Tamil Nadu cricket team
| Tamil Nadu cricket team | |
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| Captain: | Abhinav Mukund |
| Coach: | Woorkeri Raman |
| Owner: | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
| Founded: | 1930 |
| Home ground: | MA Chidambaram Stadium |
| Capacity: | 50,000 |
| Ranji Trophy wins: | 2 |
| Irani Trophy wins: | 1 |
| Vijay Hazare Trophy wins: | 4 |
| 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 compete in the Super League of the Ranji Trophy, the top tier of the domestic first class cricketing competition 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 9 times.
Home ground
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 50,000 and had floodlights installed in 1996.
Players who represented India
Players from Tamil Nadu who have played for India.
- M. J. Gopalan
- Cotah Ramaswami
- C. D. Gopinath
- A. G. Kripal Singh
- S. Venkataraghavan
- T. E. Srinivasan
- V. V. Kumar
- M. Venkataramana
- T. A. Sekhar
- V. B. Chandrasekhar
- Bharath Reddy
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth
- Bharat Arun
- W. V. Raman
- Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
- Robin Singh
- Sadagoppan Ramesh
- Thiru Kumaran
- Sridharan Sriram
- Hemang Badani
- Lakshmipathy Balaji
- Dinesh Karthik
- Subramaniam Badrinath
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Abhinav Mukund
- Murali Vijay
- Murali Kartik
Current squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Abhinav Mukund | 6 January 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain | ||
| Ramaswamy Prasanna | 7 April 1982 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | |||
| K. Vasudevadas | 26 January 1985 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Murali Vijay | 1 April 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Baba Aparajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Baba Indrajith | 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Malolan Rangarajan | 22 April 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||
| Vijay Shankar | 26 January 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | ||||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | 27 September 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Aushik Srinivas | 16 March 1993 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Rahil Shah | 20 October 1985 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | |||
| Prasanth Parameswaran | 30 May 1985 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |||
| Jagannathan Kaushik | 7 January 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| M Mohammed | 3 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| A Aswin Crist | 9 July 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
References
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