MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai: cricket results and records

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai appears in 141 recorded matches, the first on 23 October 2003 and the latest on 18 May 2026. The matches are 98 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 19 in One Day Internationals, 15 in Twenty20 Internationals and 9 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Indian Premier League (98 matches), ICC Cricket World Cup (7 matches) and ICC Men's T20 World Cup (5 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Chennai Super Kings (84 matches), India (27 matches), Mumbai Indians (17 matches) and Kolkata Knight Riders (17 matches).

Of the 141 matches, 135 produced a winner, 2 were drawn, 2 were tied and 2 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 759/7 by India against England on 16 December 2016.

The lowest completed total is 69 by Kenya against New Zealand on 20 February 2011.

In the 128 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 69 (53.9%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are MS Dhoni (2,263 runs in 75 innings), SK Raina (1,664 runs in 61 innings), V Kohli (1,196 runs in 32 innings), RD Gaikwad (1,012 runs in 25 innings) and M Vijay (973 runs in 33 innings).

The leading wicket takers are R Ashwin (94 wickets), RA Jadeja (63 wickets), DJ Bravo (48 wickets), Harbhajan Singh (42 wickets) and JA Morkel (37 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 319 by V Sehwag against South Africa on 26 March 2008, 303* by KK Nair against England on 16 December 2016 and 224 by MS Dhoni against Australia on 22 February 2013.

The best bowling figures are 8 for 77 by Sneh Rana against South Africa on 28 June 2024, 7 for 48 by A Kumble against Australia on 14 October 2004 and 7 for 48 by RA Jadeja against England on 16 December 2016.

The first innings of 9 Test matches matches here averaged 426.0 runs.

In 18 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 239.5 and the side batting second 219.6.

In 14 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 167.0 and the side batting second 139.4.

In 98 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 165.6 and the side batting second 152.3.

The toss is recorded in 141 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 60 (42.6%) and to bat in 81.

Among the 135 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 71 times (52.6%).

Batters at the ground hit 4,788 fours and 1,551 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 8.8 balls; 54.6% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 63%, bowled 16%, lbw 8%, run out 6% and stumped 3% of the 1,911 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 67%, bowled 17%, lbw 8%, stumped 4% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,782 times.

That is 45.0 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (15), 2010s (68) and 2020s (58).

The competitions that have used the ground are Indian Premier League (98 matches), ICC Cricket World Cup (7 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (5 matches), Women's World T20 (4 matches), South Africa Women tour of India (4 matches), Australia tour of India (3 matches), England tour of India (3 matches) and West Indies in India ODI Series (2 matches).