Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium located in
Indore
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,
India
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, is a multi-purpose stadium used for
cricket
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,
football
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,
Kho Kho, and
basketball
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with a capacity for 25,000 people.
However, all the international as well as national cricket matches take place at the "
Holkar Stadium
Holkar Cricket Stadium is located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is owned and operated by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association and serves as its headquarter. It is the home ground of Madhya Pradesh cricket team as well as MP women's team. ...
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)
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.
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.

As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 9 One Day Internationals (ODIs).
History
The Stadium attained infamy when an
ODI match between
India
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and
Sri Lanka
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on 25 December 1997 was abandoned after the third
over of the first innings due to the captains and umpires agreeing that the pitch was too dangerous, to which the match referee concurred. A 25-over exhibition match was held on an adjoining pitch to placate the sell-out crowd of 25,000.
The stadium was subsequently suspended by the
ICC from holding matches for two years.
The Stadium hosted its last ODI match on 31 March 2001, where
Sachin Tendulkar
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created history by becoming the first player to reach 10,000 runs in
ODI cricket
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.
Holkar Stadium
Holkar Cricket Stadium is located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is owned and operated by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association and serves as its headquarter. It is the home ground of Madhya Pradesh cricket team as well as MP women's team. ...
in the same city hosted the last ODI match between
India
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and
Australia
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in September 2017.
As of 2020, it is unknown if Nehru Stadium will host another international match.
In July 2023, it was announced that a modern sports complex would replace the stadium. The new complex, costing around INR 300 crore, will offer a comprehensive range of outdoor and indoor sports facilities. The decision to replace the stadium comes due to its deteriorating condition.
इंदौर का 60 वर्ष पुराना नेहरू स्टेडियम टूटेगा, 300 करोड़ की लागत से बनेगा खेल संकुल
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One Day International cricket
The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.
Records
The highest score by a team is Indian national cricket team
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against Australia national cricket team
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- 299/8 on 31 Mar 2001. The lowest team score is by Sri Lanka national cricket team
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against Indian national cricket team
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- 17/1. The leading run scorers in the stadium were Ravi Shastri
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- 193 runs, Sachin Tendulkar
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- 163 runs and Gary Kirsten- 105 runs. The leading wicket takers here is Srikanth- 5 wickets.
List of Centuries
Key
* * denotes that the batsman was not out
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Occurrence
At least one batter is not out at ...
.
* Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
* Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
* NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
* Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
* The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
* The column title Result refers to the player's team result
One Day Internationals
List of Five Wicket Hauls
Key
One Day Internationals
See also
* Yeshwant Club, Indore
*Daly College
The Daly College is a group of institutions consisting of a co-educational Private school, private boarding school, boarding, day school, a private junior school, an undergraduate management school and a postgraduate business school, located in ...
, Indore
* Daly College Ground, Indore
* Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore
References
External links
ESPNcricinfo Website - Ground Page
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Monuments and memorials to Jawaharlal Nehru
Cricket grounds in Madhya Pradesh
Sports venues in Indore
Defunct cricket grounds in India
Sports venues completed in 1964
1964 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
20th-century architecture in India