Chennai · India · 2003–2026
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Pitch Conditions, Records and Match Stats
At a glance
Matches
127
All formats
Par score
192
1st-innings average
Chase success
46%
Defending edge
Bat-first win
52%
Long-sample record
Pitch & conditions
The patterns we see repeat across the matches on record — what works at Chepauk, and what captains should plan for.
Chasers at Chepauk succeed only 46% of the time across 127 matches on record. The 15-run gap between first-innings (192) and second-innings (177) averages suggests that setting a target tends to put pressure on the side batting under the Chennai conditions. Captains winning the toss have chosen to field only 41% of the time, which reflects that preference for putting runs on the board.
The top three bowling performances at this venue are all from specialist spinners. Anil Kumble took 13 wickets in a single Test match here against Australia in 2004, while R Ashwin has appeared three times in the top five bowling returns, including 12 wickets in the 2013 Test against Australia. The surface historically rewards slow bowlers who can grip and turn the ball.
The average powerplay return of 43 runs from roughly 1.23 wickets across T20 matches at Chepauk is on the modest side by IPL standards. That controlled early phase tends to set up a middle-overs grind: the data shows 104 runs coming in the middle period, which is where Chennai Super Kings sides have historically built their innings rather than going hard from ball one.
CSK have played 79 matches at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium and won 52 of them, a 67% win rate. No visiting IPL side comes close to matching that figure here: Sunrisers Hyderabad win just 25% of their matches at this ground, and Rajasthan Royals only 20%.
The ground's highest individual score in the dataset is Virender Sehwag's 319 off 304 balls against South Africa in March 2008, part of a match that also produced 249 from Neil McKenzie and 240 from Hashim Amla in the same Test. Karun Nair's unbeaten 303 against England in December 2016 further underlines how benign Chepauk can be for batting in certain conditions.
By the numbers
Career aggregates from the matches LuckySpire tracks at Chepauk. Drawn from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data under ODC-BY licence.
Avg 1st inn
192
T20-era par
Avg 2nd inn
177
Chasing average
Chase success
46%
All formats
Highest total
759
On record
Lowest total
69
Complete innings
Phase-by-phase · scoring trajectory
Cumulative scoring trajectory across a typical white-ball innings at Chepauk. Phase bands show Powerplay (overs 1–6), Middle (7–15) and Death (16–20) — the death-overs acceleration is where the ground's character shows up most sharply.
Powerplay
45RPO · OVERS 1–6
Middle
101RPO · OVERS 7–15
Death
46RPO · OVERS 16–20
Who plays here
Match counts and win records for the teams with the deepest history at this ground.
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings | 79 | 52 | 26 | 0 | 66% |
| India Cricket | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 61% |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 38% |
| Mumbai Indians | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50% |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 43% |
| Delhi Capitals | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 31% |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 23% |
| Punjab Kings | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 50% |
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