M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

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Ground information
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

Location	Chepauk, Chennai
Established	1916
Seating capacity	50,000
Floodlights	Yes
Owner	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Operator	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Home team	Tamil Nadu
End names	Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabhiraman Gate End
Surface	Grass
First Test	India v England Feb 10-13,1934
Last Test	India v Sri Lanka Dec 2-6, 2005
First ODI	India v Australia Oct 9, 1987
Last ODI	India v S Africa Nov 22, 2005
Stands
Pavilion and Terrace stands

The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chennai (formerly Madras), India, named after M. A. Chidambaram, the former President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. The stadium was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club ground or Chepauk Stadium. Commonly known as Chepauk, its first match was played February 10, 1934. This stadium is where the Indian cricket team won its first ever Test victory here in 1952 against England. It is the home ground of the Tamil Nadu cricket team.

The stadium witnessed history when only the second tied test was played here between India and Australian in 1986, which included Dean Jones making a heroic 210, Greg Matthews taking 10 wickets and Kapil Dev scoring an excellent century. Another famous moment was Saeed Anwar's record 194 against India in the Independence Cup in 1997. The stadium also witnessed dramatic scenes when 50,000 fans gave a standing ovation to the Pakistani cricket team in 1999 after victory in a very closely fought test match.

The nature of the pitch at this ground is bouncy which offers something to both the bat and the ball in a country renowned for producing dry, low, spinning, flat wickets.

[edit] Ground Facts and Figures

Sunil Gavaskar's 236 not out against the West Indies is the highest test score at the ground.
This stadium played host to the second tied-test in the history of test cricket.
Saeed Anwar's 194 against India is the highest ODI score in this ground. It is, till date, the highest individual score by any batsman in the limited overs version of the game.
England hold the record for the highest score on the ground so far when they hit 652-7d runs against India.
The Indians hold the record for the lowest score at the ground when England restricted them to just 83.
Narendra Hirwani's match bowling figures of 16/136 currently are the best at the ground.