M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk,Chennai

 

Chennai's Chepauk in numbers:

Crowd capacity: 36,000 and available capacity: 24,000

Stands I, J and K have not received clearances so far 

ODIs:

Highest total: Asia XI, 337/7

Highest score: Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) 194

Most runs: M.S. Dhoni 307

Best bowling: Ravi Rampaul (West Indies) 5 for 51

Most wickets: M. Rafique (Bangladesh) 8 

First ODI India VS Australia Reliance World Cup Group A Match on Oct 09,1987 

Australia 270/6 in 50 Overs

India 269/10 in 49.5 Overs

Match REsult - Australia won by 1 Run

MOM - Geoff Marsh for his 110 Runs(141 Balls 4x7 and 6x1)

Last ODI India Vs South Africa on Oct 22,2015
India Scored 299/8 in 50 Overs
South Africa scored 264/9 in 50 Overs
Match Result - India won by 35 Runs
MOM - Virat Kohli for his 138 Runs(140 Balls 4x6 and 6x5)

Tests:

Highest total: England 652/7 decl.

Highest individual score: V. Sehwag 319

Best bowling in an innings: Vinoo Mankad 8/55

Most wickets: Anil Kumble 48

Most runs: S.M. Gavaskar 1018 

First Test India Vs England Feb 10-13,1934

England 335 & 261/7 Declared

 India 145 & 249 

Match  Result - England won by 202 runs

Last Test India Vs Australia Feb 22-26,2013

Australia 380 & 241 

India 572 and 50/2

Match Result - India won by 8 wickets

MOM - M S Dhoni for his 224 Runs(265 Balls 4x24 and 6x6)

Chepauk has a glorious history in Tests – India registered its first Test victory here by defeating England by an innings and eight runs in 1952 

It was only in 1987 that this iconic venue staged its maiden ODI.That was a heart-stopping duel where Australia snatched a last-gasp one-run win over India in a league match of the 1987 World Cup

The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium has also been a rewarding venue for another little master Sunil Gavaskar who went past Don Bradman’s record of 29 centuries with his unbeaten 236 in the Test against West Indies in 1983

Sachi Tendulkar’s Test record in Chepauk is stunning – 970 runs in 10 matches at 88.18.