CHENNAI: Star offie
R Ashwin is set to feature in the whole season of TNPL 4 which starts off with
Dindigul Dragons
taking on
Chepauk Super Gillies
at the NPR College ground in
Dindigul
on Friday.
The 32-year-old shared an Instagram post on Wednesday confirming his participation in the league. He had been playing for
Nottinghamshire
on the county circuit. Ashwin arrives after having been in red-hot form - taking 23 wickets from 3 matches at an average of 19.91 - and scoring 197 runs with an unbeaten 66 being his top score.
"It's that time of the year where my favorite color becomes (yellow) @dindiguldragons. Its been a great 4 weeks here in the UK with @trentbridge and now it's time to head back and play some T20 cricket @tnpremierleague. Look forward to a good time going around the districts of Tamil Nadu," Ashwin wrote. A Dindigul Dragons' official too confirmed Ashwin's availability for the entire duration of the tournament.
With India's next Test assignment - the two-Test series against West Indies - starting only on August 22, Ashwin will have sufficient time to prepare for it because TNPL 4 concludes on August 15.
Arun Karthick named Madurai skipper: Defending champions Siechem Madurai Panthers named KB Arun Karthick as the skipper for the upcoming season. Arun topped the batting charts last season with 472 runs from 10 games.
"Going into a competition as defending champions is a great feeling. There will be enormous pressure to continue the good vein of form we showed last season. I will want the boys to enjoy being part of this tournament and play good solid cricket as that's what won us the trophy last year," Arun Karthick said during the team event in Chennai on Wednesday.