Tamil Nadu Cricket Team 2024

Team

Tamil Nadu Cricket Team

Founded

1864

Governed by

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association

Home Ground

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

First-class debut

against Marylebone Cricket Club in 1927 at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras

Ranji Trophy title wins

2

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team represents the state of Tamil Nadu in Indian domestic cricket. The team is governed by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and plays its home games at the iconic M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The Tamil Nadu cricket team is one of the oldest and most decorated teams in the Indian domestic circuit. Talking about Tamil Nadu Cricket Team's history, the team was founded in the year 1864. It made its first-class debut in the year 1927, even before India's premier first-class tournament, the Ranji Trophy began.

Tamil Nadu faced Marylebone Cricket Club in 1927 at Madras Cricket Club Ground in their debut first-class game. The team was known as Madras until the 1970–71 season before the Madras state was renamed Tamil Nadu.

The team has won the Ranji Trophy twice so far while finishing runners-up ten times. They won the competition for the first time in 1954-55 season before winning it again in 1987-88 season. In the last decade, Tamil Nadu finished runners-up in the Ranji Trophy twice - 2011-12 and 2014-15 seasons.

Tamil Nadu hold the record for winning the Vijay Hazare Trophy most times - 5. In 2006-07, they also became the first team to win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The Tamil Nadu cricket team is also 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).

Tamil Nadu Cricket Team Honours:

Ranji Trophy:

  • Winners (2): 1954–55, 1987–88
  • Runners-up (10): 1935–36, 1940–41, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15

Irani Cup:

  • Winners: 1988-89

Vijay Hazare Trophy:

  • Winners (5): 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2016-17
  • Runners-up (2): 2019-20, 2021-22

Deodhar Trophy:

  • Winners: 2016-17

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:

  • Winners (3): 2006-07, 2020-21, 2021-22
  • Runners-up: 2019-20

Tamil Nadu Cricket Team Squad:

Sai Sudharsan, N Jagadeesan (wk), Baba Indrajith, Boopathi Kumar, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddarth C, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Gurjapneet Singh, M Mohammed, Sonu Yadav, Suresh Lokeshwar, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Warrier, Manimaran Siddharth, S Ajith Ram, Mohamed Ali, Lakshay Jain S

SCHEDULED / Elite, Group D / Barsapara Cricket Stadium

SCHEDULED / Elite, Group D / Narendra Modi Stadium

SCHEDULED / Elite, Group D / SCF Cricket Ground

SCHEDULED / Elite, Group D / Keenan Stadium

COMPLETED / Elite, Group D / SNR College Cricket Ground

500/10 (169.1 ov)

Match drawn

COMPLETED / Elite, Group D / Arun Jaitley Stadium

674/6 (158.2 ov)

Match Drawn

COMPLETED / Elite, Group D / S.R.F. College Ground

203/10 (77 ov)

Tamil Nadu won by an inning and 70 runs.

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Tamil Nadu Stats

Most Run Scores
bat
2

Matches

295

Runs

3

Matches

274

Runs

3
Pradosh Ranjan Paul
Pradosh Ranjan Paul
3

Matches

213

Runs

Most Wickets Takers
1
Gurjapneet Singh
Gurjapneet Singh
4

Matches

9

Wickets

2
R Sonu Yadav
R Sonu Yadav
5

Matches

9

Wickets

3
S Ajith Ram
S Ajith Ram
3

Matches

7

Wickets

Tamil Nadu Players

wk

Narayan Jagadeesan

Wicket-Keeper

Sai Sudharsan
bat

Sai Sudharsan

Batter

all

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

All Rounder

Shahrukh Khan
all

Shahrukh Khan

All Rounder

bat

Boopathi Kumar

Batter

bat

Andre Siddharth

Batter

bowl

Gurjapneet Singh

Bowler

bowl

M Mohammed

Bowler

bowl

R Sonu Yadav

Bowler

FAQs

Tamil Nadu team is regarded as the great teams of the format.

With the kind of players it has in its arsenal, from young guns to seasoned veterans, Tamil Nadu with the current team stands as a contender to win.
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