A well thought-out move: Aparajith on his new role
Cricketer B. Aparajith has transitioned from a player to a mentor role for the Chepauk Super Gillies in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. He described the move as a long-planned decision to support the team from the sidelines.
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This highlights the career evolution of professional athletes moving into coaching and support staff roles within regional sports leagues.
B. Aparajith pulled a rabbit out of the hat when he made himself unavailable for the Tamil Nadu Premier League Season 10 despite not nursing an injury.
The 32-year-old surprised the Tamil Nadu cricket community again by signing up as mentor for his former TNPL franchise Chepauk Super Gillies. But it seems that the decision to transition from a player to a support-staff member in the league was brewing for quite some time.
Aparajith, who led Super Gillies in two seasons (2024 and 2025), described the move as a “well thought-out” one. “I was thinking about it for a long time,” he said on the sidelines of the Super Gillies-iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans game here on Friday.
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