2018 TNPL: List of players retained by the teams

Chepauk Super Gillies

The defending champions of the TNPL, Chepauk Super Gillies have surprised everyone by retaining S Karthik, U Sasidev and RK Alexander. This comes as a surprise to many because they also had some Tamil Nadu veterans in Yo Mahesh, R Sathish, KH Gopinath, Thala Sargunam etc in their ranks.

Adding to these names, they also had slow left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore, who attended trials with few IPL sides ahead of the 2018 IPL auction. The team management has backed the young players and it will be interesting to see how they do in the draft and the tournament.