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.It has been one of the most dominating teams in white ball cricket in domestic circuit 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.[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. 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 in India.

Tamil Nadu cricket team
Personnel
CaptainVijay Shankar
CoachM. Venkataramana
Team information
Colours  Yellow   Dark Blue
Founded1930
Home groundM. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Capacity50,000
History
Ranji Trophy wins2
Irani Trophy wins1
Deodhar Trophy wins1
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins5
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins3
Official websiteTNCA

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]

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:

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:

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style TNCA Club Notes
Batsmen
Baba Aparajith (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm off breakJolly Rovers CC
Shahrukh Khan (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995Right-handedRight-arm off breakVijay CC
Baba Indrajith (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm leg breakJolly Rovers CC
Laxmesha Suryaprakash (1989-09-27) 27 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg breakGrand Slam CC
Kaushik Gandhi (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990Right-handedRight-arm off breakJolly Rovers CC
C Hari Nishanth (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996Left-handedRight-arm off breakGlobe Trotters SC
Ganga Sridhar Raju (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993Left-handedRight-arm leg breakVijay CC
Karunakaran Mukunth (1996-06-02) 2 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastGlobe Trotters SC
Sai Sudharsan (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001Left-handedRight-arm leg breakJolly Rovers CC
All-rounders
J. Kousik (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995Right-handedRight-arm mediumVijay CC
Vijay Shankar (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991Right-handedRight-arm mediumVijay CCCaptain
Sanjay Yadav (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995Left-handedSlow left arm orthodoxMylapore RC (A)
Wicket-keepers
Narayan Jagadeesan (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995Right-handedVijay CCVice-captain
Dinesh Karthik (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985Right-handedRight-arm off breakVijay CC
Spin Bowlers
R Sai Kishore (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996Left-handedSlow left arm orthodoxVijay CC
Manimaran Siddharth (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998Left-handedSlow left arm orthodoxGrand Slam CC
Murugan Ashwin (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm leg breakSwaraj CC
Ravichandran Ashwin (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off breakMylapore RC (A)
Washington Sundar (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999Left-handedRight-arm off breakGlobe Trotters SC
Pace Bowlers
M Mohammed (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastVijay CC
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm mediumMylapore RC (A)
T Natarajan (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991Left-handedLeft-arm mediumJolly Rovers CC
Ragupathy Silambarasan (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMylapore RC (A)
Sandeep Warrier (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991Right-handedRight-arm mediumVijay CC
Saravana Kumar (1989-08-26) 26 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastJolly Rovers CC

Records

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.

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.


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