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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Salem Spartans
| image = Salem_Spartans_logo.png
| alt_name =
|caption=|nickname=Namma Spartans| league = [[Tamil Nadu Premier League]]
|captain=[[Daryl Ferrario|Darryl Sundar Ferrario]]| coach = [[B. Ramprakash]]
| city =[[Salem, Tamil Nadu]]
|colours=|colors=[[File:Salem Spartans color.jpg|20px]]|owner=Selva Kumar M| founded = 2020
|ground=[[Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium]]
|title1=[[Tamil Nadu Premier League|TNPL]]|title1wins=2016|website={{URL|nammaspartans.sport.blog}}|}}

'''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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/Thoothukudi-dubbed-the-TUTI-Patriots/article14490989.ece|title=Thoothukudi dubbed the TUTI Patriots|newspaper=The Bindu|date=16 July 2016|accessdate=22 August 2020}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2021/jul/01/tnpl-ferrario-to-lead-salem-spartans-as-vijay-turns-down-offer-2323874.html|access-date=2021-07-09|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

Salem Spartans is the costliest team in TNPL with {{INRConvert|5.21|c}} of brand value. This is the highest brand in TNPL.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sportstar|first=Team|title=TNPL Players Draft 2020: Mukund goes to Tamizhans, Spartans picks Vijay Shankar|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/tnpl-2020-players-draft-full-list-chepauk-super-gillies-dindigul-dragons-dinesh-karthik-ashwin-shahrukh-khan-sai-kishore/article30859211.ece|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Sportstar|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/tnpl-2020-salem-spartans-steal-show-with-top-picks-in-season-5-draft| title = TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans steal show with top picks in Season 5 draft}}</ref>

== Team history ==
In 2019 two of the franchises [[Albert Tuti Patriots]] & [[Siechem Madurai Panthers]] were accused of [[match fixing]] which led to removal of co-owners of a franchise. So in 2020 the team Tuti Patriots was renamed as Salem Spartans <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportsunfold.com/salem-spartans-squad/ | title=TNPL 2021: Salem Spartans Players, Captain, Owner, Playing Squad, Time Table | date=9 July 2021 }}</ref> due to the change of ownership from Thoothukodi sports and private entertainment LTD to M.Selvakumar ( VIVO South Chennai distributor).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Santlani|first=Amrit|date=2020-02-21|title=TNPL 2020: Salem Spartans Rope In Vijay Shankar; Tiruppur Tamizhans Sign Abhinav Mukund|url=https://cricketaddictor.com/cricket/tnpl-2020-salem-spartans-vijay-shankar-tiruppur-tamizhans-abhinav-mukund/|access-date=2021-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=PTI|date=Feb 20, 2020|title=Vijay Shankar roped in by Salem Spartans in TNPL draft {{!}} Cricket News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/vijay-shankar-roped-in-by-salem-spartans-in-tnpl-draft/articleshow/74230522.cms|access-date=2021-07-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Team identity ==
=== Strip ===
The team play in a jersey that grades from yellow through orange to red. The strip's trousers are black.
[[File:Salem_Spartans_Kit.png|center|thumb|'''Team Jersey''']]

=== Anthem and tagline ===
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, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] City. The team hashtag is #VanakkamDaMapla, which is used in the anthem.

=== Theme logo ===

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 ==

* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
* Players with state caps are listed in ''italic.''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Name
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Batting style
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Bowling style
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Signed year
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Experience
! style="background:red; color:yellow; text-align:center;"|Notes
|-
! colspan="5" |Batsmen
!
|-
|Abishek S
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
! colspan="5" |All-rounders
!
|-
|[[Washington Sundar|'''Washington Sundhar''']]
|Legt-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|International
|
|-
|[[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|'''Vijay Shankar''']]
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|International
|
|-
|''[[Murugan Ashwin]]''
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|State
|
|-
|[[Jafar Jamal|''Jafar Jamal'']]
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|State
|
|-
|''[[Daryl Ferrario]]''
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|State
|[[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=TNPL: Ferrario to lead Salem Spartans as Vijay turns down offer|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/cricket/2021/jul/01/tnpl-ferrario-to-lead-salem-spartans-as-vijay-turns-down-offer-2323874.html|access-date=2021-09-02|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|-
|R Karthikeyan
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
|District
|
|-
|Jeet S Jain
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|District
|
|-
|Pranesh B
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
|Lokesh Raj TD
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
|Kishoor G
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
|District
|
|-
|Karthikeyan R
|Left-handed
|Left arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
|District
|
|-
|Boopalan S
|Left-handed
|Left arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
|Akshay V Srinivasan
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
|Kamesh M
|Left-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|District
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Wicket-keepers
!
|-
|''Gopinath KH''
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|State
|[[Vice Captain (cricket)|Vice Captain]]
|-
|''Kavin R''
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|District
|
|-
|Ganesh S
|Right - handed
|Right - arm
|2022
|District
|
|-
|Dinesh Veda Guru M
|Right-handed
|Right arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2021
|District
|
|-
! colspan="5" |Bowlers
!
|-
|[[Ganeshan Periyaswamy|''Ganeshan Periyasamy'']]
|Right-handed
|Right-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|State
|
|-
|Rishi R
|Right - handed
|Right - arm
|2022
|District
|
|-
|Ganesh Moorthi
|Left-handed
|Left-arm
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|District
|
|-
! colspan="7" |<small>Source:[https://nammaspartans.sport.blog/squad/ SS Players]</small>
|}

