Summary
The Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground is a cricket ground located in the city of Nagpur.[1]
| VCA Ground | |
 VCA Ground, Civil Lines, Nagpur | |
| Ground information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Nagpur |
| Establishment | 1929 (First match recorded) |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Owner | Vidarbha Cricket Association |
| Operator | Vidarbha Cricket Association |
| End names | |
| Jaika End Church End | |
| International information | |
| First Test | 3 October 1965: India v  New Zealand |
| Last Test | 1 March 2006: India v  England |
| First ODI | 23 January 1985: India v England |
| Last ODI | 14 October 2007: India v  Australia |
| Only WODI | 18 December 1997: Australia v England |
| As of 9 December 2019 Source: Cricinfo | |
The ground is known as the VCA Ground and belongs to the Central Zone. The first match was played here in October 1969. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted nine Tests and 14 ODIs.
It has been replaced by a new stadium called Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as an international cricket stadium. It continues to be used by the Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh cricket teams.
Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.
In 1995, during the 5th ODI between India and New Zealand, a wall in the East Stand collapsed, killing 9 people and injuring 70 others.[2]
History edit
The tenth Test venue in the country, the Vidarbha Cricket Association-managed ground, probably the only international venue where you can walk straight into the ground from the road, has always made headlines for various reasons.
Chetan Sharma takes the first Cricket World Cup hat-trick in history, with the wickets of Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield in Nagpur. All three were bowled.[3]
Sunil Gavaskar got his only one-day, and World Cup, century here when India won by a huge margin against New Zealand in their final league encounter of the 1987 Reliance World Cup. This is the second best ground for Sachin Tendulkar when it comes to centuries. Sachin Tendulkar has three here after four in Chepauk.
The pitch was just like any other docile pitch, until the BCCI-appointed pitch committee recommended the re-laying of the wicket in 1999. It took a while for the wicket to assume the true shape that it was designed to.
The unique thing about this wicket is the 30-inch deep double-brick layer (normally there is a 15-inch brick layer) which facilitates extra pace and bounce. This was a factor when Australia conquered the 'final frontier' as they beat India handsomely in the third Test to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The local critics were up-in-arms at how the curator ignored the home team's cause and prepared a fast wicket that helped the opposition fast bowlers. But the curator insisted that he had simply followed the instructions of the pitch panel. Today Nagpur is one of the only grounds to assist genuine fast bowlers in pace and movement and several first-class games in the 2004/05 season ended within three days as the medium-pacers reaped rich rewards.
Records edit
Test edit
Batting edit
- Highest team total: 609/6 dec, by India against Zimbabwe in 2000/01, then 570/7 and 546/9, all by India.
- Lowest team total: 109, by India against New Zealand in 1969/70.
- Highest individual score: 232*, by Andy Flower against India in 2000/01.
- Most runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar (659 runs), Rahul Dravid (423 runs) and Andy Flower (298 runs).
Bowling edit
- Best bowling in an innings: 7/51, by Maninder Singh against Sri Lanka in 1986/87.
- Leading wicket takers Anil Kumble (20 wickets), Zaheer Khan (12 wickets) and Maninder Singh (10 wickets).
One Day International edit
Batting edit
- Highest team total: 350, by India against Sri Lanka in 2005/06, New Zealand 348/3 and India 338/3.
- Lowest team total: 154, by Zimbabwe against Australia in 1995/96.
- Highest individual score: 149, by Shivnarine Chanderpaul against India in 2006/07.
- Most runs scored by Sourav Ganguly (398 runs), Rahul Dravid (392 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar (390 runs).
Bowling edit
- Best bowling in an innings: 6/29, by Patrick Patterson against India in 1987/88.
- Leading wicket takers were Ravi Shastri (8 wickets), Patrick Patterson (6 wickets) and Abdul Qadir (6 wickets).
