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The Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025 has reached its playoffs stages and Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG) are set to take on IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (ITT) in qualifier 1. The match will be played at NPR College Cricket ground in Dindigul on July 1. The three-time champions CSG had a dominant season so far as they are coming after seven straight wins in the league stage and are yet to lose a game this season. They will now look to register another win in a big playoffs clash and make it to the final again for the fifth time.

On the other hand, IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans also had a great campaign in the league stage where they finished second in the points table with five wins and two losses. They ended up winning their last four matches consecutively and made it into the top two. Now, they will be looking to break CSG’s winning streak and qualify for the final for the first time. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the CSG versus ITT TNPL 2025 first qualifier.

CSG vs ITT Match Details

Match Number

Qualifier 1

Teams

Chepauk Super Gillies vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

Venue

NPR College Cricket Ground, Dindigul

Time

7:15 PM (IST)

CSG vs ITT Head-to-Head Stats & Records

Chepauk Super Gillies and IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans have locked horns four times in the history of the TNPL so far. Out of these matches. CSG won on all four occasions while ITT are yet to defeat them in the TNPL.

CSG

vs

ITT

4

Matches Played

4

4

Won

0

174

Highest Score

173

0

No Result

0

121

Lowest Score

73

CSG vs ITT Pitch Report

CSG vs ITT Pitch Report

The surface of the NPR College Ground in Dindigul provides an equal contest between bat and ball and we can witness a thrilling contest in the upcoming match at this ground. Out of 72 T20 matches played at this ground so far, the team batting first won 29 times while the chasing side defeated them on 43 occasions.

CSG vs ITT Probable Playing XIs

Chepauk Super Gillies: K Aashiq, RS Mokit Hariharan, Baba Aparajith (c), Vijay Shankar, N Jagadeesan (wk), Swapnil Singh, S Dinesh Raj, J Prem Kumar, Abhishek Tanwar, Rohit Suthar, M Silambarasan

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans: Amit Sathvik, Tushar Raheja (wk), Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Mohamed Ali, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Daryl Ferrario, S Mohan Prasath, V Anovankar, R Silambarasan, T Natarajan

CSG vs ITT TNPL 2025 Full Squads

Chepauk Super Gillies: K Aashiq, RS Mokit Hariharan, Baba Aparajith (c), Vijay Shankar, N Jagadeesan (wk), Swapnil Singh, S Dinesh Raj, J Prem Kumar, Abhishek Tanwar, Rohit Suthar, M Silambarasan, N Sunil Krishna, Lokesh Raj, R Kirubakar, R Rajan, Rajalingam G , Aushik Srinivas, Arjun Murthy, Akram Khan, Sachin B

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans: Amit Sathvik, Tushar Raheja (wk), Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Mohamed Ali, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Daryl Ferrario, S Mohan Prasath, V Anovankar, R Silambarasan, T Natarajan, M Mathivannan, Esakkimuthu A, S Radhakrishnan, Kanibalan K, CV Achyuth, Pranav Raghavendra, Balu Surya, Prabanjan S, K Rajkumar.\

CSG vs ITT TNPL 2025 Qualifier 1: Top Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy Picks

Tushar Raheja

Last 5 TNPL innings

Runs

Average

Highest Score

239

47.8

80

T Natarajan

Last 5 TNPL innings

Wickets

Best figures

4-wicket haul

9

3/14

0

CSG vs ITT, TNPL 2025 Qualifier 1: Top Players to pick

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Baba Aparajith: Chepauk Super Gillies skipper Baba Aparajith has been leading from the front with his bat in the ongoing TNPL season. He is second highest run scorer of TNPL 2025 so far amassing 315 runs from seven matches at an average of 78.75 and a strike rate of 155.17.

Abhishek Tanwar: Chepauk Super Gillies fast bowler has been a constant wicket taker this year and is currently second in the list of players with most wickets in the ongoing TNPL season. The right-arm pacer has scalped 13 wickets from seven matches in TNPL 2025 so far.

R. Sai Kishore: IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans skipper R. Sai Kishore did a great job this year both as captain and a bowler and is among the leading wicket-takers of the ongoing TNPL 2025. Sai Kishore scalped 10 wickets from seven matches so far this year at an impressive economy rate of 5.60.

TNPL 2025, TNPL 2025 Qualifier 1: Players to avoid

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Daryl Sunder Ferrario: IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans allrounder hasn’t been effective in the ongoing TNPL season either with bat or bowl. In four matches, he went wicketless and has scored just 11 runs.

CSG vs ITT Qualifier 1 Fantasy Team 1 (Grand League)

grand league tnpl

Wicketkeepers: Tushar Raheja (captain), Narayan Jagadeesan

Batters: Baba Aparajith, Dinesh Raj, Pradosh Ranjan Paul

All-Rounders: R. Sai Kishore, S Mohammed Ali, Abhishek Tanwar

Bowlers: T. Natarajan (vice-captain),  R Silambarasan, Rohit Suthar

CSG vs ITT Qualifier 1 Fantasy Team 2 (Head-To-Head)

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Wicketkeepers: Tushar Raheja (captain), Narayan Jagadeesan

Batters: Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Dinesh Raj, Baba Aparajith (vice-captain), Mokit Hariharan

All-Rounders: R. Sai Kishore, Abhishek Tanwar

Bowlers: Rohit Suthar, T. Natarajan, M Silambarasan,

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