Nellai Royal Kings will take on Madurai Panthers in the 28th match of the TNPL 2026 season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, August 22.
Captained by Sonu Yadav, Nellai Royal Kings are in pole position with four wins and two losses from six contests. Meanwhile, Madurai Panthers, captained by Narayan Jagadeesan, are in third place with four wins and two losses from six fixtures.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Details
Match: Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28
Time & Date: 7:30 PM IST, Saturday, August 22
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Probable XIs
Nellai Royal Kings
D Santhosh Kumar, Athish SR, U Mukilesh, Rithik Easwaran (wk), Ajitesh Guruswamy, Sonu Yadav (c), Muhammed Adnan Khan, NS Harish, Sachin Rathi, Emmanuel Cherian, Valliappan Yudheeswaran
Madurai Panthers
R Ram Kumar (wk), Hari Ragavendra V, Balchander Anirudh (c), Shoaib Md Khan, Atheeq Ur Rahman, P Saravanan, Gurjapneet Singh, Deepesh Devendran, Rohan Bhutra, Ganeshan Periyaswamy, S Rajalingam
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Pitch Report
The MA Chidambaram surface is expected to assist both batters and bowlers equally well. That said, we can expect the captain, who won the toss, to elect to bowl first and put a lot of pressure on the opposition.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Top Picks
NS Harish
Nellai Royal Kings bowler NS Harish has scalped nine wickets in six innings, with best figures of 4/25.
Emmanuel Cherian
Nellai Royal Kings bowler Antony Dhas has picked up seven wickets from six innings at an average of 25.71 in the ongoing season.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Captain picks
U Mukilesh
Nellai Royal Kings batter U Mukilesh has accumulated 204 runs from six innings at an average of 51.
Rithik Easwaran
Nellai Royal Kings batter Rithik Easwaran has amassed 158 runs from six innings at an average of 26.33.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Head to Head Dream11 team
U Mukilesh(c), Rithik Easwaran, Sonu Yadav, Balchander Anirudh, R Ram Kumar, Hari Ragavendra V, NS Harish(vc), Sachin Rathi, Emmanuel Cherian, Shoaib Md Khan, S Rajalingam
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, TNPL 2026, Match 28 Grand League Dream11 team
U Mukilesh, Rithik Easwaran(c), Sonu Yadav, Balchander Anirudh, R Ram Kumar, Hari Ragavendra V, NS Harish, Sachin Rathi, Emmanuel Cherian(vc), Shoaib Md Khan, S Rajalingam
