MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

MA Chidambaram Stadium, known to most as Chepauk, sits in central Chennai and is one of Indian cricket's most familiar venues.

Our database holds 44 matches from the ground, with the average first-innings score settling at 173.1. The highest total recorded here in that sample is 271/9 by South Africa, while chasing sides have prevailed 26 times in 44 attempts, a success rate of 59.1 percent against 18 wins for teams defending a total. Recent IPL evidence reflects that balance: Chennai Super Kings successfully defended 192/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders and posted 212/2 in a win over Delhi Capitals, but also fell at home to Sunrisers Hyderabad after making 180/7 and to Gujarat Titans on 158/7. The ground has also hosted successful chases, including Chennai's reply to Lucknow Super Giants' 203/8.

With a near sixty-percent chase rate but a healthy tally of defended wins, Chepauk remains a venue where conditions reward sides able to read the surface, and it continues to anchor Chennai's place on the international and IPL circuit.