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.