MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) — Chennai Capacity, Records & IPL Guide

Home of Chennai Super Kings · Capacity 50,000 (reported figures vary by source)

About MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)

Home of Chennai Super Kings, MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) stands in Chennai as one of the league's character grounds. The IPL's most famous spin-friendly fortress; CSK's home since 2008. Every season writes new evidence that where you play shapes how you play, and this ground's evidence is among the strongest in the IPL.

MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) rewards teams who do their homework. The historical scoring pattern here shapes everything from auction thinking — do we need another spinner, another death bowler? — to the small in-game calls about which end a bowler attacks from. Visiting captains who treat it as just another stop on the circuit usually leave with a lesson and no points.

Television flattens every stadium into the same rectangle of green. MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) in person is a reminder that the IPL is ten different home leagues stitched into one table — and Chennai's version, with its own weather, food and folklore, is a distinct stop on the circuit that players genuinely look forward to and occasionally dread.

Records at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)

PENDING — venue-specific IPL records are being compiled from official scorecards for this ground.

Upcoming Fixtures at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)

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