List of international cricket centuries at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium

The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

The M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, also known as Chepauk is a cricket ground in Chennai, India. Formerly known as the Madras Cricket Club Ground it now has a capacity of 50,000. The ground has hosted 34 Test matches, the first of these was played in 1934 between India and England. The ground has also staged 22 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was played between India and Australia in 1987.

The first Test century scored at the ground was by the Englishman Cyril Walters. Walters's innings of 102 was scored against India in 1934. The INDIAN Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest score at the ground, 319 from 304 balls, which was made in 2008 against South Africa. This was Sehwag's second triple century, the only other Test players that have scored 2 triple centuries are Donald Bradman and Brian Lara. The record for the highest score by an overseas player belongs to England's Joe Root who made 218 in 2021. Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have scored 5 Test centuries at the ground. A century in each innings of a match has been achieved twice at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The Sri Lankan Duleep Mendis made 2 innings of 105 against India in 1982 and the Englishman Andrew Strauss scored 123 and 108 in 2008, also against India. 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.

14 ODI centuries have been made at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The first of these was scored by the Australian Geoff Marsh who made 110 in 1987. The Pakistani Saeed Anwar holds the record for the highest ODI scored at the ground with 194, from 146 deliveries against India in 1997. Anwars innings was, at the time, a world record having beating the previous best of 189 not out by Viv Richards. Anwar's record stood until August 2009 when it was equalled by the Zimbabwean Charles Coventry. The highest score by an Indian batsman at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium is 139 not out which was made by MS Dhoni in 2007. At the time Dhoni was playing for an Asian XI against an African XI. The highest score by an Indian batsman representing India at this stadium is 138 which was made by Virat Kohli against South Africa on 22 October 2015.

Key

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or if the match was drawn or tied.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 102 England NR3 India10 February 1934Won
2 109 West Indies NR1 India27 January 1949Won
3 160 West Indies NR1 India27 January 1949Won
4 111 India NR2 England6 February 1952Won
5 130* India NR2 England6 February 1952Won
6 109 India NR1 West Indies13 January 1967Drawn
7 125 India NR1 West Indies13 January 1967Drawn
8 102 Australia NR1 India24 December 1969Won
9 124(1/2) India NR2 West Indies12 January 1979Won
10 162(1/2) Australia 3601 India11 September 1979Drawn
11 100 Australia 2041 India11 September 1979Drawn
12 166(1/3) India 3732 Pakistan15 January 1980Won
13 222(2/2) India 3741 England13 January 1982Drawn
14 140 India 2981 England13 January 1982Drawn
15 127 England 1812 India13 January 1982Drawn
16 105(1/2) Sri Lanka 1231 India17 September 1982Drawn
17 155(2/3) India 2932 Sri Lanka17 September 1982Drawn
18 114* India NR2 Sri Lanka17 September 1982Drawn
19 105(2/2) Sri Lanka NR3 India17 September 1982Drawn
20 236*(3/3) India 4252 West Indies24 December 1983Drawn
21 201 England 4092 India13 January 1985Won
22 207 England 3092 India13 January 1985Won
23 105 India 2183 England13 January 1985Lost
24 122 Australia 2581 India18 September 1986Tied
25 210 Australia 3301 India18 September 1986Tied
26 106(2/2) Australia 1721 India18 September 1986Tied
27 119(1/2) India 1382 Australia18 September 1986Tied
28 101 Pakistan NR1 India3 February 1987Drawn
29 135* Pakistan 2301 India3 February 1987Drawn
30 123 India 1492 Pakistan3 February 1987Drawn
31 109(2/2) India 1241 West Indies11 January 1988Won
32 106 India 2731 England11 February 1993Won
33 165(1/5) India 2961 England11 February 1993Won
34 117 England 1403 India11 February 1993Lost
35 155*(2/5) India 1913 Australia6 March 1998Won
36 141 Pakistan 1913 India28 January 1999Won
37 136(3/5) India 2734 Pakistan28 January 1999Lost
38 203 Australia 3201 India18 May 2001Lost
39 126(4/5) India 2302 Australia18 May 2001Won
40 155(1/2) India 2212 Australia14 October 2004Drawn
41 104 Australia 2103 India14 October 2004Drawn
42 159 South Africa 2621 India26 March 2008Drawn
43 319(2/2) India 3042 South Africa26 March 2008Drawn
44 111 India 2912 South Africa26 March 2008Drawn
45 155* South Africa 3393 India26 March 2008Drawn
46 123(1/2) England 2331 India11 December 2008Lost
47 108(2/2) England 2443 India11 December 2008Lost
48 108 England 2503 India11 December 2008Lost
49 103*(5/5) India 1964 England11 December 2008Won
50 130 Australia 2461 India22 February 2013Lost
51 107 India 2062 Australia22 February 2013Won
52 224 India 2652 Australia22 February 2013Won
53 146 England 2621 India16 December 2016Lost
54 199 India 3112 England16 December 2016Won
55 303* India 3812 England16 December 2016Won
56 218 England 3771 India5 February 2021Won
57 161 India 2311 England13 February 2021Won
58 106(1/2) India 1483 England13 February 2021Won
59 113(2/2) India 1331 Bangladesh19 September 2023Won
60 109 India 1283 Bangladesh19 September 2023Won
61 119* India 1763 Bangladesh19 September 2023Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1110 Australia1411 India9 October 1987Won
2130 New Zealand1241 Australia11 March 1996Lost
3110 Australia1122 New Zealand11 March 1996Won
4194 Pakistan1461 India21 May 1997Won
5107 India1162 Pakistan21 May 1997Lost
6107 Asia XI1061 Africa XI10 June 2007Won
7139*(1/2) Asia XI971 Africa XI10 June 2007Won
8113 India1231 West Indies20 March 2011Won
9104* India1261 West Indies11 December 2011Won
10119 West Indies1102 India11 December 2011Lost
11113*(2/2) India1251 Pakistan30 December 2012Lost
12101* Pakistan1322 India30 December 2012Won
13138 India1401 South Africa22 October 2015Won
14112 South Africa1072 India22 October 2015Lost
15139 West Indies1062 India15 December 2019Won
16102* West Indies1512 India15 December 2019Won

Women's ODI

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 104* Jaya Sharma  India 140 2  Australia 23 February 2007 Won
2 122 Suzie Bates  New Zealand 134 1  India 1 March 2007 Won