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
CaptainRavichandran Ashwin
CoachM. Venkataramana
OwnerTAKE Solutions
Team information
CityDindigul
Founded2016
Official websitedindiguldragons.com

The team is owned by Srinivasan H R, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, TAKE Solutions.[2] The team is coached by former Indian cricketer M. Venkataramana.[3] Ravichandran Ashwin is the captain of the franchise.[4]

Franchise History

Srinivasan H R, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, TAKE Solutions was the 7th highest bidder and he chose the district Dindigul and the team was named as Dindigul Dragons. The launch of the Dindigul Dragons took place on Monday, August 22, 2016 at the NPR College of Engineering and Technology, Natham, Dindigul. Actor Vishnu Vishal was the Chief Guest of the event. Dindigul District Cricket Association President Mr RSK Raguraam, the Guest of Honour, and Patron in Chief, Mr J Sambabu graced the occasion.[5][6]

TNPL 2016

The 2016 edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League began on the 24th of August, 2016. The captain of the side Ravichandran Ashwin was not available due to International commitments and V Subramania Siva captained the Dindigul Dragons in his place. The team began the tournament in an unstoppable fashion. They won their 1st 4 matches on the trot (including one against the Tuti Patriots virtue of a Super Over). They also had their captain R Ashwin back for the clash against Ruby Kanchi Warriors. Their winning streak was put to an end by the eventual runners-up Chepauk Super Gillies. Ravichandran Ashwin played only 2 games, yet Dindigul Dragons managed to finish 2nd in the points table and qualify to the semi-finals. The team management hoped Ravichandran Ashwin would be available to play the all important semi-finals but their hopes went in vain as the BCCI did not clear Ashwin to play in it due to Team India's series against New Zealand that was coming up.[7] The team missed his presence in the semi-final and lost to eventual champions Tuti Patriots. Jagadeesan was the leading Run scorer for Dindigul with 397 runs and Murugan Ashwin was the leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets.

TNPL 2017

Ashwin Venkatraman replaced Ravichandran Ashwin as the captain due to the latter's unavailability courtesy Team India's tour of Sri Lanka.[8]

The campaign started with a defeat against the TUTI Patriots. In the next game, it created a tournament record (the margin of victory in terms of wickets and balls left) by defeating the Madurai Super Giants by 10 wickets and with 57 balls to spare. The team lost the next game and the next was abandoned due to rain. Losses in their final two group games saw it finish 6th on the points table and rendering them unable to qualify for the play-off(s).

TNPL 2018

Schedule

Dindigul Dragons are scheduled to play the opening match of this year's TNPL against the Ruby Trichy Warriors.[9][10] Tirunelveli and Dindigul will host 14 matches each and 4 other matches will be held at Chennai.[11]

Squad

The final list of players picked up by Dindigul Dragons in the 2018 TNPL Player Draft [12]

  1. Ravichandran Ashwin (C) (Retained)
  2. R Vivek (Retained)
  3. Narayan Jagadeesan (VC) (Retained)
  4. Jagannathan Kaushik
  5. NS Chaturved
  6. C Hari Nishanth
  7. Anirudh Balachander
  8. M Abhinav
  9. M Silambarasan
  10. Trilok Nag
  11. ME Yazh Arun Mozhi
  12. Nivethan Radhakrishnan
  13. M Mohammed
  14. Ramalingam Rohit
  15. Adithya Arun
  16. M Sujendran
  17. N Ramakrishnan
  18. RA Aravind
  19. Varun Totadri

Support Staff
  1. Coach: M. Venkataramana
  2. Assistant Coach: VRS Guru Kedarnath

2018 Campaign

They began their campaign against the Ruby Trichy Warriors and they had the upper hand for the majority of the game before Suresh Kumar wreaked havoc and won the game for Trichy.[13] they bounced back from the opening game defeat with a resounding win against the Siechem Madurai Panthers with their captain R Ashwin starring with the ball, Vivek and Jagadeesan starring with the bat leading them to win the match with 28 balls to spare.[14] they then turned on the heat registering wins against the Lyca Kovai Kings, VB Kanchi Veerans and the JONES Tuti Patriots and moved to the top of the table courtesy of the fourth straight win.[15] Jagadeesan also led the side theyll after the departure of Ashwin, his stint with CSK proving effective as he starred both with the bat and behind the stumps.[16] Then came the 5-day break. they faced the IDream Karaikudi Kaalai and they beat them comfortably.[17] their last game was against the Chepauk Super Gillies and they beat them with 39 balls to spare, the best margin in terms of balls in TNPL 2018, to secure a top 2 finish.[18] A spot in the final was up for grabs and they did not hesitate to take it with both hands as they thumped Madurai Panthers by 75 runs recording the highest margin of victory of this edition of the tournament and they also breached the 200 run mark for the first time in this tournament.[19] they faced the Siechem Madurai Panthers again on the 12th of August in the finale of the TNPL 2018. Though Madurai had lost to Dindigul twice in the lead up to the finals, the Siechem Madurai got their revenge as they lifted the crown for the first time.[20]

Highlights
  • Dindigul Dragons registered the highest score of the TNPL 2018 in the qualifier 1 against the Siechem Madurai Panthers (203).[21]
  • The highest margin of victory in terms of balls remaining is 39 balls, when they defeated the Super Gillies in their last match of the group stage.[22]
  • The highest margin of victory in terms of runs was 75 runs, where they defeated the Siechem Madurai Panthers in the qualifiers.[23]
  • Jagadeesan got the ‘Krishna Mines Super White Super Fours’ of the Tournament Award for the maximum number of fours in the tournament.[24]
  • Vivek Raj was awarded the ‘Equitas Funtastic’ Player of the Tournament for his brilliant hitting throughout the tournament.[25]

