Nehru Stadium, Indore

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Nehru Stadium
Ground information
Location	Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Establishment	1964
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Indore Municipal Corporation
Operator	Indore Municipal Corporation
Tenants	n/a
Last used	2001
End names
n/a
International information
First ODI	1 December, 1983: India v West Indies
Last ODI	31 March, 2001: India v Australia
As of 21 June 2014 Source: Nehru Stadium, Cricinfo

Nehru Stadium located in Indore, India, is a cricket, football, Kho Kho and basketball stadium with a capacity for 26,000 people.

However, all the international as well as national cricket matches take place at the "Holkar Stadium which is situated at Race Course Road, Indore and a plethora of different sports activities take place at the Nehru Stadium which also partly serves as the Headquarters of the Air-Force wing of the Western Command of the National Cadet Corps (India).

Nehru Stadium sports a statue of Col. C.K. Nayudu, Indore's favourite son of that era, outside its main entrance as a concession to tradition.

The Vijay Balla ("Victory Bat") made out of concrete with names of the players of the Indian team who won the test series in England (1971) and West Indies (1972)

As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 9 One Day Internationals (ODIs).

History

The Stadium attained infamy when a ODI match between India and Sri Lanka on 25 December 1997 was abandoned after the third over of the first innings.

The game was abandoned because the captains and umpires felt that the pitch was dangerous for the players to play on. The match referee concurred and a 30-over exhibition match was held to placate the restless crowd.

The stadium was suspended by ICC from holding matches for 2 years. The Stadium returned to host one last ODI match on 31 March 2001 where Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming the first player to reach 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.

Holkar Stadium in the same city hosted the last ODI match between India and Australia in September 2017. It is unknown if Nehru Stadium will ever host another international match.

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year
India	West Indies	West Indies	By 8 wickets	1983
India	Australia	Australia	By 6 wickets	1984
India	Pakistan	Pakistan	By 3 wickets	1987
Australia	New Zealand	Australia	By 6 wickets	1987
India	New Zealand	India	By 53 Runs	1988
India	Zimbabwe	Tied		1993
Australia	South Africa	South Africa	By 7 wickets	1996
India	Sri Lanka	No result		1997
India	Australia	India	By 118 runs	2001

Records

The highest score by a team is Indian national cricket team against Australia national cricket team- 299/8 on 31 Mar 2001. The lowest team score is by Sri Lanka national cricket team against Indian national cricket team- 17/1. The leading run scorers in the stadium were Ravi Shastri - 193 runs, Sachin Tendulkar- 163 runs and Gary Kirsten- 105 runs. The leading wicket takers here is K Srikanth- 5 wickets.

External links

• Cricinfo Website - Ground Page
• cricketarchive Website - Ground Page

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