Exchange |
|
| Source :[12][13] | |
References
change- ↑ "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 9 July 2021.
- ↑ Sportstar, Team. "TNPL Players Draft 2020: Mukund goes to Tamizhans, Spartans picks Vijay Shankar". Sportstar. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ "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 (21 February 2020). "TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans Rope In Vijay Shankar; Tiruppur Tamizhans Sign Abhinav Mukund". Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ "Vijay Shankar roped in by Salem Spartans in TNPL draft | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ↑ "TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "Support staffs". நம்ம Spartans. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ admin. "Standings". Tamil Nadu Premier League. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ↑ "Standings – Tamil Nadu Premier League". Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
- ↑ "நம்ம Spartans". நம்ம Spartans. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "TNPL 2021 To Start On July 19; All Games To Be Played In Chennai". isports247.net. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
Other websites
change- TNPL Official Page Archived 2021-07-29 at the Wayback Machine