Ever since its inception back in 2016, everyone has always been praising the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL), a regional T20 franchise league that has grown leaps and bounds in just 7 seasons played at the time of updating this page. And during these seasons, we’ve seen a number of batting and bowling spectacles.
Since T20 is considered a batsman’s game, the batting records are usually praised more than those of the bowlers. And today, we’re looking at all those batsmen who have done well with the bat over the years in the TNPL tournament. We’re going to talk about every century scored in the history of the TNPL. Keep reading for the full list…
At the time of the middle of the TNPL 2024 season, the league had already seen as many as 14 individual centuries (updated 26th July 2024), with 11 unique centurions and just two people in this tournament having scored a second individual ton each. KB Arun Karthik’s century in TNPL 2022 made him the first to get two centuries in TNPL history, and then he became the first to three TNPL centuries too.
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Talking about the first ever TNPL century, it was none other than Baba Aparajith who went on to write his name down in TNPL history book. This happened during TNPL 2016 and he’s come close to doing so again but hasn’t been successful. Narayan Jagadeesan is the only other player who came close to a second century, getting nineties apart from his only TNPL hundred.
Full TNPL centuries list
| Sr. | Name | Team | Date | Score |
| 1 | Baba Aparajith | VB Thiruvallur Veerans | 25 Aug 2016 | 118(63)* |
| 2 | Washington Sundar | Albert TUTI Patriots | 1 Aug 2017 | 107(61) |
| 3 | Bharath Shankar | Ruby Trichy Warriors | 11 Aug 2017 | 112(68)* |
| 4 | Ravi Kumar Rohith | Lyca Kovai Kings | 16 Aug 2017 | 102(46)* |
| 5 | Kaushik Gandhi | Jones TUTI Patriots | 15 Jul 2018 | 111(68)* |
| 6 | Arun Karthik | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 2 Aug 2019 | 106(61) |
| 7 | Narayan Jagadeesan | Dindigul Dragons | 3 Aug 2019 | 105(60)* |
| 8 | Murali Vijay | Ruby Trichy Warriors | 6 Aug 2019 | 101(57) |
| 9 | Arun Karthik (2) | Siechem Madurai Panthers | 5 Jul 2022 | 106(57) |
| 10 | R Sanjay Yadav | Nellai Royal Kings | 15 Jul 2022 | 103(55)* |
| 11 | Murali Vijay (2) | Ruby Trichy Warriors | 15 Jul 2022 | 121(66) |
| 12 | Ajitesh Guruswamy | Nellai Royal Kings | 17 Jun 2023 | 112(60) |
| 13 | Arun Karthik (3) | Nellai Royal Kings | 24 Jun 2023 | 104(61)* |
| 14 | Shivam Singh | Dindigul Dragons | 26 Jul 2024 | 106(57)* |
| 15 | Sai Sudharsan | Lyca Kovai Kings | TBD | 123(56)* |
That century from Aparajith in TNPL 2016 turned out to be the only century of the season while the second edition of the tournament was a good one for batsmen. We saw three individual centuries scored in TNPL 2017 which was then repeated in TNPL 2019, where once again three different batsmen ended up scoring TNPL centuries. The highest TNPL score till date was from the bat of Sai Sudharsan, who got 123* in a magnificent chase for Lyca Kovai Kings in TNPL 2024.
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The TNPL 2020 season stood cancelled because the entire world was struggling with Covid-19 and live sports was hurt more than anything else. On the other hand, TNPL 2021 was the first and till date only edition of the tournament (which was not cancelled) where not a single individual century was scored. You can also check out our complete TNPL winners list here.
Century for Sai Sudharsan
He smashed 4 sixes in 5 balls vs T natrajan and Sai Kishore when his team needed 55 in last 4 overs in TNPL qualifiers 1 😭😭🤩🔥🤯 pic.twitter.com/iU7wZvXQoJ
— 𝙍𝘿𝙆 𝘿𝙖𝙨 #YELLOVE 💛 (@WasChampVirat18) July 30, 2024
But that tournament was headlined by the batting of Narayan Jagadeesan who went on to score a couple of nineties in the season. He ended as the top scorer of TNPL 2021 and at the start of the TNPL 2024 season, he remains the top scorer in the history of the tournament as well. For more updates from the world of sports and cricket and in particular the Tamil Nadu T20 league, stay tuned to ReadScoops.com.
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