FACTS Capacity 50000 Known as Chepauk; Madras Cricket Club Ground Ends Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabhiraman Gate End Location Chennai, India Time Zone UTC +05:30 Home to Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings Floodlights Yes Venue Description: The stadium is named after the former President of BCCI and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, MA Chidambaram. It was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground. Since 2008, the venue is home to Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. It hosted its first ever international game in 1934, a Test match between India and England, which the visitors won by 202 runs. The most fascinating thing about the ground is the crowd support. It is common knowledge that the Chepauk crowd is the most unbiased and the most knowledgeable crowd in the country. How does the pitch play? Among the top 10 wicket-takers at the ground, nine of them are spinners and the only fast bowler on the list is Kapil Dev. Anil Kumble sits on top of the list with 48 wickets, followed closely by Harbhajan Singh - 42 wickets. Taking a look at the stats gives you a clear indication as to what type of bowlers hold the aces on the Chepauk wicket. Trivia:
The first ever Ranji Trophy game was played at this venue. Madras' AG Ram Singh ran through Mysore with a 11-wicket haul in the match. Sunil Gavaskar went past Don Bradman's 29 Test hundreds at this venue.
STATS - ODI Total matches 21 Matches won batting first 13 Matches won bowling first 7 Highest total recorded 337/7 50 Ov) by AsiaXI vs AfricaXI Lowest total recorded 69/10 (23.5 Ov) by Ken vs NZ Highest score chased 289/4 (47.5 Ov) by AUS vs NZ Lowest score defended 171/10 (45.4 Ov) by Eng vs RSA
STATS - TEST Total matches 32 Matches won batting first 10 Matches won bowling first 10 Highest total recorded 759/7 (190.4 Ov) by IND vs Eng Lowest total recorded 83/10 (38.5 Ov) by IND vs Eng
STATS - T20I Total matches 2 Matches won batting first 1 Matches won bowling first 1 Highest total recorded 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI Highest score chased 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI Lowest score defended 167/5 (20 Ov) by NZ vs IND
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