LORD'S OF INDIA
MOTHER OF CRICKET IN INDIA
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (எம். ஏ. சிதம்பரம் விளையாட்டு அரங்கம்) is a cricket stadium in Chepauk, Chennai
Intresting facts about Chepauk Stadium
• established in 1916
• second oldest cricket stadium in the country after Eden Gardens in Kolkata
• Named after M. A. Chidambaram, former President of BCCI
• formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground
• nicknamed the Chepauk stadium🏟️
• Home ground for tamilnadu cricket association🏏
• It is Called Den to CSK🦁💛
• Capacity of audience is 54,000
• T20i,ODI,TEST,IPL,RANJI,TNPL etc..many tournaments and games played here
• It can be easily go using MRTS TRAIN
• The Architect of this stadium is East Coast Construction Hopkins Architects, London
• It is also called as Lords of India
• because same Architects
Crowds and Tamil Cricket fans
Most sports spirit place they will appreciate not only home team if you play well they will appreciate if you are away team
One incident of fans and Pakistan players
The Chepauk crowd is known to be amongst the most appreciative in the country.[3] The crowd gave a standing ovation to Saeed Anwar after scoring the highest ever ODI score of 194 against India in 1997. The crowd was again appreciative when Pakistan won a Test match in 1999 and the Pakistani team made a lap of honour in appreciation of the spectators' sporting behaviour.
Best Moments in Chepauk Stadium
Chepauk with Sehwag
Virender Sehwag scored 319 against South Africa, in the home series in April 2008 in the first Test at M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, having reached 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century in test history. Sehwag became only the third batsman after Donald Bradman and Brian Lara to score two triple centuries in Test Cricket. He scored 257 runs the third day of the match, which was the most runs scored by an individual batsman on a single day of a Test match since 1954, when Denis Compton made 273 runs on the second day of the Nottingham Test against Pakistan
Why Sachin loves Chepauk than any Stadium
Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs in Chepauk than any other venue in India with 876 runs in nine Tests at an average of 87.60
Thala Dhoni peak at Chepauk Stadium DEN 💛🦁
Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 224 in the 1st test against Australia in the home series on 24 February 2013. He is the first Indian Wicket-Keeper Batsman to score a Double Century in Test Cricket and 7th Wicket-Keeper in Test Cricket to do so. India finished the innings on 572.
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