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{{short description|Indian cricket team}} | {{short description|Indian cricket team}} | ||
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{{Infobox cricket team | |||
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| name = Tamil Nadu cricket team | | name = Tamil Nadu cricket team | ||
| image = | | image = Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.png | ||
| colours = {{color box|Yellow}} Yellow {{color box|#27408B}} Dark Blue | | colours = {{color box|Yellow}} Yellow {{color box|#27408B}} Dark Blue | ||
| captain = [[Sai Kishore]] | | captain = [[Sai Kishore]] (FC) <br> [[Narayan Jagadeesan]] (LA) <br> [[Washington Sundar]] (T20) | ||
| coach = [[ | | coach = [[Lakshmipathy Balaji]] | ||
| founded = 1864 | | founded = 1864 | ||
| ground = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]] | | ground = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]] | ||
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| website = [http://www.tnca.cricket/ TNCA] | | website = [http://www.tnca.cricket/ 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 | 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fastcricket.com/entry/1269/|title=Ranji Trophy winners list : Teams who have won most Indian championships|website=fastcricket.com}}</ref> | ||
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 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy|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== | ==Home ground== | ||
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* [[A. G. Kripal Singh]] (1955) | * [[A. G. Kripal Singh]] (1955) | ||
* [[A. G. Milkha Singh]] (1960) | * [[A. G. Milkha Singh]] (1960) | ||
* [[ | * [[V. V. Kumar]] (1961) | ||
* [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (1965) | * [[S. Venkataraghavan]] (1965) | ||
* [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] (1979) | * [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] (1979) | ||
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* [[W. V. Raman]] (1988) | * [[W. V. Raman]] (1988) | ||
* [[M. Venkataramana]] (1989) | * [[M. Venkataramana]] (1989) | ||
* [[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]] ( | * [[Aashish Kapoor]] (1994) | ||
* [[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]] (1998) | |||
* [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] (1999) | * [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] (1999) | ||
* [[Hemang Badani]] (2001) | * [[Hemang Badani]] (2001) | ||
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* [[Washington Sundar]] (2021) | * [[Washington Sundar]] (2021) | ||
* [[T Natarajan]] (2021) | * [[T Natarajan]] (2021) | ||
* [[Sai Sudharsan]] (2025) | |||
Players from Tamil Nadu who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut : | Players from Tamil Nadu who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut : | ||
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* [[Sridharan Sriram]] (2000) | * [[Sridharan Sriram]] (2000) | ||
* [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]] (2019) | * [[Vijay Shankar (cricketer)|Vijay Shankar]] (2019) | ||
* [[Varun Chakravarthy]] (2025) | |||
Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut : | Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut : | ||
* [[Sai Kishore]] (2023) | * [[Sai Kishore]] (2023) | ||
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* [[Vivek Razdan]] (1989) | * [[Vivek Razdan]] (1989) | ||
* [[Sandeep Warrier]] (2021) | * [[Sandeep Warrier]] (2021) | ||
* [[Kuldeep Sen]] (2022) | |||
Players from Tamil Nadu who have played international cricket for another country, along with year of debut: | Players from Tamil Nadu who have played international cricket for another country, along with year of debut: | ||
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* [[A. G. Ram Singh]] (1934-1946) | * [[A. G. Ram Singh]] (1934-1946) | ||
* [[P. K. Belliappa]] (1959-1974) | |||
* A. G. Satwender Singh (1963-1976) | |||
* [[Abdul Jabbar (Tamil Nadu cricketer)|Abdul Jabbar]] (1972-1987) | |||
* V. Sivaramakrishnan (1973-1989) | |||
* [[Divakar Vasu]] (1989-1998) | |||
* [[Sridharan Sharath]] (1992-2007) | |||
* [[Baba Aparajith]] (2011-2024) | |||
* [[Baba Indrajith]] (2013-present) | |||
* [[Narayan Jagadeesan]] (2016-present) | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Current squad == | == Current team squad == | ||
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''. | * Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" | ||
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! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | Batsmen | ! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | Batsmen | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Pradosh Ranjan Paul]] || {{birth date and age|2000|12|21|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Vijay CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Andre Siddharth || {{birth date and age|2006|8|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || || Jolly Rovers CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Baba Indrajith]] || {{birth date and age|1994|7|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Jolly Rovers CC || | | [[Baba Indrajith]] || {{birth date and age|1994|7|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Jolly Rovers CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Shahrukh Khan (cricketer)|Shahrukh Khan]] || {{birth date and age|1995|5|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || | | [[Shahrukh Khan (cricketer)|Shahrukh Khan]] || {{birth date and age|1995|5|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Alwarpet CC || Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |||
| Vimal Khumar || {{birth date and age|2002|12|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Jolly Rovers CC || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | '''[[Sai Sudharsan]]''' || {{birth date and age|2001|10|15|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Jolly Rovers CC || Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Boopathi Vaishna Kumar || {{birth date and age|2002|10|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Mylapore RC (A) || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Tushar Raheja || {{birth date and age|2001|2|7|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Alwarpet CC || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | R Rajkumar || {{birth date and age|1993|9|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Pristine CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Amith Sathvik || {{birth date and age|2002|9|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || || Globe Trotters SC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Shivam Singh || {{birth date and age|1995|11|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Nelson SC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | All-rounders | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Mohamed Ali || {{birth date and age|2004|10|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Vijay CC || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Sunny Sandhu || {{birth date and age|2003|10|15|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Nelson SC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| P Vidyuth || {{birth date and age|2000|9|20|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left arm orthodox]] || Alwarpet CC || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[ | | '''[[Washington Sundar]]''' || {{birth date and age|1999|10|5|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]]|| Globe Trotters SC || '''Twenty20 Captain''' <br> Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | Wicket-keepers | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Narayan Jagadeesan]] ||{{birth date and age|1995|12|24|df=y}}||Right-handed|| || Vijay CC || '''List A Captain''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Athish SR || {{birth date and age|2004|7|17|df=y}} || Left-handed || || Mylapore RC (A) || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | Spin Bowlers | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[Sai Kishore]]''' || {{birth date and age|1996|11|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left arm orthodox]] || Vijay CC || '''First-class Captain''' <br> Plays for '''[[Gujarat Titans]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[ | | '''[[Varun Chakravarthy]]''' || {{birth date and age|1991|8|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Vijay CC || Plays for '''[[Kolkata Knight Riders]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Manimaran Siddharth]] || {{birth date and age|1998|7|3|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left arm orthodox]] || Jolly Rovers CC || Plays for '''[[Lucknow Super Giants]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="background: #DCDCDC" colspan="7" align="center" | Pace Bowlers | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[Sonu Yadav]] || {{birth date and age|1999|11|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Jolly Rovers CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Gurjapneet Singh]] || {{birth date and age|1998|11|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Vijay CC || Plays for '''[[Chennai Super Kings]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | '''[[Sandeep Warrier]]''' || {{birth date and age|1991|4|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Jolly Rovers CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | G Govinth || {{birth date and age|2004|1|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || Vijay CC || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '''[[T Natarajan]]''' || {{birth date and age|1991|4|4|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || | | '''[[T Natarajan]]''' || {{birth date and age|1991|4|4|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Vijay CC || Plays for '''[[Delhi Capitals]]''' in [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
''Updated as on | ''Updated as on 1 February 2026'' | ||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||
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{{Cricket in India}} | {{Cricket in India}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:First-class cricket teams in India]] | ||
[[Category:Cricket in Tamil Nadu]] | [[Category:Cricket in Tamil Nadu]] | ||
[[Category:Sports teams in Tamil Nadu]] | [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Tamil Nadu]] | ||
[[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1864]] | [[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1864]] | ||
[[Category:1864 establishments in India]] | [[Category:1864 establishments in India]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:05, 21 March 2026
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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sai Kishore (FC) Narayan Jagadeesan (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 |
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Irani Cup
- Winners: 1988-89
- Deodhar Trophy
- Winners: 2016-17
Famous players[edit | edit source]
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)
- V. V. 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)
- Aashish Kapoor (1994)
- 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)
- Sai Sudharsan (2025)
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)
- Varun Chakravarthy (2025)
Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut :
- 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)
- Sandeep Warrier (2021)
- Kuldeep Sen (2022)
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)
- P. K. Belliappa (1959-1974)
- A. G. Satwender Singh (1963-1976)
- Abdul Jabbar (1972-1987)
- V. Sivaramakrishnan (1973-1989)
- Divakar Vasu (1989-1998)
- Sridharan Sharath (1992-2007)
- Baba Aparajith (2011-2024)
- Baba Indrajith (2013-present)
- Narayan Jagadeesan (2016-present)
Current team squad[edit | edit source]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | TNCA Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | 21 December 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | ||
| Andre Siddharth | 28 August 2006 | Right-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | |||
| Baba Indrajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| Shahrukh Khan | 27 May 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Alwarpet CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Vimal Khumar | 3 December 2002 | Left-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | |||
| Sai Sudharsan | 15 October 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Boopathi Vaishna Kumar | 13 October 2002 | Left-handed | Mylapore RC (A) | |||
| Tushar Raheja | 7 February 2001 | Left-handed | Alwarpet CC | |||
| R Rajkumar | 21 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Pristine CC | ||
| Amith Sathvik | 19 September 2002 | Right-handed | Globe Trotters SC | |||
| Shivam Singh | 25 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Nelson SC | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Mohamed Ali | 3 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | ||
| Sunny Sandhu | 15 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Nelson SC | ||
| P Vidyuth | 20 September 2000 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Alwarpet CC | ||
| Washington Sundar | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Globe Trotters SC | Twenty20 Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Narayan Jagadeesan | 24 December 1995 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | List A Captain | ||
| Athish SR | 17 July 2004 | Left-handed | Mylapore RC (A) | |||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Sai Kishore | 6 November 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vijay CC | First-class 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 | |
| Manimaran Siddharth | 3 July 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Sonu Yadav | 11 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| Gurjapneet Singh | 8 November 1998 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL | |
| Sandeep Warrier | 4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Jolly Rovers CC | ||
| G Govinth | 26 January 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Vijay CC | ||
| T Natarajan | 4 April 1991 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL | |
Updated as on 1 February 2026
Records[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.
