This is a list of international cricket grounds in India that have hosted at least one international cricket match. A cricket ground is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played which are generally oval in shape with no fixed dimensions. A boundary rope usually demarcates the perimeter of the field and a cricket pitch, an area close to the centre of the field is where the batter hits the bowled ball and run between the wickets to score runs, while the fielding team tries to return the ball to either wicket to prevent this.[1]
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India.[2] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council.[3][4] BCCI is a consortium of state cricket associations who own and operate most of the stadiums along with the respective state governments.
International cricket was held in India for the first time on 15 December 1933 when the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only test match during England's tour of India.[5] India recorded its first win in fifth test of home series against England on 10 February 1952 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.[6][7] The first ODI match in India was hosted by the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad during the series against England on 25 November 1981.[8] India played the first T20I match in India at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on 20 October 2007 against the visiting Australian team.[9]
The first women's test match hosted by India began on 31 October 1976 with India playing West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore.[10] The first WODI was hosted during the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup with Australia playing New Zealand on 1 January 1978 at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur.[11] India played its first WODI against England on the same day at Eden Gardens in Calcutta.[12] The first WT20I played in India was hosted on 4 March 2010 by Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in Mumbai against England.[13]
As of December 2023[update], 80 cricket venues have hosted an international match, the most in any country.
List edit
Any stadium that has hosted an international match in the last five years have been listed as active unless the stadium has been deliberately closed.
Active stadiums edit
| Name of the stadium | Location | Capacity | No. of Domestic matches played | No. of International matches played | First match | Latest match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | ODI | T20I | Test | ODI | T20I | |||||
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | 38,200 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 February 1934 | 27 October 2023 |
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 68,000 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 January 1935 | 16 November 2023 |
| Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium | Delhi | 35,200 | 35 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 November 1948 | 25 October 2023 |
| Brabourne Stadium | Mumbai | 50,000 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 9 December 1948 | 29 October 2018 |
| Green Park Stadium | Kanpur | 25,000 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 1952 | 25 November 2021 |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bengaluru | 33,800 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 22 November 1974 | 17 January 2024 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 33,109 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23 January 1975 | 2 January 2024 |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack | 45,000 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 January 1982 | 12 June 2022 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur | 23,185 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 October 1983 | 17 November 2021 |
| Narendra Modi Stadium[note 1] | Ahmedabad | 132,000 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 November 1983 | 19 November 2023 |
| Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium | Mohali | 27,000 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22 November 1993 | 11 January 2024 |
| IPCL Sports Complex Ground | Vadodara | 20,000 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 16 December 1997 | 14 October 2019 |
| YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium | Visakhapatnam | 27,500 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 April 2005 | 2 February 2024 |
| Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | Hyderabad | 39,200 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 November 2005 | 25 January 2024 |
| Holkar Stadium | Indore | 30,000 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 April 2006 | 14 January 2024 |
| VCA Stadium | Nagpur | 45,000 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 November 2008 | 9 February 2023 |
| Dr. DY Patil Sports Stadium | Navi Mumbai | 45,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 November 2009 | 19 October 2023 |
| MCA Stadium | Pune | 37,406 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 December 2012 | 1 November 2023 |
| SCA Stadium | Rajkot | 28,000 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 January 2013 | 15 February 2024 |
| JSCA Stadium | Ranchi | 50,000 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 January 2013 | 23 February 2024 |
| HPCA Stadium | Dharamshala | 21,200 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 January 2013 | 7 March 2024 |
| Greater Noida SC Ground | Greater Noida | 8,000 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 March 2017 | 10 March 2020 |
| ACA Stadium | Guwahati | 37,800 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 October 2017 | 28 November 2023 |
| Greenfield Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram | 50,000 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 November 2017 | 26 November 2023 |
| Rajiv Gandhi Stadium | Dehradun | 25,000 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 June 2018 | 15 March 2019 |
| BRSAB Vajpayee Ekana Stadium | Lucknow | 50,000 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 November 2018 | 29 October 2023 |
| Lalabhai Contractor Stadium | Surat | 7,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 September 2019 | 4 October 2019 |
| SV Narayan Singh Stadium | Raipur | 65,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2023 | 1 December 2023 |
Former stadiums edit
| Name of the stadium | Location | Capacity | No. of Domestic matches played | No. of International matches played | First match | Latest match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | ODI | T20I | Test | ODI | T20I | |||||
| Gymkhana Ground | Mumbai | 15,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 December 1933 | 15 December 1933 |
| University Ground | Lucknow | n/a | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 October 1952 | 23 October 1952 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad | 25,000 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 November 1955 | 15 November 2003 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Chennai | 40,000 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 January 1956 | 27 February 1965 |
| VCA Ground | Nagpur | 40,000 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 October 1969 | 14 October 2007 |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad | 50,000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 November 1981 | 25 November 1981 |
| Gandhi Stadium | Jalandhar | 16,000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 December 1981 | 20 February 1994 |
| Gandhi Sports Complex Ground | Amritsar | 16,000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 September 1982 | 18 November 1995 |
| Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium | Srinagar | 12,000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 October 1983 | 9 September 1986 |
| Moti Bagh Stadium | Vadodara | 18,000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 November 1983 | 17 December 1988 |
| Nehru Stadium | Indore | 25,000 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 December 1983 | 31 March 2001 |
| Keenan Stadium | Jamshedpur | 19,000 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 December 1983 | 12 April 2006 |
| Nehru Stadium | Guwahati | 25,000 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 December 1983 | 28 November 2010 |
| Country Golf Club Ground | Faridabad | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 January 1984 | 19 January 1984 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Delhi | 60,000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 September 1984 | 14 November 1991 |
| University Stadium | Trivandrum | 20,000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 October 1984 | 25 January 1988 |
| Nehru Stadium | Pune | 25,000 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 December 1984 | 3 November 2005 |
| Sector 16 Stadium | Chandigarh | 30,000 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 January 1985 | 8 October 2007 |
| Maulana Azad Stadium | Jammu | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 March 1985 | 24 March 1985 |
| Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | Rajkot | 15,000 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 October 1986 | 15 December 2009 |
| Nahar Singh Stadium | Faridabad | 25,000 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 January 1988 | 31 March 2006 |
| Captain Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior | 18,000 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 January 1988 | 24 February 2010 |
| Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | Visakhapatnam | 25,000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 December 1988 | 3 April 2001 |
| Nehru Stadium | Fatorda | 19,000 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 October 1989 | 14 February 2007 |
| K. D. Singh Babu Stadium | Lucknow | 25,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 October 1989 | 18 January 1994 |
| Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna | 25,000 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 November 1993 | 27 February 1996 |
| Calcutta Cricket and Football Club | Kolkata | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 November 1995 | 17 November 1995 |
| Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground | Mysore | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 December 1997 | 10 December 1997 |
| Karnail Singh Stadium | Delhi | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 December 1997 | 11 December 1997 |
| Mohan Meakins Cricket Stadium | Ghaziabad | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 December 1997 | 15 December 1997 |
| Gymkhana Ground | Secunderabad | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 December 1997 | 14 December 1997 |
| Middle Income Group Ground | Mumbai | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 December 1997 | 13 February 2013 |
| JMU Ground | Delhi | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 December 1997 | 17 December 1997 |
| Nehru Stadium | Gurgaon | 25,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 December 1997 | 18 December 1997 |
| Harbax Singh Stadium | Delhi | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 December 1997 | 24 December 1997 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Kochi | 25,000 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 April 1998 | 8 October 2014 |
| Barkatullah Khan Stadium | Jodhpur | 30,000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 December 2000 | 21 November 2002 |
| Guru Nanak College Ground | Chennai | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 January 2002 | 6 January 2002 |
| Indira Gandhi Stadium | Vijayawada | 25,000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 November 2002 | 24 November 2002 |
| N2 Stadium | Aurangabad | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 December 2003 | 7 December 2003 |
| Chemplast Cricket Ground | Chennai | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 December 2003 | 5 March 2007 |
| Tata Digwadih Stadium | Dhanbad | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 February 2004 | 26 February 2004 |
| Tau Devi Lal Stadium | Gurgaon | 7,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 March 2004 | 12 March 2004 |
| Infosys Ground | Mysore | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 December 2004 | 13 December 2004 |
| Bilakhiya Stadium | Vapi | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 December 2004 | 19 December 2004 |
| Pithwala Stadium | Surat | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 December 2004 | 22 December 2004 |
| Mayajaal Ground | Chennai | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 December 2004 | 28 December 2004 |
| Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium | Silchar | 30,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 December 2005 | 7 December 2005 |
| Bandra Kurla Complex Ground | Mumbai | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 March 2010 | 8 February 2013 |
| DRIEMS Ground | Cuttack | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 February 2013 | 5 February 2013 |
| Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex | Vizianagaram | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 January 2014 | 26 January 2014 |
| ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground | Mulapadu | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 November 2016 | 22 November 2016 |
Gallery edit
- International cricket stadiums in India
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The 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium -
The 68,000-capacity Eden Gardens -
The 50,000-capacity Greenfield International Stadium -
The 50,000-capacity BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium -
The 44,904-capacity Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium -
The 39,200-capacity Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium -
The 38,200-capacity MA Chidambaram Stadium -
The 35,200-capacity Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium -
The 33,800-capacity M. Chinnaswamy Stadium -
The 33,108-capacity Wankhede Stadium -
The 27,500-capacity ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium -
The 25,000-capacity Green Park Stadium
Notes edit
- ^ The existing stadium was opened in 2020. Earlier matches were hosted by Sardar Patel Stadium at the same location which was torn down in 2015.
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ "Full member: Board of Control for Cricket in India". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Mission 2023: Bombay Gymkhana plans big bash for 90th anniversary of first test". The Times of India. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "When India recorded their first test win". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "5th Test, Chennai, February 06-10, 1952, England tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Ahmedabad hosted India's first ODI". The Times of India. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "Only T20I (N), Brabourne, October 20, 2007, Australia tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "1st Test, Bengaluru, October 31 - November 02, 1976, West Indies Women tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "1st Match, Jamshedpur, January 01, 1978, Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "2nd Match, Calcutta, January 01, 1978, Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ "1st T20I, Mumbai, March 04, 2010, England Women tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.