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Tamil Nadu cricket team

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Tamil Nadu cricket team
Personnel
CaptainSai Kishore (FC)
Baba Indrajith (LA)
Washington Sundar (T20)
CoachLakshmipathy Balaji
OwnerTamil Nadu Cricket Association
Team information
Colours  Yellow   Dark Blue
Founded1864
Home groundM. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Capacity50,000
History
First-class debutMarylebone 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 websiteTNCA

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).

Home ground

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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

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Famous players

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Main article: List of Tamil Nadu cricketers

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

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  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style TNCA Club Notes
Batsmen
Vijay Shankar (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium Jupiter SC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Baba Indrajith (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CC List A Captain
Sai Sudharsan (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Pradosh Ranjan Paul (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm off break Vijay CC
Shahrukh Khan (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break Grand Slam CC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 22) Left-handed Jupiter SC
Andre Siddharth (2006-08-28) 28 August 2006 (age 18) Right-handed Alwarpet CC
All-rounders
Washington Sundar (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm off break Globe Trotters SC Twenty20 Captain
Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Hari Nishaanth (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break Young Stars CC
Sanjay Yadav (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Singam Puli
Wicket-keepers
Narayan Jagadeesan (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Vijay CC
G Ajitesh (2002-09-26) 26 September 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Alwarpet CC
Spin Bowlers
Sai Kishore (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vijay CC First-class Captain
Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
Varun Chakravarthy (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Vijay CC Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL
Ajith Ram (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Globe Trotters SC
Manimaran Siddharth (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Jolly Rovers CC Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL
Ravichandran Ashwin (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break Mylapore RC (A) Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Pace Bowlers
Sandeep Warrier (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium Jolly Rovers CC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL
M Mohammed (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Vijay CC
T Natarajan (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Left-arm medium United Friends CC Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL
Kuldeep Sen (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast - Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Sonu Yadav (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Jolly Rovers CC
Gurjapneet Singh (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Vijay CC

Updated as on 18 October 2024

Records

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

References

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  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.


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