#10 Green Park – Kanpur
Stadium Capacity: 45000
Year Established: 1945
Home to: India, Uttar Pradesh
Interesting facts:
#1 Mohammad Azharuddin hit the last of his three consecutive hundreds during his sensational debut
#2 Shahid Afridi scored a 45 ball century against India in 2005.
#9 Vidharbha Cricket Association – Nagpur
Stadium Capacity: 45000
Year Established: 2008
Home to: India, Vidharba, Central Zone
Interesting facts:
#1 India won the first ODI held in this stadium by 172 runs, against Australia
#2 The pitch came under scrutiny after the low scoring affair between India and South Africa in a test match earlier this year.
#8 Sardar Patel Stadium – Ahmedabad
Stadium Capacity: 49000
Year Established: 1982
Home to: India, Gujurat, Rajasthan Royals, Gujurat Lions
Interesting facts:
#1 Sunil Gavaskar surpassed 10000 test runs in 1986-87 against Pakistan
#2 Sachin Tendulkar completed 20 years of international cricket on 16 November 2009 against Sri Lanka
#3 Sachin Tendulkar became the first-ever cricketer to score 18,000 runs in One day cricket in a match against Australia during 2011 Cricket World Cup.
#7 Feroz Shah Kotla – New Delhi
Stadium Capacity: 55000
Year Established: 1883
Home to: India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils
Interesting facts:
#1 Anil Kumble's famous ten wicket haul against Pakistan.
#2 Sachin's 35th century that overcame Gavaskar's record of most international Test centuries.
#6 Maharashtra Cricket Association – Pune
Stadium Capacity: 55000
Year Established: 2011
Home to: India, Pune, Pune Warriors
Interesting facts:
#1 The stadium was designed by British architecture company, Hopkins Architects.
#2 Its original completion date was November 2010 at a cost of Rs 1.50 billion
#5 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium – Hyderabad
Stadium Capacity: 55000
Year Established: 2004
Home to: India, Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad
Interesting facts:
#1 India has never actually won a match here. They have lost 3 ODI’s and the test match was drawn.
#4 Jawahral Nehru Stadium – Kochi
Stadium Capacity: 60000
Year Established: 1982
Home to: India, Kochi Tuskers
Interesting facts:
#1 Used as a Football stadium as well. Home to Sachin Tendulkar’s Kerala Blasters FC. The Indian national football team has played many matches here as well.
#3 DY Patil Stadium – Navi Mumbai
Stadium Capacity: 60000
Year Established: 2007
Home to: India, Mumbai
Interesting facts:
#1 Used as a football stadium as well. Home to Mumbai City FC
#2 It is the first cricket stadium in the world to have full-fledged concert level reinforced music system.
#2 Raipur International Cricket Stadium – Chattisgarh
Stadium Capacity: 65000
Year Established: 2008
Home to: India, Chattisgarh, Delhi Daredevils
Interesting facts:
#1 Interestingly, the first match played here was between Canada and the Chattisgarh state team.
#2 Sunil Gavaskar had rated this stadium to as one of the best stadiums in the country and had proposed to utilize it for all types of matches
#1 Eden Gardens – Kolkata
Stadium Capacity: 66000
Year Established: 1864
Home to: India, Bengal, Kolkatta Knight Riders
Interesting facts:
#1 The 1996 World Cup semi-final was called off and Sri Lanka awarded the match after crowd disturbances following an Indian batting collapse
#2 Harbhajan Singh took a hat-trick against Australia in 2000/01 at the ground. He became the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket.
#3 VVS Laxman scored 281 in the historic test win against Australia in 2001.
#4 Rohit Sharma scored a historic 264 runs in an ODI against West Indies in 2014.
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