The Tamil Nadu Cricket Team (Tamil: தமிழ் நாடு கிரிக்கெட் டீம்); (Madras), competes in the Super League of the Ranji Trophy, the top cricketing competition in India. The team finished as runners-up behind Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons establishing themselves as one of the strongest teams in the country. Until the end of the 1960s the state of Tamil Nadu was known as Madras, and this was reflected in that the name of the team was also Madras until the 1970-71 season.Have won the Ranji Trophy in 1954-55 and 1987-88 series. Runners in 1935-36, 1940–41, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1991–92, 1995–96, 2002–03 and 2003-04.
Contents |
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2003-04 | Runner-up |
| 2002-03 | Runner-up |
| 1995-96 | Runner-up |
| 1991-92 | Runner-up |
| 1987-88 | Winner |
| 1972-73 | Runner-up |
| 1967-68 | Runner-up |
| 1954-55 | Winner |
| 1940-41 | Runner-up |
| 1935-36 | Runner-up |
The team is based at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (formerly known as the Chepauk and also as the Madras Cricket Club Ground), named after a former president of the BCCI. Established in 1916, it has a capacity of 50,000 and had floodlights installed in 1996.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Tamil Nadu was the topper with 23 points in the Pool B (2 wins and 4 draws) followed by Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh
In Quarter Finals beat Bengal by 8 wkts
In Semifinal lost to Uttarpradesh by innings lead advantage
In Batting A.Mukund scored the most runs with 856 and Best figures of 300 notout
In Bowling Abhishake took 36 wkts and Best figuares of 6/24 in the Quarter Finals against Bengal[1]
| Indian first class cricket teams in the Ranji Trophy |
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| Andhra Pradesh | Assam | Baroda | Bengal | Delhi | Goa | Gujarat | Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Hyderabad | Jammu and Kashmir | Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Orissa | Punjab | Railways | Rajasthan | Saurashtra | Services | Tamil Nadu | Tripura | Uttar Pradesh | Vidarbha |