Chennai cricket is a very popular sport of the city. Two very important venues for cricket in Chennai are the MA Chidambaram Stadium and the Chemplast Cricket Ground. MRF Pace Foundation, an internationally famed academy for bowling, is also situated in this city. Besides, a large number of cricket academies are located in and around Chennai.
Chennai cricket is one of the popular sports of the city. A cricket stadium was built in the year 1916 known as the MA Chidambaram Stadium. This stadium is also the home ground of the cricket team of Tamil Nadu. Some of the notable cricket players from Chennai are Kris Srikkanth and S. Venkataraghavan.
Another very important venue for cricket in Chennai is the Chemplast Cricket Ground in the IIT Madras campus. Besides, the MRF Pace Foundation, which is an internationally famed academy for bowling, is also located in the city of Chennai. Dennis Lillee, a well-known fast bowler is the director of this academy.
Some of the well-known cricket academies in Chennai and in its vicinity are as follows:
- Asiatic Cricket Academy (A), English Electrical Ground, Pallavaram, Chennai
- Kedernath Cricket Academy, RKM Ground, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017
- Balaji Cricket Academy, AGS Office Mount Road, Chennai–600018
- VB Cricket Academy, Guru Nanak College Ground, Velacheri, Chennai
- Chennai St Bede's, St Bede's Ground, Chennai–600004
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- St Bede's Sports Foundation, 9, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai
- CS Suresh Kumar Academy, YMCA Ground, Nandanam, Chennai–600035
- Abdul Jabbar Cricket Academy, Soma Sunder Ground, T. Nagar, Chennai-600017, Tel: 4357670
- Dharma Cricket Academy, Sishya School, Adayar, Chennai
- Fine Star Cricket Academy (B), Hindu College, Pattabhiram, Chennai
- Chakradhar Cricket Academy, 15, 4th Main Road, Allandur, Chennai
- Kanniah Cricket Academy, Southern Railway Ground, Perumpur, Chennai
- PK Dharmalingam Cricket Coaching, 2/3 Saradapuram 2nd Street, Mylapore, Chennai-600004
- CSSF, 9, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai-600004
- Prahalad Cricket Academy, Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam, Chennai
- Asiatic Cricket Academy (B), English Electrical Ground, Pallavaram, Chennai
- Rajesh Kannan Cricket Academy, 12, 5th Street, Adambakkam, Chennai
- Bharat Reddy Cricket Academy, Somasunder Ground, Chennai
- VNC Rao Cricket Academy, 14, 5th Cross Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai-600040
- CS Suresh Kumar Cricket Coaching, Mr Sathya Narayan, 48 Car Street, Triplicane, Chennai–600008
- YMCA, M Felix, YMCA College, Chennai-600035
- Fine Star Cricket Academy A, Gopalan, 40th Main Road, Ambatur, Chennai
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