Salem Spartans in 2022


The Salem Spartans (SS) is the franchise based cricket team based in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, which has been playing in Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) from this season 2022.[1] They are one of the eight teams compete in 2022 Tamil Nadu Premier League. Salem Spartans previously lifted one TNPL title in 2016 as Tuti Patriots.[2]

Salem Spartans
2022 season
Head coachRamaswamy Prasanna
CaptainMurugan Ashwin
Ground(s)Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium
Most runsDaryl Ferrario (144 Runs)
Most wicketsGaneshan Periyaswamy (6 Wickets)
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsKavin R (2 Dismisals)

BackgroundEdit

Salem Spartans kicked off the 2022 TNPL by releasing by 7 players from the team.[3][4]

Retained Players:

Released Players:

  • Suganesh Mahendran
  • AVR Rathnam
  • Subham Mehta
  • Mihir R
  • Umashankar Sushil
  • Aarif A

Drafted Players:

  • Jafar Jamal
  • Kavin R
  • Ganesh S
  • Dinesh Vedaguru M
  • Jeet S Jain
  • Praanesh B
  • Rishi R

SquadEdit

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • Players with state caps are listed in italic.
Name Batting style Bowling style Signed year 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[5]
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

Administration and support staffsEdit

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
Video Analyst KC Ramasubramaniyam
Management staff Murugesh
Asst. Staff Ragul Raj
Media Dhanesh
Source:SS staffs [6]

Sponsors and kit manufacturersEdit

Principal Sponsor Associate Sponsors
Sky Exchange
  • Vision 11
  • Freyer International
  • Taj 777 News
  • AVR Pay News
  • Jones Infrastructure
  • Sumangali Homes
  • Envission
  • Sportus
Source :[7][8]

StandingsEdit

Points tableEdit

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Nellai Royal Kings (3rd) 7 6 1 0 12 1.312
2 Chepauk Super Gillies (C) 7 5 2 0 10 1.093
3 Siechem Madurai Panthers (4th) 7 5 2 0 10 0.368
4 Lyca Kovai Kings (C) 7 4 3 0 8 0.627
5 IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 7 3 4 0 6 −0.362
6 Dindigul Dragons 7 2 5 0 4 −0.475
7 Ruby Trichy Warriors 7 2 5 0 4 −1.372
8 Salem Spartans 7 1 6 0 2 −1.192
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Source:[9]

  •   Advanced to the qualifiers
  •   Advanced to the eliminator
  •   Eliminated from Tournament

League stageEdit

Match 4
25 June 2022
19:15
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
149/7 (20 overs)
v
Nellai Royal Kings
152/5 (17.4 overs)
G Ajitesh 48* (25)
G Kishoor 2/40 (3 overs)
Nellai Royal Kings won by 5 wickets
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli
Umpires: Janani N and Saidharshan Kumar
Player of the match: G Ajitesh (Nellai Royal Kings)
  • Nellai Royal Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 11
6 July 2022
15:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
146/9 (20 overs)
v
Lyca Kovai Kings
149/2 (16.3 overs)
H Gopinath 41 (18)
Balu Surya 3/14 (4 overs)
J. Suresh Kumar 64 (43)
Murugan Ashwin 1/26 (4 overs)
Lyca Kovai Kings won by 8 wickets
NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Umpires: Mohammad Rafi and Rajesh Kannan
Player of the match: J. Suresh Kumar (Lyca Kovai Kings)
  • Lyca Kovai Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16
11 July 2022
19:15
Scorecard
Siechem Madurai Panthers
165/7 (20 overs)
v
Salem Spartans
126/9 (20 overs)
R Easwaran 41 (27)
G Kishoor 3/39 (4 overs)
Pranav Kumar 25* (27)
R Silambarasan 4/22 (4 overs)
Siechem Madurai Panthers won by 39 runs
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and M Madhu
Player of the match: R Easwaran (Siechem Madurai Panthers)
  • Salem Spartans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
13 July 2022
19:15
Scorecard
v
Salem Spartans
103 (19.2 overs)
Srikkanth Anirudha 32 (22)
Daryl Ferrario 2/21 (4 overs)
Ravi Karthikeyan 36 (25)
Mohan Prasath 3/11 (4 overs)
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans won by 32 runs
SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
Umpires: MM Srinivasa Rangan and Sadashiv Iyer
Player of the match: S Aravind (IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans)
  • Salem Spartans won the toss and elected to field.

Match 22
19 July 2022
19:15
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
113/6 (20 Overs)
v
Chepauk Super Gillies
117/3 (14.5 overs)
H Gopinath 42 (45)
Manimaran Siddharth 3/13 (4 Overs)
Kaushik Gandhi 46 (45)
Ravi Karthikeyan 1/13 (2 overs)
Chepauk Super Gillies won by 7 wickets
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium, Salem
Umpires: GS Ananth Ramakrishnan and M Madhu
Player of the match: Manimaran Siddharth (Chepauk Super Gillies)
  • Chepauk Super Gillies won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
21 July 2022
19:15
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
87 (19.5 overs)
v
Ruby Trichy Warriors
26/2 (5 overs)
H Gopinath 24 (19)
Rahil Shah 3/13 (3.5 overs)
Amit Sathwik 15* (17)
TD Lakshay Raj 2/10 (2 overs)
Ruby Trichy Warriors Won by 4 runs (DLS method)
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium, Salem
Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and S Nishaanth
Player of the match: Rahil Shah (Ruby Trichy Warriors)
  • Ruby Trichy Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

Match 28
24 July 2022
19:15
Scorecard
Salem Spartans
124/8 (20 overs)
v
Dindigul Dragons
106/9 (20 overs)
Daryl Ferrario 38 (36)
Rajendran Vivek 2/25 (3 overs)
Vimal Khumar 43 (37)
Ganeshan Periyaswamy 3/11 (4 overs)
Salem Spartans won by 18 runs
Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium, Salem
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and M Madhu
Player of the match: Ganeshan Periyaswamy (Salem Spartans)
  • Salem Spartans won the toss and elected to bat.

StatisticsEdit

Most runsEdit

No. Name Matches Innings Runs
1 Daryl Ferrario 7 7 144
3 Gopinath KH 7 7 113
2 Murugan Ashwin 7 7 94
4 Abhishek S 7 7 85
5 Pranav Kumar 3 3 80
Source :[10]

Most wicketsEdit

No Name Matches Innings Wickets
1 Ganeshan Periyaswamy 7 7 6
2 Murugan Ashwin 7 7 4
3 Kishore G 2 2 4
4 Ganesh Moorthi 5 5 3
5 Lokesh Raj TD 2 2 3
Source :[11]

Awards and achievementsEdit

AwardsEdit

Man of the Match

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 24 July 2022 Ganeshan Periyaswamy Dindigul Dragons Won by 18 runs 11-3 (4 overs including 1 maiden over) [12]

ImagesEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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  10. admin. "Team Stats". Tamil Nadu Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  11. admin. "Team Stats". Tamil Nadu Premier League. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  12. "Dindigul Dragons vs Salem Spartans, 28th Match, Jul 24, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 August 2022.