• India's 387/4 in the fourth innings of the first Test against England in December 2008, became the highest successful run chase in India.
• 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.
• It was in Chepauk, that Sachin Tendulkar scored his first century in the fourth innings in a winning cause for India.
• Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs in Chepauk - 876 in nine Tests at an average of 87.60 - than any other venue in India.
• On 15 October 2004 Shane Warne surpassed Muttiah Muralitharan's tally of 532 Test wickets when he took the wicket of Irfan Pathan. It was his 533rd Test wicket taken in his 114th Test.
• On 22 March 2001 India defeated Australia by 2 wickets to clinch the Border–Gavaskar trophy after losing it to Australia in 1999–2000 series. A match winning century by Sachin Tendulkar and a record of 32 wickets in the Test series by Harbhajan Singh helped India to end the winning streak of Australia consecutively followed by an epic Kolkata test.Australia won 16 tests in succession.
• The highest ODI score here was made by Pakistan in 1997, where Saeed Anwar scored 194 runs. Pakistan scored 327-5, India replied with 292 all out, which is the second highest, score here. The third highest score is 289-4 made by Australia against New Zealand .
• Yuvraj Singh has scored the most number of runs here with 255 runs in ODIs. He is followed by Geoff Marsh(246 runs) and Saeed Anwar(194 runs).
• Mohammad Rafique has taken the most number of wickets (14 wickets), followed by Ajit Agarkar and Morné Morkel (7 wickets each).
• Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most centuries at Chepauk hitting 5 centuries.
• Dhoni's 224 (February 2013, against Australia) is the highest score by an Indian captain in Tests bettering Sachin Tendulkar's 217 against New Zealand at Ahmedabad in 1999.
