Nehru Stadium, formerly known as ''Club of Maharashtra Ground'', is a

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. It is mainly used for

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matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000. The ground is home to

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who represent the state of

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International cricket

The stadium has hosted 11

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matches including two in the

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(1987 & 1996), 4 WODI till date. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between

and

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in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match. One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when

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beat

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in a low scoring encounter in the

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. List of ODIs List of WODIs

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup. # 1987 Cricket World Cup # 1996 Cricket World Cup ;1987 Cricket World Cup * Sri Lanka v/s England: ;1996 Cricket World Cup * Kenya v/s West Indies:

List of centuries

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

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. * 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

The leading run scorers here have been

Mike Gatting Michael William Gatting (born 6 June 1957) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975–1998; captain 1983–1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test ma ...

- 161 runs,

Mark Waugh Mark Edward Waugh (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, after previously making his One Day International (ODI) debut ...

- 133 runs and

Chris Cairns Christopher Lance Cairns (born 13 June 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the New Zealand cricket team as an all-rounder. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling ...

- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been

Ajit Agarkar Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (; born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and commentator. He has been the current chairman of the BCCI selection committee since 4 July 2023. He has represented India in more than 200 international matche ...

- 8 wickets,

Kapil Dev Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əpil deːʋborn 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a Fast bowling, ...

Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath (, born 31 August 1969) is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India's finest fast bowlers and is the only Indian fast bowler till date to have taken more than 300 wickets in O ...

and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.

Notes and references

External links

Info on venue

More info on Nehru stadium at Doors2India
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