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).
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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
Current team squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Updated as on 1 February 2026