The Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation (TNCA) introduced that M. Venkatramana will change M. Senthilnathan as coach for the senior males’s workforce for the upcoming limited-overs competitions — Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20) and Vijay Hazare Trophy (one-dayers).
The transfer comes after TN’s disastrous begin to its Ranji Trophy marketing campaign. It has solely 4 factors in 4 rounds and its probabilities of progressing to the knockouts are bleak.
Nevertheless, the TNCA has opted to stay with Senthilnathan for the ultimate two Ranji fixtures when the premier home red-ball event resumes in January 2026 after the continued fifth spherical.
On the rationale for the change, a senior TNCA official stated: “For the reason that calls for of the 2 codecs are utterly totally different, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) wished to attempt a brand new method. On the identical time, we respect Senthilnathan’s contribution and wish him to assist develop the gamers for the longer format.”
Within the Ranji Trophy to date, TN has misplaced to Jharkhand and Andhra, and conceded the first-innings result in defending champion Vidarbha. Solely in opposition to Nagaland did the workforce handle to take the first-innings honours.
There have been murmurs that not all is nicely within the dressing room. Center-order batter C. Andre Siddarth’s feedback after scoring a century within the present sport in opposition to Uttar Pradesh in Coimbatore, when he expressed displeasure about Senthilnathan’s determination to demote him within the order, mirrored the less-than-ideal state of affairs.
Venkatramana had coached TN for 2 seasons (2021-22 to 2023-24). Throughout his tenure, the State received the SMAT competitors (2021-22) for the third time.
That season, it additionally reached the ultimate of the Vijay Hazare Trophy however misplaced to Himachal Pradesh, lacking a possibility to do the white-ball double.
Revealed on Nov 18, 2025