List of Centuries edit
Key edit
- * 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
Test Centuries edit
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 131 | Mohinder Amarnath | India |
301 | 2 |  Sri Lanka |
27 December 1986 | Won[4] |
| 2 | 153 | Dilip Vengsarkar | India |
– | 2 | Sri Lanka |
27 December 1986 | Won[4] |
| 3 | 107 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | India |
231 | 1 |  West Indies |
1 December 1994 | Draw[5] |
| 4 | 179 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
322 | 1 | West Indies |
1 December 1994 | Draw[5] |
| 5 | 125* | Jimmy Adams | West Indies |
312 | 2 | India |
1 December 1994 | Draw[5] |
| 6 | 110 | Shiv Sunder Das | India |
175 | 1 |  Zimbabwe |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 7 | 162 | Rahul Dravid | India |
301 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 8 | 201* | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
281 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 9 | 106* | Grant Flower | Zimbabwe |
196 | 2 | India |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 10 | 102 | Alistair Campbell | Zimbabwe |
186 | 3 | India |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 11 | 232* | Andy Flower | Zimbabwe |
444 | 3 | India |
25 November 2000 | Draw[6] |
| 12 | 105 | Shiv Sunder Das | India |
203 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
21 February 2002 | Won[7] |
| 13 | 176 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
316 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
21 February 2002 | Won[7] |
| 14 | 100* | Sanjay Bangar | India |
155 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
21 February 2002 | Won[7] |
| 15 | 114 | Damien Martyn | Australia |
165 | 1 | India |
26 October 2004 | Won[8] |
| 16 | 134* | Paul Collingwood | England |
252 | 1 | India |
1 March 2006 | Draw[9] |
| 17 | 104* | Alastair Cook | England |
243 | 3 | India |
1 March 2006 | Draw[9] |
| 18 | 100 | Wasim Jaffer | India |
198 | 4 | England |
1 March 2006 | Won[9] |
One Day Internationals edit
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103* | Sunil Gavaskar | India |
88 | 2 | New Zealand |
31 October 1987 | Won[10] |
| 2 | 101* | Ravi Shastri | India |
147 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
1 December 1990 | Won[11] |
| 3 | 104 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka |
124 | 2 | India |
1 December 1990 | Lost[11] |
| 4 | 114 | Nathan Astle | New Zealand |
128 | 1 | India |
26 November 1995 | Won[12] |
| 5 | 130* | Saurav Ganguly | India |
160 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
22 March 1999 | Won[13] |
| 6 | 116 | Rahul Dravid | India |
118 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
22 March 1999 | Won[13] |
| 7 | 103 | Chris Gayle | West Indies |
116 | 2 | India |
9 November 2002 | Won[14] |
| 8 | 149* | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies |
136 | 2 | India |
21 January 2007 | Lost[15] |
| 9 | 107* | Andrew Symonds | Australia |
88 | 1 | India |
14 October 2007 | Won[16] |
List of Five Wicket Hauls edit
Key edit
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| † | The bowler was man of the match |
| ‡ | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| § | One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled. |
| Runs | Number of runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Runs conceded per over |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken |
| Drawn | The match was drawn. |
Tests edit
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 3 October 1969 | India |
New Zealand |
3 | 30.1 | 74 | 6 | 2.45 | Lost[17] | |
| 2 | Hedley Howarth | 3 October 1969 | New Zealand |
India |
4 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 1.47 | Won[17] | |
| 3 | Ravi Shastri † | 5 October 1983 | India |
 Pakistan |
2 | 30.4 | 75 | 5 | 2.44 | Drawn[18] | |
| 4 | Mohammad Nazir | 5 October 1983 | Pakistan |
India |
3 | 50 | 72 | 5 | 1.44 | Drawn[18] | |
| 5 | Shivlal Yadav | 27 December 1986 | India |
Sri Lanka |
1 | 19.1 | 76 | 5 | 3.96 | Won[4] | |
| 6 | Maninder Singh † | 27 December 1986 | India |
Sri Lanka |
3 | 17.4 | 51 | 7 | 2.88 | