Lyca Kovai Kings Cricket Team (2025)

Lyca Kovai Kings are one of the eight teams participating in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). They are owned by Lyca Productions. They have won the TNPL twice so far. Shahrukh Khan is their present captain.

Lyca Kovai Kings - Season-wise performance:

Lyca Kovai Kings managed to qualify for the semifinals in the first TNPL season after winning 4 of their 7 league games. While the teams finishing at the fifth and sixth spot also had 4 wins each, Lyca Kovai Kings progressed to the semifinals because of their superior net run-rate. However, they bowed out of the tournament after losing to Chepauk Super Gillies in the second semifinal.

In 2017, Lyca Kovai Kings finished the league stage at the fourth spot and qualified for the playoffs. They beat Karaikudi Kaalai in the Eliminator before losing to eventual winners Chepauk Super Gillies in the second qualifier.

For the third season in a row, Lyca Kovai Kings progressed ahead of the league stage but could not make it to the final. They finished the league stage at the third spot in the points table with 4 wins from 7 games. They won the Eliminator against Karaikudi Kaalai but lost the second qualifier against eventual winners Madurai Panthers.

After progressing ahead of the league stage in the first three seasons, Kovai Kings failed to extend their streak in 2019. They bowed out at the league stage after finishing at the fifth spot with 4 wins from 7 games.

Lyca Kovai Kings made it to the playoffs in the 2021 season but once again failed to progress to the final. After finishing fourth in the points table at the end of the league stage, their journey ended with a defeat to Dindigul Dragons in the Eliminator.

Lyca Kovai Kings finally made it to the final in 2022 and were declared joint winners with Chepauk Super Gillies after the title-decider was washed out.

They went on to win the title in 2023 as well and became only the second team after Chepauk Super Gillies to defend the title. Lyca Kovai Kings finished the league stage at the top of the table with 6 wins from 7 games. They beat Dindigul Dragons in the first qualifier before beating Nellai Royal Kings in the final.

In 2024, Lyca Kovai Kings were agonizingly close to winning their third title in a row but suffered a loss in the final. They finished the league stage at the top of the table with 6 wins from 7 games. In the first qualifier, they beat Tiruppur Tamizhans before losing to Dindigul Dragons in the final.

Lyca Kovai Kings - Squad:

Jitendra Kumar, Suresh Lokeshwar(w), Balasubramaniam Sachin, Andre Siddarth C, Shahrukh Khan(c), Guru Raghavendran, Madhava Prasad, R Divakar, Manimaran Siddharth, P Bhuvaneswaran, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, N Kabilan, B Aditya, Ramalingam Rohit, K Vishal Vaidhya, Sai Sudharsan, P Vidyuth, Govinth G, Pradheep Vishal L, Ambrish