The opening match of this year's Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) will stage multiple renowned and budding talents from the host state and different parts of the nation. While the defending champion bolsters their unit with star bowlers like Ravichandran Ashwin and Varun Chakravarthy, their opponent, Lyca Kovai Kings, has multiple swashbuckling batters like Sai Sudharsan and Andre Siddharth. Sudharshan, the orange cap winner, is already a renowned face for his brilliant batting in the IPL 2025, and Siddharth, another top-order batter in the Kings' squad, has yet to shine at his full potential.

The 18-year-old batter is a Chennai Super Kings prospect, known for his ability to play effective innings with a healthy strike rate. The under-19 batter experienced a talkable outing with Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket in 2025. The right-handed batter bagged a ton early this year. 

Andre Siddharth's last 5 matches with Tamil Nadu:

• 65 and 15 vs. Vidarbha—First Class
• 0 and 18 vs. Jharkhand—First Class
• 106 and 36* vs. Chandigarh—First Class
• 40 vs. Vidharbha—List A
• 0 vs. J&K—List A

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Squads

Dindigul Dragons

Maan Bafna, R.K. Jayant, Shivam Singh, Vimal Khumar, Dinesh H., Hunny Saini, M. Karthik Saran, Ravichandran Ashwin, Baba Indrajith, Atul Vitkar, DT Chandrasekar, Ganeshan Periyaswamy, M. Viju Arul, Rajwinder Singh, Sandeep Warrier, and Varun Chakaravarthy

Lyca Kovai Kings

Andre Siddarth, Balasubramaniam Sachin, Jitendra Kumar, K Vishal Vaidhya, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, P Vidyuth, Pradheep Vishal, Ramalingam Rohit, Madhava Prasad, Suresh Lokeshwar, Ambrish R S, B Aaditya, Govinth G, Guru Raghavendran, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, M Siddharth, N Kabilan, P Bhuvaneswaran, Ramesh Divakar