What is Chepauk Stadium?
'''Chepauk Stadium (M. A. Chidambaram Stadium)''' is a cricket stadium in [[Chennai]], India. The stadium, most commonly known as Chepauk, was established in 1916 and it is the oldest continuously used cricket stadium in the country. Its alternative name is after [[M. A. Chidambaram]], former President of BCCI and the stadium was formerly known as '''Madras Cricket Club Ground'''. It is the home ground of the Tamil Nadu cricket team and the [[Indian Premier League]] team [[Chennai Super Kings]]. Chepauk hosted its first Test match on 10 February 1934, the first ever Ranji Trophy match in 1936 and Indian cricket team's first ever test victory in 1952 against England. The 1986 India-Australia match held at Chepauk was only the second ever Tied Test in the history of the game. As of 19 Aug, 2017 it has hosted 32 Tests, 21 ODIs and 1 T20I. == Crowd == The Chepauk crowd is known to be amongst the most appreciative in the country. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58008.html|title=MA Chidambaram Stadium - India - Cricket Grounds - ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo}}</ref> ==Records of the stadium and in the stadium== India hold the record for the highest score on the ground when they hit 759-7d runs against England in 2016. India hold the record for the lowest score at the ground when England restricted them to just 83. Sunil Gavaskar (1018 runs) had scored the most number of runs in this stadium followed by Sachin Tendulkar (876 runs) and Gundappa Vishwanath (785 runs) in Tests. Anil Kumble (48 wickets) had taken the most wickets in this stadium followed by Kapil Dev (40 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (39 wickets) in Tests. The highest ODI score here was made by Pakistan in 1997 when Pakistan score