Tamil Nadu cricket team

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Tamil Nadu cricket team
Personnel
Captain Sai Kishore (FC & LA)
Washington Sundar (T20)
Coach Lakshmipathy Balaji
Owner Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Yellow   Dark Blue
Founded1864
Home ground M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Capacity50,000
History
First-class debut Marylebone Cricket Club
in 1927
at  Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras
Ranji Trophy  wins2
Irani Cup  wins1
Deodhar Trophy  wins1
Vijay Hazare Trophy  wins5
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy  wins3
Official website TNCA

The Tamil Nadu cricket team is a domestic cricket team run by Tamil Nadu Cricket Association representing the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It has been one of the most dominant teams in white-ball domestic cricket in India. The team plays in Ranji Trophy, the highest 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. [1] They are the team that has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy most often. They were the first team to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2006/07. The team was known as Madras until the 1970–71 season before the Madras state was renamed Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is the only team to win the five different Indian domestic trophies (Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy).

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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. [2]

Honours

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 :

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

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

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

Prominent players without international cap

Current team squad

NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleTNCA ClubNotes
Batsmen
Baba Indrajith 8 July 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CC
Vijay Shankar 26 January 1991 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium Jupiter SCPlays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Pradosh Ranjan Paul 21 December 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break Vijay CC
Boopathi Vaishna Kumar13 October 2002 (age 22)Left-handedJupiter SC
Tushar Raheja7 February 2001 (age 24)Left-handedAlwarpet CC
Shahrukh Khan 27 May 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break Grand Slam CCPlays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Suresh Lokeshwar3 March 1998 (age 26)Right-handedGrand Slam CC
Andre Siddharth28 August 2006 (age 18)Right-handedAlwarpet CCPlays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Sai Sudharsan 15 October 2001 (age 23)Left-handedRight-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CCPlays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Rithik Easwaran15 February 2002 (age 22)Left-handedJolly Rovers CC
All-rounders
Mohamed Ali3 October 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break Vijay CC
Washington Sundar 5 October 1999 (age 25)Left-handedRight-arm off break Globe Trotters SCTwenty20 Captain
Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Wicket-keeper
Narayan Jagadeesan 24 December 1995 (age 29)Right-handedVijay CC
Spin Bowlers
Sai Kishore 6 November 1996 (age 28)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vijay CCFirst-class & List A Captain
Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Varun Chakravarthy 29 August 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Vijay CCPlays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Ajith Ram5 September 1998 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Globe Trotters SC
Sanjay Yadav 10 May 1995 (age 29)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Singam Puli
Manimaran Siddharth 3 July 1998 (age 26)Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Jolly Rovers CCPlays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Ravichandran Ashwin 17 September 1986 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm off break Mylapore RC (A)Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Pace Bowlers
Sandeep Warrier 4 April 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium Jolly Rovers CC
M Mohammed 3 December 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Vijay CC
CV Achyuth11 September 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Grand Slam CC
Trilok Nag28 May 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Vijay CC
Gurjapneet Singh 8 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast Vijay CCPlays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Sonu Yadav 11 November 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Jolly Rovers CC

Updated as on 9 January 2025

Records

References

  1. "Ranji Trophy winners list : Teams who have won most Indian championships". fastcricket.com.
  2. "MA Chidambaram Stadium | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.