At the end of the league stage, top four teams in the points table will qualify for the playoffs. The eight teams play against each other in the league phase in round-robin format. Tuti Patriots emerged as the champions in the final against Chepauk Super Gillies held in M. The season was played from 24 August to 18 September. However, they did not since TNCA was not given permission at the time by the BCCI. Outstation players registered with the TNCA like Piyush Chawla and Hardik Pandya were expected to join the season.
sold the match tickets from ₹50 while Star Sports were the TV broadcasters.
Matthew Hayden was the brand ambassador of the league. Robin Singh and Michael Bevan were appointed as coaches. It also featured players registered with the state association. The first edition featured popular players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik and Lakshmipathy Balaji. On 16 August 2016, the first edition was inaugurated by MS Dhoni in Chennai. And Salem Spartans is the costliest team in TNPL with ₹5.21 crore (US$650,000) Ltd which bought the Chennai team ₹5.13 crore (US$640,000). The second highest was Metronation Chennai Television Pvt. Salem Spartans was the highest bidder who chose Salem for ₹5.21 crore (US$650,000). After the auction, the amount TNCA earned from franchise rights was ₹33.51 crore (US$4.2 million) which was more than three times the minimum bid amount. The base price set for each franchise was ₹1.25 crore (US$160,000) for a period of 10 years. Members of TNCA were not allowed to participate. A total of 17 bidders participated in the bidding process. On, TNCA invited bidders for the eight franchise rights. Vivo South Chennai distributor Selvakumar Srinivasan, who is also the owner of Chennai Super Kings and TNPL's initial title sponsor, India Cements. It was launched by then TNCA president N. The league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Chennai in the year and to expose talented players from districts. In 2016, the TNPL was launched at the time when Chennai Super Kings, the Tamil Nadu franchise playing Indian Premier League (IPL), was facing a two-year suspension from the league.
The other teams which have won the title are Salem Spartans (Tuti Patriots) in 2016 and Siechem Madurai Panthers in 2018. The current champions, Chepauk Super Gillies are also the most successful team after winning the title in 2017, 20. The first season was inaugurated by former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni. Shriram Group is the current sponsor of the tournament. It is played during July and August of every year by eight teams representing eight districts in Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested in the state of Tamil Nadu in India and was formed in 2016 by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA).