Captain: | Abhinav Mukund |
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Coach: | Hrishikesh Kanitkar |
Colours: | Yellow Dark Blue |
Owner: | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
Founded: | 1930 |
Home ground: | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
Capacity: | 50,000 |
Ranji Trophy wins: | 2 |
Irani Trophy wins: | 1 |
Deodhar Trophy wins: | 1 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: | 5 |
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. The team plays in Ranji Trophy, the top tier of the domestic first-class cricket tournament in India. Before renaming of Madras state to Tamil Nadu, the team was known as Madras until the 1970-71 season. They have won the Ranji Trophy twice and have finished runners-up nine times.
The team is based at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, named after a former president of the BCCI. Established in 1916, it has a capacity of 38,000 and had floodlights installed in 1996.
Players from Tamil Nadu who have played for India.
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.