NE SPORTS BUREAU
CHENNAI, MAY 19
The 5th edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2020 has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was scheduled to begin in the state on June 10.
🚨The 5th edition of TNPL tournament which was to start from 10th June, 2020, has been postponed.
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“The revised schedule will be released in due course,” according to a statement issued by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) here on Monday evening.
The upcoming edition was set to be an eight-team tournament with the final scheduled to take place on July 12. The TNPL has a window until September 15, and it remains to be seen whether the competition is hosted behind closed doors or not.
Earlier, the decision over postponing the league depended on the lockdown period. “We still don’t know if there will be a partial lockdown or not in May. We have to wait and watch. Maybe the tournament will be postponed by two-three weeks depending on the lockdown,” said a source.
The fourth edition of the tournament took place from the mid-July to the mid of August last year.
The Chepauk Super Gillies, led by Kaushik Gandhi, beat the Dindigul Dragons, led by Narayan Jagadeesan, by 12 runs in the final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
