Madurai Panthers will go toe-to-toe with Trichy Grand Cholas in Qualifier 1 of the TNPL 2026 season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, August 23.
Captained by Balchander Anirudh, Madurai Panthers are in pole position with five wins and two losses in seven games. Picking up 10 points. Meanwhile, the Jayaraman Suresh Kumar-led Trichy Grand Cholas hold second place with five wins and two losses in seven games. Accumulating 10 points.
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Details
Match: Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1
Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Sunday, August 23
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Probable XIs
Madurai Panthers
Siddharth Mahadevan, R Ram Kumar (wk), NS Chaturved, Balchander Anirudh (c), Hari Ragavendra V, Shoaib Md Khan, Atheeq Ur Rahman, P Saravanan, Gurjapneet Singh, Rohan Bhutra, P Vignesh
Trichy Grand Cholas
K Rajkumar, Jayaraman Suresh Kumar (c) (wk), Sanjay Yadav, R Rajkumar, S Shyam Sundar, Jafar Jamal, Jagatheesan Kousik, Antony Dhas, V Athisayaraj Davidson, M Ganesh Moorthi, N Selva Kumaran
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Pitch Report
With the average first-innings score at this venue being 165 in the first four games this season, we can expect batters and bowlers to do equally well. Any score of 180 saw the chasing sides come out on top quite comfortably.
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Top Picks
Antony Dhas
Trichy Grand Cholas bowler Antony Dhas has scalped 10 wickets in seven innings and will aim to improve his numbers.
Athisayaraj Davidson
Trichy Grand Cholas bowler Athisayaraj Davidson has scalped 10 wickets in seven innings this season.
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Captain picks
K Rajkumar
Madurai Panthers explosive batter K Rajkumar has racked up 212 runs from seven innings with half-centuries, leading the run-scoring charts.
Atheeq Ur Rahman
Trichy Grand Cholas batter Atheeq Ur Rahman has scored 245 runs from seven innings at an average of 40.83 this season.
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Head-to-Head Dream11 team
Atheeq Ur Rahman, NS Chaturved, Siddharth Mahadevan, K Rajkumar(c), Jayaraman Suresh Kumar, S Shyam Sundar, Shoaib Md Khan, Gurjapneet Singh, Rohan Bhutra, Antony Dhas(vc), V Athisayaraj Davidson
Madurai Panthers vs Trichy Grand Cholas, TNPL 2026, Qualifier 1 Grand League Dream11 team
Atheeq Ur Rahman(c), NS Chaturved, Siddharth Mahadevan, K Rajkumar, Jayaraman Suresh Kumar, S Shyam Sundar, Shoaib Md Khan, Gurjapneet Singh, Rohan Bhutra, Antony Dhas, V Athisayaraj Davidson(vc)
