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The match number 16 of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025 will be played between Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP) and Nellai Royal Kings (NRK). The match will be played at SCF Cricket Stadium in Salem on June 18. NRK are currently at the sixth spot in the points table with just one win and two losses in their three matches of the season so far. Their net run rate is also in minus and NRK will be looking to get a massive win over SMP to get ahead in the points table.
On the other hand, Nellai are currently in the top four with two wins and one loss in their three matches of the season so far. Looking at their net run rate, NRK have a chance to jump to top-two with a big win over Madurai in the upcoming clash. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the SMP versus NRK TNPL 2025 16th match.
SMP vs. NRK Match Details
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Match Number |
16 |
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Teams |
Siechem Madurai Panthers vs Nellai Royal Kings |
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Venue |
SCF Cricket Ground, Salem |
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Time |
Tuesday, June 18, 7:15 PM (IST) |
SMP vs NRK Head-to-Head Stats & Records
Till now, there are five matches which took place between Siechem Madurai Panthers and Nellai Royals Kings in the history of the TNPL so far. Out of these five matches, NRK won three times while SMP are yet to win a game against them as two matches ended in no result.
| Siechem Madurai Panthers |
vs |
Nellai Royals Kings |
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5 |
Matches Played |
5 |
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0 |
Won |
3 |
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2 |
No Result |
2 |
SMP vs NRK Pitch Report
The SCF (Salem Cricket Foundation) Cricket ground in Salem has a reputation to help the bowlers and the team winning the toss is likely to prefer to bowl first and chase a target. Out of 31 T20 matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 11 times while the chasing side came out victorious on 20 occasions.
SMP vs NRK Probable Playing XIs
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Ram Arvindh, Balchander Anirudh, NS Chaturved (c), Atheeq Ur Rahman, C Sarath Kumar, S Ganesh (wk), P Saravanan, Murugan Ashwin, S Rajalingam, P Vignesh, Gurjapneet Singh.
Nellai Royal Kings: Arun Karthik (c), Ajitesh Guruswamy, Rithik Easwaran (wk), PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Harish, Sonu Yadav, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Sachin Rathi, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, Emmanuel Cherian, Rocky Bhasker.
SMP vs NRK TNPL 2025 Full squads
Siechem Madurai Panthers: Ram Arvindh, Balchander Anirudh, NS Chaturved (c), Atheeq Ur Rahman, C Sarath Kumar, S Ganesh (wk), P Saravanan, Murugan Ashwin, S Rajalingam, P Vignesh, Gurjapneet Singh, Surya Anand S, Karthik Meiyappan, J Ajay Chetan, Shankar Ganesh, S Shyam Sundar, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Sanjeev Kumar, Deepesh Devendran
Nellai Royal Kings: Arun Karthik (c), Ajitesh Guruswamy, Rithik Easwaran (wk), PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Harish, Sonu Yadav, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Sachin Rathi, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, Emmanuel Cherian, Rocky Bhasker, D Santhosh Kumar, Athish SR, Ajay Krishna, J Rohan, S Risheek Kumar, Uday Kumar M, S Vijay Kumar, Karan Sampat, selvaganapathi S, Arun Yoghi
SMP vs NRK TNPL 2025 Match 16: Top Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy Picks
Santosh Kumar
Last 3 TNPL innings
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Runs |
Average |
Highest Score |
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128 |
42.66 |
73 |
Sonu Yadav
Last 3 TNPL innings
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Wickets |
Best Figures |
4-wicket haul |
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7 |
3/22 |
0 |
SMP vs NRK, TNPL 2025 Match 16: Top Players to pick
D Santhosh Kumar: Santosh Kumar is currently the leading run scorer for Nellai Royal Kings in the ongoing TNPL season so far. He scored a match-winning 73(36) runs in the last game against Salem Spartans and looked a great touch with his fiery batting striking with the rate of over 200. The opening batters has amassed 128 runs from three matches in TNPL 2025 so far at an average of 42.66 and a strike rate of 162.02.
Murugan Ashwin: Siechem Madurai Panthers leg spinner Murugan Ashwin will be looking to trap Nellai Royal Kings bater under his googly in the upcoming TNPL clash and can turn out to be a key player for his team. Although, Ashwin has picked three wickets in three matches, he maintains an impressive economy rate of 7.18.
Sonu Yadav: Nellai Royal Kings fast bowler R Sonu Yadav has been a constant wicket taker in the ongoing TNPL season so far and ends up taking 2-3 wickets in every game this year the left-arm has taken seven wickets from three matched in TNP 2025.
SMP vs NRK TNPL 2025 Match 16: Players to avoid
Uday Kumar M: Nellai Royal Kings fast bowler has been ineffective in the ongoing TNPL season where he took only one wicket in two games and conceded runs at an economy rate fo 11.28.
SMP vs NRK Match 16 Fantasy Team 1 (Grand League)
Wicketkeepers: Arun Karthik (c), Rithik Easwaran (wk),
Batters: C Sarath Kumar, Muhammed Adnan Khan
All-Rounders: Murugan Ashwin, Sonu Yadav, NS Harish, S Rajalingam
Bowlers: Sachin Rathi, P Vignesh, Gurjapneet Singh,
SMP vs NRK Match 16 Fantasy Team 2 (Head-To-Head)
Wicketkeepers: Arun Karthik (c), Ram Arvindh,
Batters: Niraml Kumar, Santosh Kumar
All-Rounders: Murugan Ashwin, Sonu Yadav, Surya Anand S
Bowlers: Sachin Rathi, P vignesh, Gurjapneet Singh, Valliappan Yudheeswaran,
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