==Support staff==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Position
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Name
|-
|'''Head coach'''
|[[B. Ramprakash]]
|-
|Assistant coach
|Sai Rupesh
|-
| rowspan="2" |Fielding coach
|Shyam Sundhar
|-
|Porselvan
|-
| rowspan="2" |Trainer
|RD Ashwin Kumar
|-
|Vimal Chandrasekharn
|-
|Team manager
|R Krishna
|-
| rowspan="2" |Physio
|Perooru Rupesh
|-
|Vaira Sudharshan
|-
|Video Analyst
|KC Ramasubramaniyam
|-
|Management staff
|Murugesh
|-
|Asst. Staff
|Ragul Raj
|-
|Media
|Dhanesh
|-
! colspan="2" |<small>Source:[https://nammaspartans.sport.blog/support-staffs/ SS staffs]</small> <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-29|title=Support staffs|url=https://nammaspartans.sport.blog/support-staffs/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=நம்ம Spartans|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Statistics ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:13%;"
|+ [[Tamil Nadu Premier League|TNPL]] summary of results :<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Standings|url=http://tnpl.tnca.cricket/standings/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Tamil Nadu Premier League|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Year
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Played
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Wins
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Losses
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|NR
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Points
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|NRR
! style="background:Yellow; color:Red;"|Position
|-
! [[2016 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2016]]
| 7 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 8 || +0.414 || 3/8
|-
! [[2017 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2017]]
| 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 14 ||+1.845 || 1/8
|-
! [[2018 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2018]]
| 7 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 8 || +0.432 || 5/8
|-
! [[2019 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2019]]
| 7 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 4 ||-1.151
| 6/8
|-
!2020
| colspan="7" |Season is Suspended due to COVID pandemic
|-
! [[2021 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2021]]
| 7 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 5 || -0.730 || 7/8
|-
! Total
| '''28'''|| '''17'''||'''11'''||'''0'''||8.5 (Average) ||+0.385
(Average)
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|}
<ref>http://tnpl.tnca.cricket/standings/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== Seasons ==

Salem Spartans is playing their inaugural season in 2021 .
{{Main|Salem Spartans in 2021}}

=== [[Salem Spartans in 2021|2021]] ===
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b|header=Round|label2=Result|res2=[[#Match 2|NR]]/[[#Match 8|W]]/[[#Match 12|L]]/[[#Match 15|L]]/[[#Match 19|L]]/[[#Match 23|L]]/[[#Match 27|W]]|label3=Position|pos3=1/1/4/8/8/8/7|color_W=green2|text_W=Win|color_NR=yellow2|text_NR=No Result|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss|color_1-2=green1|color_3-4=#ffc|source=Fixtures}}

=== [[2021 Tamil Nadu Premier League|2021]] ===

{| class="wikitable" style="width:13%;"
|+ Salem Spartans Fixtures 2021 :<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-22|title=Fixtures|url=https://nammaspartans.sport.blog/fixtures/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=நம்ம Spartans|language=en}}</ref>
|-
! style="background:red; color: yellow;"|Date
! style="background:red; color:yellow;"|Time
! style="background:red; color:yellow;"|First team
! style="background:red; color:yellow;"|Second Team
! style="background:red; color:yellow;"|Venue
! style="background:red; color: yellow;"|Results
! style="background:red; color:yellow;"|SS score
! style="background:red; color: yellow;"|opponents score
|-
! July 19
2021
| 7:30 PM || Salem Spartans|| [[Lyca Kovai Kings|Lyca kovai kings]]|| [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]|| No results || -

| 168/65 18.0 overs
|-
! July 24
2021
| 7:30 PM || Salem Spartans|| [[IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans|Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans]]|| [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]|| Salen Spartans Won by 16 runs ||164/5
20.0 overs
| 148/8
20.0 overs
|-
! July 28
2021
| 3:30 PM || Salem Spartans|| [[Chepauk Super Gillies]]|| [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]|| [[Chepauk Super Gillies]] won by 4 Wickets || 142/7
20.0 overs

| 145/6
18.5 overs
|-
! July 30
2021
| 7:30 PM || Salem Spartans|| [[Dindigul Dragons|Dindigal Dragons]]|| [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]|| [[Dindigul Dragons|Dindigal Dragons]] won by 76 runs ||109/10 18.4 overs

|185/6

20.0 overs

185/6 20.0 overs
|-
!August 1
2021
| 3:30 PM
|Salem Spartans
|[[Ruby Trichy Warriors]]
|[[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]
| [[Ruby Trichy Warriors]] won by 6 wickets
| 116/8
20.0 overs
| 120/4
18.3 overs
|-
! August 5
2021
| 7:30 PM || Salem Spartans|| [[Nellai Royal Kings]]|| [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]|| [[Nellai Royal Kings]] won by 8 wickets || 120/8
20.0 overs
| 121/2
18.3 overs
|-
! August 7
2021
| 7:30 PM|| Salem Spartans||[[Siechem Madurai Panthers]]||[[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|MAC stadium]]||Salem Spartans won by 11 runs ||144/5
20.0 overs

|133/8
20.0 overs
|}

== Sponsors ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Principal Sponsor
! style="background:red; color: yellow; text-align:center;" |Associate Sponsors
|-
|'''i sports 24/7'''
|
* '''Steren 8'''
* '''Aspira'''
* '''1848'''
* '''Vision 11'''
* '''Fairplay news'''
*
|-
| colspan="2" |Source :<ref>{{Cite web|title=நம்ம Spartans|url=https://nammaspartans.sport.blog/|access-date=2021-09-02|website=நம்ம Spartans|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TNPL 2021 To Start On July 19; All Games To Be Played In Chennai|url=https://isports247.net/blogs/tamil-nadu-premier-league-2021-to-start-on-july-19|access-date=2021-09-02|website=isports247.net}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==

* [[Salem Spartans in 2021]]
* [[List of sports teams named Spartans]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://tnpl.tnca.cricket/teams/?teamId=737 TNPL Official Page]
{{Tamil Nadu Premier League}}

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