List of international cricket centuries at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium explained

The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, also known as Chepauk is a cricket ground in Chennai, India. Formerly known as the Madras Cricket Club Ground it now has a capacity of 50,000.^[1] The ground has hosted 34 Test matches, the first of these was played in 1934 between India and England.^[2] The ground has also staged 22 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was played between India and Australia in 1987.^[3]

The first Test century scored at the ground was by the Englishman Cyril Walters. Walters's innings of 102 was scored against India in 1934. The Indian Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest score at the ground, 319 from 304 balls, which was made in 2008 against South Africa. This was Sehwag's second triple century, the only other Test players that have scored 2 triple centuries are Donald Bradman and Brian Lara. The record for the highest score by an overseas player belongs to England's Joe Root who made 218 in 2021. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored 5 Test centuries at the ground. A century in each innings of a match has been achieved twice at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The Sri Lankan Duleep Mendis made 2 innings of 105 against India in 1982 and the Englishman Andrew Strauss scored 123 and 108 in 2008, also against India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 224 in the 1st test against Australia in the home series on 24 February 2013. He is the first Indian Wicket-Keeper Batsman to score a Double Century in Test Cricket and 7th Wicket-Keeper in Test Cricket to do so.^[4]

14 ODI centuries have been made at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The first of these was scored by the Australian Geoff Marsh who made 110 in 1987. The Pakistani Saeed Anwar holds the record for the highest ODI scored at the ground with 194, from 146 deliveries against India in 1997. Anwars innings was, at the time, a world record having beating the previous best of 189 not out by Viv Richards. Anwar's record stood until August 2009 when it was equalled by the Zimbabwean Charles Coventry. The highest score by an Indian batsman at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium is 139 not out which was made by MS Dhoni in 2007. At the time Dhoni was playing for an Asian XI against an African XI.^{[5] [6]} The highest score by an Indian batsman representing India at this stadium is 138 which was made by Virat Kohli against South Africa on 22 October 2015.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,^{[7] [8]} lost^{[9] [10]} or if the match was drawn^[11] or tied.^[12]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	102			NR	3			Won
2	109			NR	1			Won
3	160			NR	1			Won
4	111			NR	2			Won
5	130*			NR	2			Won
6	109			NR	1			Drawn
7	125			NR	1			Drawn
8	102			NR	1			Won
9	124			NR	2			Won
10	162			360	1			Drawn
11	100			204	1			Drawn
12	166			373	2			Won
13	222			374	1			Drawn
14	140			298	1			Drawn
15	127			181	2			Drawn
16	105			123	1			Drawn
17	155			293	2			Drawn
18	114*			NR	2			Drawn
19	105			NR	3			Drawn
20	236*			425	2			Drawn
21	201			409	2			Won
22	207			309	2			Won
23	105			218	3			Lost
24	122			258	1			Tied
25	210			330	1			Tied
26	106			172	1			Tied
27	119			138	2			Tied
28	101			NR	1			Drawn
29	135*			230	1			Drawn
30	123			149	2			Drawn
31	109			124	1			Won
32	106			273	1			Won
33	165			296	1			Won
34	117			140	3			Lost
35	155*			191	3			Won
36	141			191	3			Won
37	136			273	4			Lost
38	203			320	1			Lost
39	126			230	2			Won
40	155			221	2			Drawn
41	104			210	3			Drawn
42	159			262	1			Drawn
43	319			304	2			Drawn
44	111			291	2			Drawn
45	155*			339	3			Drawn
46	123			233	1			Lost
47	108			244	3			Lost
48	108			250	3			Lost
49	103*			196	4			Won
50	130			246	1			Lost
51	107			206	2			Won
52	224			265	2			Won
53	146			262	1			Lost
54	199			311	2			Won
55	303*			381	2			Won
56	218			377	1			Won
57	161			231	1			Won
58	106			148	3			Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	110			141	1			Won
2	130			124	1			Lost
3	110			112	2			Won
4	194			146	1			Won
5	107			116	2			Lost
6	107			106	1			Won
7	139*			97	1			Won
8	113			123	1			Won
9	104*			126	1			Won
10	119			110	2			Lost
11	113*			125	1			Lost
12	101*			132	2			Won
13	138			140	1			Won
14	112			107	2			Lost
15	139			106	2			Won
16	102*			151	2			Won

Women's ODI

!No.!Score!Player!Team!Balls!Inns.!Opposing team!Date!Result

1	104*			140	2		23 February 2007	Won
2	122	Suzie Bates		134	1		1 March 2007	Won

Notes and References

1. Web site: MA Chidambaram Stadium — ESPNcricinfo profile . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 17 April 2010.
2. Web site: Statsguru: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai / Test matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 19 April 2010.
3. Web site: Statsguru: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 19 April 2010.
4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 19 April 2010.
5. Web site: Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 19 April 2010.
6. Web site: Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 22 April 2010.
7. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
8. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
9. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
10. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
11. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
12. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Tied. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.