Tamil Nadu cricket team


The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team is a domestic cricket team run by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association representing the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The team plays in Ranji Trophy, the top tier of the domestic first-class cricket tournament in India and in List A tournaments Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. They have won the Ranji Trophy twice and have finished runners-up nine times. They are the team that has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy most often. They were the first team to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The team was known as Madras until the 1970–71 season before renaming of Madras state to Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is the only team to win the Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.

Home ground

The team is based at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, named after M. A. Chidambaram a former president of the BCCI. Established in 1916, it has a capacity of 38,000 and had floodlights installed in 1996.

Famous players

Players from Tamil Nadu who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
Players from Tamil Nadu who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :
Cricketers from other state teams who also played for Tamil Nadu, and played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
''For more details on this topic, see List of Tamil Nadu first-class cricket records, List of Tamil Nadu List A cricket records, List of Tamil Nadu Twenty20 cricket records.