Sport in Chennai
Tennis, field hockey, football and formula racing and squash are the other popular sports.
It seats more than 50,000 and is home to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise.
The stadium is famous for its list of records, including the first ever test match victory that India recorded in 1951–52 when they defeated England, the second of only two tied tests between India and Australia in 1986 and Saeed Anwar's 194 in 1999 which is the third highest ODI score by a batsman.
[3][4] Prominent cricketers from Chennai include former Test-captains S. Venkataraghavan and Kris Srikkanth, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Sadagoppan Ramesh, Murali Karthik, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar .
The internationally renowned cricket bowling academy, the MRF Pace Foundation under the directorship of famous fast bowler Glenn McGrath is based in Chennai.
It is also home to Chepauk Super Gillies, a popular Tamil Nadu Premier League franchise.
The city hosted the country's only ATP event, the now defunct Chennai Open, from 1996 to 2017 at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam.
Notable international players include Vasudevan Baskaran, Krishnamurthy Perumal, M. J. Gopalan and Mohammed Riaz.
Dipika Pallikal, India's top ranked women's squash player hails from Chennai.
Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok, the only drivers from to represent India in Formula 1 were born in Chennai.
The complex also houses a multipurpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 8,000 which hosts various competitions including volleyball, basketball and table tennis.
It is home to super-GMs Krishnan Sasikiran, Adhiban Baskaran, and young talents R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh.
Chennai is home to popular Table tennis players Sharath Kamal and Subramanian Raman, both gold medalists at the Commonwealth Games and winners of the Arjuna award.
Private golf courses include the proposed one at Hirco Palace Gardens at Oragadam, a western suburb of Chennai, which features an architectural canopy to protect the golfers from sun and rain and a combination of Par 3,4 and 5 holes each with its unique combination of bunker, water and vegetation hazards.
