# 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 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. 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

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.

## 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

## 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)
* 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)
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)
* Sai Sudharsan (2023)
* 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)

## Current team squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | TNCA Club | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Vijay Shankar | (1991-01-26) 26 January 1991 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Jupiter SC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Pradosh Ranjan Paul | (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | |
| Baba Indrajith | (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | |
| Andre Siddharth | (2006-08-28) 28 August 2006 (age 18) | Right-handed | | Alwarpet CC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Boopathi Vaishna Kumar | (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 22) | Left-handed | | Jupiter SC | |
| Shahrukh Khan | (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Grand Slam CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Tushar Raheja | (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 24) | Left-handed | | Alwarpet CC | |
| Sai Sudharsan | (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Rithik Easwaran | (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 23) | Left-handed | | Jolly Rovers CC | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Mohamed Ali | (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vijay CC | |
| Washington Sundar | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Globe Trotters SC | Twenty20 Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Wicket-keeper ||||||
| Narayan Jagadeesan | (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | | Vijay CC | |
| Spin Bowlers ||||||
| Sai Kishore | (1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Vijay CC | First-class & List A Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL |
| Varun Chakravarthy | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vijay CC | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL |
| Ajith Ram | (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Globe Trotters SC | |
| Manimaran Siddharth | (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL |
| Sanjay Yadav | (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | Singam Puli | |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | (1986-09-17) 17 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Mylapore RC (A) | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| Pace Bowlers ||||||
| Sandeep Warrier | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Jolly Rovers CC | |
| M Mohammed | (1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | |
| Sonu Yadav | (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Jolly Rovers CC | |
| Gurjapneet Singh | (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL |
| CV Achyuth | (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Grand Slam CC | |
| Trilok Nag | (2000-05-28) 28 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Vijay CC | |
Updated as on 8 February 2025