| Tamil Nadu cricket team | |
| Colours: | Yellow Dark Blue |
| Captain: | Sai Kishore (FC) Dinesh Karthik (LA) Washington Sundar (T20) |
| Coach: | Sulakshan Kulkarni |
| Founded: | 1864 |
| Ground: | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
| Capacity: | 50,000 |
| Owner: | Tamil Nadu Cricket Association |
| First Fc: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| First Fc Year: | 1927 |
| First Fc Venue: | Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras |
| Title1: | Ranji Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 2 |
| Title2: | Irani Cup |
| Title2wins: | 1 |
| Title3: | Deodhar Trophy |
| Title3wins: | 1 |
| Title4: | Vijay Hazare Trophy |
| Title4wins: | 5 |
| Title5: | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy |
| Title5wins: | 3 |
| 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. It has been one of the most dominant teams in white-ball domestic Indian cricket. 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.[1] 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).
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.[2]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | TNCA Club | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| Vijay Shankar | 26 January 1991 | Right-handed | Jupiter SC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | ||||
| Sai Sudharsan | 15 October 2001 | Left-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| 21 December 2000 | Left-handed | Vijay CC | ||||
| 27 May 1995 | Right-handed | Grand Slam CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | |||
| Boopathi Vaishna Kumar | 13 October 2002 | Left-handed | Jupiter SC | |||
| Vimal Khumar | 3 December 2002 | Left-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | |||
| B Sachin | 30 August 2003 | Left-handed | Vijay CC | |||
| S Lokeshwar | 3 March 1998 | Right-handed | Grand Slam CC | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 8 July 1994 | Right-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | ||||
| Washington Sundar | 5 October 1999 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Globe Trotters SC | Twenty20 Captain Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | |
| 16 August 1996 | Left-handed | Young Stars CC | ||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 24 December 1995 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | ||||
| Dinesh Karthik | 1 June 1985 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | |||
| G Ajitesh | 26 September 2002 | Right-handed | Alwarpet CC | |||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Sai Kishore | 6 November 1996 | Left-handed | Vijay CC | First-class Captain Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| Varun Chakravarthy | 29 August 1991 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | Plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL | ||
| Ajith Ram | 5 September 1998 | Left-handed | Globe Trotters SC | |||
| Mohamed Ali | 3 October 2004 | Right-handed | Vijay SC | |||
| 3 July 1998 | Left-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL | |||
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 17 September 1986 | Right-handed | Mylapore RC (A) | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | ||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Sandeep Warrier | 4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Jolly Rovers CC | Plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL | ||
| 3 December 1991 | Right-handed | Vijay CC | ||||
| T Natarajan | 4 April 1991 | Left-handed | United Friends CC | Plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL | ||
| Kuldeep Sen | 22 October 1996 | Right-handed | - | Plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL | ||
Updated as on 20 March 2024
See main article: List of Tamil Nadu first-class cricket records, List of Tamil Nadu List A cricket records and List of Tamil Nadu Twenty20 cricket records.