27-645: 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
54-574: A cricket team in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tamil Nadu Cricket Association The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association ( TNCA ) is the governing body of cricket activities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is affiliated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and governs the Tamil Nadu cricket team . The TNCA is one of the permanent test centres of
81-568: A four-team knock-out tournament to determine the winner of the Ranji Trophy. The team which finished last in each Elite sub-group was relegated, and both Plate Group finalists were promoted for the following season. For the 2006–07 season , the divisions were re-labelled the Super League and Plate League respectively. In the 2008–09 season, this format was adjusted to give both Super League and Plate League teams an opportunity to contest
108-584: A national level, first class championship tournament was proposed by BCCI's founder A.S. De Mello . The competition was launched following BCCI's meeting at Shimla in July 1934, with the first fixtures taking place in 1934–35 .Initially the tournament was named as 'The cricket championship of India', it later was renamed. The trophy was donated by Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala in memory of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar who had died
135-549: A six-team knock-out stage; in all other years until 2001–02, a full fifteen-team knock-out tournament was held. The format was changed in the 2002–03 season with the zonal system abandoned and a two-division structure adopted – the Elite Group, containing fifteen teams, and the Plate Group, containing the rest. Each group had two sub-groups which played a round-robin; the top two from each Elite sub-group then contested
162-925: 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. Players from Tamil Nadu who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut: Players from Tamil Nadu who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut : Player(s) from Tamil Nadu who have played T20I but not ODI or Test cricket for India, along with year of T20I debut : Players from other state teams who also played for Tamil Nadu, and played cricket for India, along with year of debut: Players from Tamil Nadu who have played international cricket for another country, along with year of debut: Prominent players without international cap Updated as on 25 November 2024 This article about
189-655: Is the home ground of the Tamil Nadu cricket team and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings . The stadium is located at Chepauk , a few hundred meters from Marina beach along the Bay of Bengal . TNCA inaugurated its regional Twenty20 league Tamil Nadu Premier League in August, 2016. The inaugural edition featured eight teams, playing a total of 31 matches (28 league matches, two semi-finals and
216-608: The Indian Armed Forces . The state of Telangana is represented by the Hyderabad cricket team . The following 38 teams currently participate in the Ranji Trophy: The following teams have appeared in the Ranji Trophy, but no longer do so, partly because Indian states have merged and created over the years: From the Ranji Trophy's inception until the 2001 season (with the exception of 1948–49 season ),
243-744: 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 ). The team
270-403: The 1970–71 season, the knock-out stage was expanded to the top two teams from each zone, a total of ten qualifying teams. This was expanded again to the top three from each zone in 1992–93, a total of fifteen qualifying teams; between 1996–97 and 1999–2000, the fifteen qualifying teams competed in a secondary group stage, with three groups of five teams, and the top two from each group qualified for
297-752: The BCCI. The board was formed when organized league cricket in the state began in Madras in 1932. It was formed after two rival bodies — the Indian Cricket Federation and the Madras Cricket Club — merged, becoming the Madras Cricket Association (MCA). The MCA was formally constituted on April 30, 1935, shortly thereafter affiliating with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The Cricket Association
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#1732797382468324-430: The Ranji Trophy. The top two from each Plate sub-group contested semi-finals; the winners of these two matches then joined the top three from each Super League sub-group in an eight-team knock-out tournament. The winner of this knock-out tournament then won the Ranji Trophy. Promotion and relegation between Super League and Plate League continued as before. In the 2010–11 season, Rajasthan won the Ranji Trophy after beginning
351-452: The age groups of U19, U22, and U25 categories besides organizing and conducting National Tournaments. It also conducts league championship for city affiliated clubs. There are 726 league matches played every year from first division to fifth division. A zone consisting of 12 teams each plays in the first and second divisions, whereas third, fourth, and fifth division consists of two, three, and four zones respectively. The city league format in
378-474: The championship in 1934, Since then it has been organised across various grounds and stadiums in India. The competition currently consists of 38 teams, with all 28 states in India and four of the eight union territories with at least one team from each. When the tournament was founded, it was named "the Cricket Championship of India", in 1935 it was renamed after Ranjitsinhji , who was
