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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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sai Kishore (FC & LA) Washington Sundar (T20) |
| Coach | Lakshmipathy Balaji |
| Owner | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Yellow Dark Blue |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Home ground | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Marylebone Cricket Club in 1927 at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras |
| Ranji Trophy wins | 2 |
| Irani Cup wins | 1 |
| Deodhar Trophy wins | 1 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 5 |
| Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 3 |
| Official website | TNCA |
Home ground
editThe 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
edit- Irani Cup
- Winners: 1988-89
- Deodhar Trophy
- Winners: 2016-17
Famous players
editPlayers 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)
- Vaman 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)
- 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)
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)
- Sai Sudharsan (2023)
Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :
- Varun Chakravarthy (2021)
- 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)
- Aashish Kapoor (1994)
- Sandeep Warrier (2021)
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)
Current team squad
edit- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | TNCA Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Baba Indrajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| Vijay Shankar | 26 January 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Jupiter SC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | |
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | 21 December 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | ||
| Boopathi Vaishna Kumar | 13 October 2002 | Left-handed | Jupiter SC | |||
| Shahrukh Khan | 27 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Grand Slam CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Sai Sudharsan | 15 October 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Suresh Lokeshwar | 3 March 1998 | Right-handed | Grand Slam CC | |||
| Rithik Easwaran | 15 February 2002 | Left-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | |||
| Tushar Raheja | 7 February 2001 | Left-handed | Alwarpet CC | |||
| Andre Siddharth | 28 August 2006 | Right-handed | Alwarpet CC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Mohamed Ali | 3 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | ||
| Washington Sundar | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Globe Trotters SC | Twenty20 Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||||
| Narayan Jagadeesan | 24 December 1995 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | |||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Sai Kishore | 6 November 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vijay CC | First-class & List A Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 29 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vijay CC | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | |
| Ajith Ram | 5 September 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Globe Trotters SC | ||
| Manimaran Siddharth | 3 July 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Mylapore RC (A) | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Sandeep Warrier | 4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| M Mohammed | 3 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | ||
| Gurjapneet Singh | 8 November 1998 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | |
| Sonu Yadav | 11 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| CV Achyuth | 11 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Grand Slam CC | ||
Updated as on 21 December 2024
Records
editReferences
edit- ^ "Ranji Trophy winners list : Teams who have won most Indian championships". fastcricket.com.
- ^ "MA Chidambaram Stadium | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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