Nehru_Stadium,_Pune

Nehru Stadium, Pune

Nehru Stadium, Pune

Sports stadium in Pune, Maharashtra


Nehru Stadium, formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000.

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The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.

International Cricket

The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International[1] matches including two in the Cricket World Cup (1987 & 1996), 4 WODI till date. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match.

One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

A still from final between Infosys & Cognizant Tech at Nehru Stadium

List of ODIs

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List of WODIs

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Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.

  1. 1987 Cricket World Cup
  2. 1996 Cricket World Cup
1987 Cricket World Cup
  • Sri Lanka v/s England:
30 October 1987
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
218/7 (50 overs)
v
 England
219/2 (41.2 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
1996 Cricket World Cup
  • Kenya v/s West Indies:
29 February
(scorecard)
Kenya 
166 (49.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
93 (35.2 overs)
Steve Tikolo 29 (50)
Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48)
Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 73 runs
Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
Umpires: Khizer Hayat & V.K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)

List of Centuries

Key

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • 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

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List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

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One Day Internationals

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The leading run scorers here have been Mike Gatting- 161 runs, Mark Waugh- 133 runs and Chris Cairns- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been Ajit Agarkar- 8 wickets, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.


Notes and references

  1. "Nehru Stadium, Pune - One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
  2. "1st ODI, England tour of India at Pune, Dec 5 1984". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. "4th ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Pune, Nov 24 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. "5th Match, Pepsi Cup at Pune, Mar 30 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. "2nd ODI, Australia tour of India at Pune, Mar 28 2001". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. "5th Match, TVS Cup (India) at Pune, Nov 3 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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