TNPL 2019

Squad

The final list of players picked up by Dindigul Dragons in the 2019 TNPL Player Draft [26]

  1. Ravichandran Ashwin (C) (Retained)
  2. R Vivek (Retained)
  3. Narayan Jagadeesan (VC) (Retained)
  4. Jagannathan Kaushik (Retained)
  5. NS Chaturved (Retained)
  6. C Hari Nishaanth (Retained)
  7. M Abhinav (Retained)
  8. M Silambarasan (Retained)
  9. Trilok Nag (Retained)
  10. M Mohammed (Retained)
  11. Ramalingam Rohit (Retained)
  12. Adithya Arun (Retained)
  13. Varun Totadri (Retained)
  14. Sumant Jain (Retained)
  15. ME Yazh Arun Mozhi
  16. Karthik Saran M
  17. S Sujay
  18. B Pranesh
  19. M Anbu

Support Staff
  1. Head Coach: M. Venkataramana
  2. Assistant Coach: VRS Guru Kedarnath
  3. Performance Coach: Prasanna
  4. Manager: Balaji Maradapa
  5. Performance Analyst: Jayakumar
  6. Physio: Sreenivas Rao
  7. Trainer: Thangavel
  8. Masseur: Naresh Kumar

2019 Campaign

They began their campaign against Chepauk Super Gillies. After being asked to bat, they managed to put 115 runs on the board but an inspired bowling performance helped them to defend the target as they won the match by 10 runs.

Their second match was against the defending champions Seichem Madurai Panthers. they batted once again and started off well with 100 runs opening stand. Jagadeesan 87* ensured they finished at 182/6 in 20 overs. The bowlers continued their good form and they won the match by 30 runs.

Achievements
  • In the first edition of the TNPL, Dindigul Dragons finished 2nd on the points table and was beaten eventually by the Tuti Patriots in the semi finals.[27]
  • N Jagadeesan was the tournament's leading run scorer with 397 runs and was also named as the Player of the Tournament.[28]
  • Jagadeesan was also the scorer of the most 50's (5) and effected the most dismissals (12) in the TNPL 2016.[29][30]
  • Murugan Ashwin, who was part of the Dindigul Dragons Squad for the first 2 editions of the TNPL was the tournament's second leading wicket taker (13) and was the outfield player with the most catches (7) in the 2016 edition of the TNPL.[31][32]
  • Dindigul Dragons holds the record for the largest margin of victory in terms of wickets and balls to spare. The game against Madurai Super Giant which was played on July 25, 2017, Dindigul won the match by 10 wickets and 57 balls to spare.[33]
  • 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.
  • Silambarsan started his TNPL 2019 on a high picking up back to back 4 wicket hauls.

See also

References
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  2. "Dindigul Dragons launches team jersey". The Hindu. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "Ex-India offie Venkatramana to coach Dindigul TNPL side". The Hindu. 16 June 2016.
  4. "TNPL: R Ashwin to lead Dindigul Dragons for Initial Matches". 1 June 2018.
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  7. "BCCI doesn't clear R Ashwin for TNPL semi final". 16 September 2016.
  8. "Ashwin Venkatraman replaces Ravichandran Ashwin as captain for Dindigul Dragons".
  9. "Dindigul to play Trichy in TNPL 3 opener on July 11".
  10. "TNPL 2018 Schedule: Complete Time Table, Match Timings, PDF download".
  11. "Tirunelveli and Dindigul to host 14 TNPL matches each".
  12. "TNPL 3 Player draft: Final squads of all the eight teams".
  13. "TNPL: Ruby Trichy Warriors start TNPL-3 with a win".
  14. "Jagadeesan, Vivek make it a no-contest".
  15. "TNPL 2018: Vivek and Mohammed power Dindigul Dragons to an emphatic win over Tuti Patriots".
  16. "Stint with CSK helped me to great extent: Jagadeesan".
  17. "TNPL: Allround Karaikudi Kaalai cruise past Dindigul Dragons".
  18. "TNPL: Walk in the park for Dindigul Dragons".
  19. "Madurai falter in chase, Dindigul in final".
  20. "Madurai Panthers clinch maiden TNPL crown".
  21. "TNPL 3, Qualifier 1, Review: Dindigul Dragons storm into the final with a crushing win".
  22. "TNPL 2018: Dindigul Dragons through to playoffs".
  23. "TNPL 2018: Dindigul Dragons rout Madurai Panthers to enter final".
  24. "What the award winners said…".
  25. "What the award winners said…".
  26. "TNPL Teams & Squads".
  27. "TNPL 2016, 1st semi-final: TUTI Patriots thrash Dindigul Dragons by 38 runs to seal spot in final". 17 September 2016.
  28. "R Ashwin helped me a lot while batting: TNPL player of the tournament, N Jagadeesan".
  29. "Cricket Records/Records/ Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016/ Most fifties (And Over)".
  30. "Cricket Records/Records/ Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016/ Most Dismissals".
  31. "Cricket Records/Records/ Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016/ Most Wickets".
  32. "Cricket Records/Records/ Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016/ Most Catches".
  33. "Cricket Records/Records/ Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016/ Largest Victories".
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