• The first-ever Ranji Trophy match was played here, in which AG Ram Singh took 11 wickets on a sticky to bowl Madras to a win over Mysore within a day.
• India recorded its first Test win here, in 1951-52, when it defeated England by an innings and eight runs.
• The second tied Test in cricket's history was also played here, between India and Australia in 1986.
• Virender Sehwag's 319 against South Africa is the highest test score at the ground.
• This stadium played host to the second tied-test in the history of Test cricket.
• Saeed Anwar's 194 against India is the highest score on this ground. This was also the highest score in ODI's until Sachin Tendulkar reached the 200 landmark against South Africa.
• England hold the record for the highest score on the ground so far when they hit 652-7d runs against India.Incidentally, this also became the fourth highest in Test match history.The next highest score is by India who were all out for 627 runs against South Africa in 2008. The third highest is West Indies who were all out for 582 in 1949 against India in Tests.
• The Indians hold the record for the lowest score at the ground when England restricted them to just 83.
• Narendra Hirwani's match bowling figures of 16/136 currently are the best at the ground.
• Rahul Dravid scored his 10,000th Test run on this ground.
