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
Current team squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style TNCA Club Notes Batsmen Pradosh Ranjan Paul Left-handed Right-arm off break Vijay CC Andre Siddharth Right-handed Jolly Rovers CC Baba Indrajith Right-handed Right-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CC Shahrukh Khan Right-handed Right-arm off break Alwarpet CC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Vimal Khumar Left-handed Jolly Rovers CC Sai Sudharsan Left-handed Right-arm leg break Jolly Rovers CC Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Boopathi Vaishna Kumar Left-handed Mylapore RC (A) Tushar Raheja Left-handed Alwarpet CC R Rajkumar Right-handed Right-arm medium Pristine CC Amith Sathvik Right-handed Globe Trotters SC Shivam Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break Nelson SC All-rounders Mohamed Ali Right-handed Right-arm off break Vijay CC Sunny Sandhu Right-handed Right-arm medium Nelson SC P Vidyuth Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Alwarpet CC Washington Sundar Left-handed Right-arm off break Globe Trotters SC Twenty20 Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Wicket-keepers Narayan Jagadeesan Right-handed Vijay CC List A Captain Athish SR Left-handed Mylapore RC (A) Spin Bowlers Sai Kishore Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Vijay CC First-class Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL Varun Chakravarthy Right-handed Right-arm leg break Vijay CC Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL Manimaran Siddharth Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Jolly Rovers CC Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL Pace Bowlers Sonu Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Jolly Rovers CC Gurjapneet Singh Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast Vijay CC Plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL Sandeep Warrier Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Jolly Rovers CC G Govinth Right-handed Right-arm medium Vijay CC T Natarajan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Vijay CC Plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL
Updated as on 1 February 2026
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