405-589: The eight union territories : Delhi , Chandigarh , Puducherry , and Jammu and Kashmir (which also represents the union territory of Ladakh ). In addition, four teams represent regions within states: Mumbai and Vidarbha (both within Maharashtra ) and Saurashtra and Baroda (both within Gujarat ), though Maharashtra and Gujarat play as separate teams; and there are two pan-Indian teams: Railways , representing Indian Railways , and Services , representing
432-579: The final). Chennai , Dindigul (Natham) and Tirunelveli were the venues. Two new venues in Coimbatore and Salem were added in 2020. Albert Tuti Patriots won the inaugural edition beating Chepauk Super Gillies by 122 runs. Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI founded
459-474: The first Indian to play international cricket . He played for England from 1896 to 1902. The Mumbai cricket team is the most successful team of the tournament, with a record 42 titles to their name. The Mumbai cricket team holds the present title of the 2023–24 edition , which is its 42nd. It defeated Vidharbha cricket team in the final at the Wankhede Stadium , Mumbai. The idea of
486-496: The first division where league matches are played on a three-day duration follows the Ranji Trophy guidelines. M A Chidambaram Stadium or Chepauk Stadium located in Chennai is the home ground. The stadium was established in 1916 and it is the oldest continuously used cricket stadium in the country. It is named after M A Chidambaram , former President of BCCI , the stadium was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground. It
513-453: The first innings is the winner. Prior to the 2016–17 season, matches were played at the home ground of one of the two teams taking part. For the 2016–17 edition , the BCCI decided that all games would be staged at a neutral venues. Points in the league stages of both divisions are currently awarded as follows: Some sources credit Goel with 636 or 640 wickets instead – see Rajinder Goel article for details. The following teams have won
540-573: The previous year. The first match of the competition was held on 4 November 1934 between Madras and Mysore at the Chepauk ground in Madras (Now Chennai ). Mumbai (Bombay) has won the tournament the most times with 42 wins including 15 back-to-back wins from 1958–59 to 1972–73 . In 2015 Paytm became the first company to hold the tournament's title sponsorship right by virtue of BCCI's title sponsorship deal. The 2020–21 Ranji Trophy tournament
567-409: The quarter-finals from the top tier (known as Elite Group A and Group B). Two teams will qualify from the second-tier (Elite Group C) and one team from the lower-tier (Plate Group) for the quarter-finals. Round-robin matches are four days in length; knockout matches are played for five days. Throughout its history, if there is no outright result in a Ranji Trophy knock-out match, the team leading after
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#1732797382468594-523: The season in the Plate League. From the 2012–13 season, this format was adjusted slightly. The Super League and Plate League names were abandoned, but the two-tier system remained. The top tier expanded from fifteen teams to eighteen teams, in two sub-groups of nine (known as Group A and Group B, and considered equal in status); and the second tier was reduced to nine teams in a single group (known as Group C). The top three teams from Groups A and B and
621-411: The teams were grouped geographically into four or five zones – North, West, East, and South, with Central added in 1952–53. Initial matches were played within the zones on a knock-out basis until 1956–57, and thereafter on a league basis, to determine a winner; then, the five individual zone winners competed in a knock-out tournament, leading to a final which decided the winner of the Ranji Trophy. From
648-421: The top two from Group C contest the knockout phase. The lowest placed team in each of Group A and Group B is relegated to Group C, and the top two from Group C are promoted to the top tier. For the 2017–18 season, the two-tier system was abandoned to have 4 groups of seven teams each and two quarter-finalists from each group. From the 2018–19 season, the teams contested in three-tiers. Five teams will qualify for
675-424: The tournament: Mumbai/Bombay have played in 48 finals and have won total 42 Ranji Trophy championships, the most by any team. Sports18 TV channel and JioCinema has exclusive rights to broadcast the trophy live on television and online respectively. BCCI's website runs match highlights. Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar broadcast the tournament until 2022. Other top domestic cricket tournaments of
702-682: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the first season since the tournament's inception that it was not held. State and regional teams with first-class status and owned–operated by BCCI members play in the Ranji Trophy. Most associations are regional such as the Mumbai Cricket Association or the Karnataka State Cricket Association , while Railways and Services are pan-Indian. All 28 states of India are represented, as are four of
729-458: Was to control representative cricket in the province. By 1933-34, the association had first and second division leagues, with a third division added on the next season. By 1939-40, it had added a fourth division. In 1967-68 season, the M.C.A. was renamed as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). As of 2008, it had five divisions with a total of 132 teams. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association conducts various league tournaments , tournaments for
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