M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
India
Ground information
Location	Chepauk, Chennai
Establishment	1916
Seating capacity	50,000
Owner	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
Operator	Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
End names	Anna Pavilion End V Pattabhiraman Gate End
International information
First Test	10 February 1934: India v England
Last Test	11 December 2008: India v England
First ODI	9 October 1987: India v Australia
Last ODI	10 June 2007: Africa XI v Asia XI
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Tamil Nadu
2008 –	Chennai Super Kings (IPL)
As of 4 April, 2008 Source: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Cricinfo

An IPL match in progress at M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium

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 10 February 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 and also for IPL's Chennai Super Kings led by Team India Captain MS Dhoni.

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. In recent times, the wicket has got flatter.

The stadium witnessed history when only the second tied test was played here between India and Australia 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 on 21 May 1997. The stadium also witnessed dramatic scenes when 50,000 fans gave a standing ovation to the Pakistan cricket team in January 1999 after victory in a very closely fought test match. The stadium was also selected to replace Mumbai in the test series against England after the Mumbai terror attacks on 26 November 2008.

Ground facts and figures

• Virender Sehwag's 319 against South Africa 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.
• Rahul Dravid scored his 10,000th Test run on this ground.
• India's 387/4 in the fourth innings of the first Test against England in December 2008, became the highest successful run chase in India. Incidentally, this also became the fourth highest in Test match history.^[1]
• It was in Chepauk, that Sachin Tendulkar scored his first century in the fourth innings in a winning cause for India.^[2]
• Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs in Chepauk - 876 in nine Tests at an average of 87.60 - than any other venue in India.^[3]

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds

External links

• Cricinfo - Grounds - MA Chidambaram Stadium
• All about Chidambaram stadium
• Reference
• Players,Teams statistics

Coordinates: 13°03′46″N 80°16′46″E / 13.06278°N 80.27944°E / 13.06278; 80.27944

References