Tamil Nadu cricket team

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.

Honours

• Ranji Trophy

  • Winners (2): 1954–55, 1987–88
  • Runners-up (10): 1935–36, 1940–41, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15

• Irani Cup

  • Winners: 1988-89

• Vijay Hazare Trophy

  • Winners (5): 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2016-17
  • Runners-up (2): 2019-20, 2021-22

• Deodhar Trophy

  • Winners: 2016-17

• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

  • Winners (3): 2006-07, 2020-21, 2021-22
  • Runners-up: 2019-20

Famous players

Main article: List of Tamil Nadu cricketers

Players from Tamil Nadu who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

• M. J. Gopalan (1934)
• Cotah Ramaswami (1936)
• C. R. Rangachari (1948)
• C. D. Gopinath (1951)
• A. G. Kripal Singh (1955)
• A. G. Milkha Singh (1960)
• V. V. Kumar (1961)
• S. Venkataraghavan (1965)
• Bharath Reddy (1979)
• T. E. Srinivasan (1981)
• Krishnamachari Srikkanth (1981)
• T. A. Sekhar (1983)
• Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (1983)
• Bharat Arun (1986)
• W. V. Raman (1988)
• M. Venkataramana (1989)
• Aashish Kapoor (1994)
• Robin Singh (1998)
• Sadagoppan Ramesh (1999)
• Hemang Badani (2001)
• Lakshmipathy Balaji (2003)
• Dinesh Karthik (2004)
• Murali Vijay (2008)
• Subramaniam Badrinath (2010)
• Abhinav Mukund (2011)
• Ravichandran Ashwin (2011)
• Washington Sundar (2021)
• T Natarajan (2021)
• Sai Sudharsan (2025)

Players from Tamil Nadu who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :

• V. B. Chandrasekhar (1988)
• Thiru Kumaran (1999)
• Sridharan Sriram (2000)
• Vijay Shankar (2019)
• Varun Chakravarthy (2025)

Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :

• Sai Kishore (2023)

Players from other state teams who also played for Tamil Nadu, and played cricket for India, along with year of debut:

• Vivek Razdan (1989)
• Sandeep Warrier (2021)
• Kuldeep Sen (2022)

Players from Tamil Nadu who have played international cricket for another country, along with year of debut:

• Balaji Rao (2008) - (Canada)

Prominent players without international cap

• A. G. Ram Singh (1934-1946)
• P. K. Belliappa (1959-1974)
• A. G. Satwender Singh (1963-1976)
• Abdul Jabbar (1972-1987)
• V. Sivaramakrishnan (1973-1989)
• Divakar Vasu (1989-1998)
• Sridharan Sharath (1992-2007)
• Baba Aparajith (2011-2024)
• Baba Indrajith (2013-present)
• Narayan Jagadeesan (2016-present)

Current team squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 15 November 2025

Records

Main article: List of Tamil Nadu first-class cricket records, List of Tamil Nadu List A cricket records, List of Tamil Nadu Twenty20 cricket records

References

References

1. "Ranji Trophy winners list : Teams who have won most Indian championships".
2. "MA Chidambaram Stadium {{!}} India {{!}} Cricket Grounds {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo".