Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
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| Location | Kaloor, Kochi, India |
| Capacity | 70,000 |
| Owner | Greater Cochin Development Authority |
| Operator | Greater Cochin Development Authority |
| Tenants | India cricket team (1998–present) Kerala cricket team Chirag United Club Kerala (2011–2012) Kerala Strikers (2012-present) |
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Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium (Malayalam: ജവഹര്ലാല് നെഹ്റു ഇന്റര്നാഷണല് സ്റ്റേഡിയം; locally known as Kaloor International Stadium – Malayalam: കലൂര് ഇന്റര്നാഷണല് സ്റ്റേഡിയം) is an international stadium in Kochi, Kerala. The stadium has a capacity of 70,000 spectators making it the third largest stadium in India after the Eden Gardens and Salt Lake Stadium, both in Kolkata.[1] The stadium was built in 1996 by the Government of Kerala with Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA).
Originally constructed as a football stadium, it has played host to a number of international cricket and football matches. The extensive grounds of the stadium serve as venue for important exhibitions, cinema events and political rallies in the city. The stadium is equipped with floodlights for playing at night. The architecture of the stadium is unique compared to other stadium in India. The most innovative aspect of the stadium is its unique lighting towers of 2 kW Floodlights which when switched on fully can provide lighting levels for HD telecast.
The stadium hosts the home games of football I-League team Chirag United Club Kerala. The stadium is also the home ground of the Kerala cricket team.
History
The first tournament conducted was the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament in 1997. The highest attendance of audience was recorded in this tournament for India v/s Iraq match (nearly one lakh people attended, thus overcrowding the stadium). But the highest money grosser was made in a cricket ODI match between India and Pakistan on April 2005. The first ODI played on the ground was between India and Australia on 1 April 1998. And the last being on January 15 2013 between India and England. India won the match by 127 runs. An attendance of over 70,000 is being reported, though not confirmed.
The stadium has finished a massive renovation including a modern turf an aesthetic modern roofing. Another recent development has been a new four-lane road from the south of the stadium which has made access easier from that side.
The first Indian Premier League match held at the stadium was between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 9 April 2011. The match was also Kochi Tuskers first ever IPL match. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is the home venue for the IPL team Kochi Tuskers Kerala and officially hosted 5 home-matches of the franchise in the 2011 season. The remaining 2 home matches were played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.
Climax scenes of the Tamil movie 'Velayudham' starring Vijay and Malayalam movie 'Run Baby Run' starring Mohanlal were shot in the stadium.
The stadium hosted the second ODI between India and England on the 15th of January, 2013.
ODI Matches held
| 1 April 1998 Scorecard |
 India309/5 (50 overs) |
v |  Australia268 (45.5 overs) |
India won by 41 runs Umpires: SK Bansal and AV Jayaprakash Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
| A Jadeja 105 * (109) MS Kasprowicz 3/50 (8.2 overs) |
AC Gilchrist 61 (45) Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 (10 overs) |
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| 9 March 2000 Scorecard |
India 302/7 (49.4 overs) |
v |  South Africa301/3 (50 overs) |
India won by 3 wickets Umpires: MR Singh and CR Vijayaraghavan Player of the match: A Jadeja (India) |
| Ajay Jadeja 92 (109) WJ Cronje 2/48 (8 overs) |
G.Kirsten 115 (123) Rahul Dravid 2/43 (9 overs) |
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| 13 March 2002 Scorecard |
India 191 (48.3 overs) |
v |  Zimbabwe197/4 (44.2 overs) |
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Umpires: Vijay Chopra and Devendra Sharma Player of the match: Douglas Hondo |
| Mohammad Kaif 56 (78) Douglas Hondo 4/37 (8.3 overs) |
ADR Campbell 71 (119) Ajit Agarkar 2/28 (10 overs) |
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| 2 April 2005 Scorecard |
India 281/8 (50 overs) |
v |  Pakistan194 (45.2 overs) |
India won by 87 runs Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and AV Jayaprakash Player of the match: Virender Sehwag |
| Virender Sehwag 108 (95) Arshad Khan 4/33 (6 overs) |
Mohammad Hafeez 42 (75) Sachin Tendulkar 5/50 (10 overs) |
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| 6 April 2006 Scorecard |
India 238/6 (47.2 overs) |
v |  England237 (48.4 overs) |
India won by 4 wickets Umpires: K Hariharan (India) and RE Koertzen (South Africa) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh |
| Rahul Dravid 65* (73) Ian Blackwell 2/41 (10 overs) |
Geraint Jones 49 (66) Yuvraj Singh 2/34 (8 overs) |
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| 2 October 2007 Scorecard |
India 222 (47.3 overs) |
v | Australia 306/6 (50 overs) |
Australia won by 84 runs Umpires: SA Bucknor (West Indies) and SL Shastri Player of the match: Bradley Haddin |
| MS Dhoni 58 (88) George Hogg 3/40 (9.3 overs) |
Bradley Haddin 87* (69) S Sreesanth 3/67 (9 overs) |
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| 17 October 2010 Scorecard |
India |
v | Australia |
Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand) and AM Saheba (India) |
| 15 January 2013 [1] |
India 285/6 (50 overs) |
v | England 158/10 (36 overs) |
India won by 127 runs Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Steve Davis Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (India) |
| MS Dhoni 72 (66) ST Finn 2/51 (10 overs) |
Kevin Pietersen 42 (44) B Kumar 3/29 (10 overs) |
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Indian Premier League
The cricket stadium in Kochi was expected to serve the Chennai Super Kings or the Royal Challengers Bangalore as a home venue apart from Chennai and Bangalore for the initial IPL seasons. However both the franchises initially refused and later promised to reconsider the offer, fearing decline in revenues. Eventually no matches of the first 3 IPL seasons were played in Kochi.
The auction for expanding the initial eight franchises to ten for the 2011 season was held on 22 March 2010. Rendezvous Sports World made the second highest bid of 
1533.32 crores, and elected to base its team in Kochi.[2]
All renovation works at the stadium have been completed with new pitches, an improved outfield with better drainage facilities. The floodlight system was also renovated to the standards needed for day and night cricket. Kochi Tuskers Kerala have opened their office at the stadium. They have signed up with Federal Bank who is their principal sponsor and tickets for all matches would be available at select branches of the Federal Bank. Tickets are also available online through Kyazoonga who will be Kochi's exclusive ticket partner.
The first IPL match held at the stadium was between Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 9 April 2011. The match was also Kochi Tuskers first ever IPL match.
| 9 April 2011 (Scorecard) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 161/5 (20 overs) |
v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 162/4 (18.4 overs) |
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 6 wickets Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
| B McCullum 45 (32) D Vettori 1–17 (4 overs) |
AB de Villiers 54 (40) R Jadeja 1–28 (4 overs) |
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| 18 April 2011 (Scorecard) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 135/3 (15 overs) |
v | Chennai Super Kings 131/4 (17 overs) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala won by 7 wickets (D/L method) Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: BB McCullum (Kochi Tuskers Kerala) |
| B McCullum 47 (33) R Ashwin 2–31 (4 overs) |
SK Raina 50 (40) RV Gomez 1–20 (2 overs) |
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| 27 April 2011 (Scorecard) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 74 (16.3 overs) |
v | Deccan Chargers 129/6 (20 overs) |
Deccan Chargers won by 55 runs Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Ishant Sharma (Deccan Chargers) |
| Ravindra Jadeja 23 (35) Ishant Sharma 5/12 (3 overs) |
Kumar Sangakkara 65 (47) Vinay Kumar 3/25 (4 overs) |
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| 30 April 2011 (Scorecard) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 119 (18.5 overs) |
v | Delhi Daredevils 157/7 (20 overs) |
Delhi Daredevils won by 38 runs Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils) |
| Ravindra Jadeja 31 (22) Morné Morkel 3/18 (4 overs) |
Virender Sehwag 80 (47) Sreesanth 2/10 (4 overs) |
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| 5 May 2011 (Scorecard) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala 156/5 (20 overs) |
v | Kolkata Knight Riders 139/7 (20 overs) |
Kochi Tuskers Kerala won by 17 runs Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and S. Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Kochi Tuskers Kerala) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 55 (41) Jaydev Unadkat 2/25 (4 overs) |
Eoin Morgan 66 (51) Raiphi Gomez 2/14 (4 overs) |
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ODI Records at the Venue
Batting
- Highest Total: 309/5 (50 overs) by India vs. Australia on 1 April 1998.
- Lowest Total: 191 (48.3 overs) by India vs. Zimbabwe on 13 March 2002.
- Most Runs : Rahul Dravid (223 runs from 292 balls in 5 matches)
- Highest Score: Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 115 runs from 123 balls vs. India on 9 March 2000.
- Average 1st innings total : 273
- Average 2nd innings total : 225
Bowling
- Most Wickets : Sachin Tendulkar (10 Wickets, 33 Overs, 4 Matches)
- Best Bowling : Sachin Tendulkar 5/32 vs. Australia on 1 April 1998.
Highest Partnerships by wicket
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Opposition | |
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| 1st | 235 | South Africa |
Herschelle Gibbs | Gary Kirsten | India |
| 2nd | 76 | India |
Rahul Dravid | IK Pathan | England |
| 3rd | 201 | India |
Rahul Dravid | Virender Sehwag | Pakistan |
| 4th | 104 | India |
Mohammad Azharuddin | Ajay Jadeja | Australia |
| 5th | 121 | India |
HH Kanitkar | Ajay Jadeja | Australia |
| 6th | 96 | India |
MS Dhoni | Ravindra Jadeja | England |
| 7th | 17 | Pakistan |
Shahid Afridi | Mohammad Hafeez | India |
| 8th | 25 | India |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ramesh Powar | Australia |
| 9th | 28 | England |
MJ Hoggard | GO Jones | India |
| 10th | 42 | Pakistan |
Naved-ul-Hasan | Arshad Khan | India |
IPL Records at Venue
- Most Runs : Brendon McCullum (Kochi)
- Most Wickets : Vinay Kumar (Kochi) (6)
- Highest total in an innings : Royal Challengers Bangalore(162/4)
- Lowest total in an innings : Kochi Tuskers Kerala(74/10)
- Highest Score: Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils) – 80 runs from 47 balls vs. Kochi Tuskers Kerala
- Best Bowling : Ishant Sharma (5/12) vs. Kochi Tuskers Kerala
- Highest partnership : 90 runs off 69 balls (Sangakkara and CL White)
Highest Partnerships by wicket
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Opposition | |
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| 1st | 80 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Brendon McCullum | VVS Laxman | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2nd | 51 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Brendon McCullum | P Patel | Chennai Super Kings |
| 3rd | 51 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Klinger | M Jayawardene | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 4th | 90 | Deccan Chargers | CL White | KC Sangakkara | Kochi Tuskers Kerala |
| 5th | 41 | Delhi Daredevils | Virender Sehwag | TR Birt | Kochi Tuskers Kerala |
| 6th | 22* | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Brad Hodge | R Gomez | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| 7th | 36 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | RA Jadeja | NLTC Perera | Deccan Chargers |
| 8th | 26 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | RA Jadeja | R Vinay Kumar | Deccan Chargers |
| 9th | 1 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | R Vinay Kumar | S Sreesanth | Deccan Chargers |
| 10th | 1 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | R P Singh | R Vinay Kumar | Delhi Daredevils |
Chirag United Club Kerala
The I-League football team Chirag United Club Kerala will play at the Nehru Stadium for the 2011–12 I-League season and may continue to if the local IPL team says yes to the club.
Kerala Strikers
The Celebrity Cricket League team Kerala Strikers is also playing in this stadium since 2012.
Edakochi Stadium
A new stadium is being built at Edakochi by the Kerala Cricket Association to take over this cricket stadium at Kochi. But the stadium work is currently facing problems from environmental activists who feel that the construction of the stadium could have adverse effects on the environment. After the new stadium is built, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will be used for football and athletics.
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Coordinates: 9°59′50″N 76°18′04″E / 9.997253°N 76.301036°E
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