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 five different Indian domestic trophies (Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Deodhar Trophy) in India.
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | B Indrajith |
| Coach | M. Venkataramana |
| Owner | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Yellow Dark Blue |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Home ground | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| History | |
| 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
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
- Irani Cup
- Winners: 1988-89
- Deodhar Trophy
- Winners: 2016-17
Famous players
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)
- 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)
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)
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)
Prominant players without international cap
- A. G. Ram Singh (1934-1946)
Current squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | TNCA Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Baba Aparajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Jolly Rovers CC | Vice-captain | |
| Shahrukh Khan | 27 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | Plays for Punjab Kings in IPL | |
| Baba Indrajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | Captain | |
| Sai Sudharsan | 15 October 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| G Ajitesh | 26 September 2002 | Right-handed | Globe Trotters SC | |||
| Chezhian Harinishanth | 16 August 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Grand Slam CC | ||
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | 21 December 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Vijay Shankar | 26 January 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vijay CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Sanjay Yadav | 10 May 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Mylapore RC (A) | ||
| J. Kousik | 23 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vijay CC | ||
| Washington Sundar | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Globe Trotters SC | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Narayan Jagadeesan | 24 December 1995 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | ||
| Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Sai Kishore | 6 November 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vijay CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Manimaran Siddharth | 3 July 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Grand Slam CC | ||
| Varun Chakravarthy | 29 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vijay CC | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | |
| Murugan Ashwin | 8 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Swaraj CC | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Mylapore RC (A) | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Sandeep Warrier | 4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vijay CC | ||
| M Mohammed | 3 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | ||
| Sonu Yadav | 11 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL | |
| Ragupathy Silambarasan | 7 March 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Mylapore RC (A) | ||
| T Natarajan | 27 May 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Vijay CC | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | |
| Abhishek Tanwar | 17 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Grand Slam CC | ||
| L Vignesh | 20 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Vijay CC | ||
Updated as on 3 January 2023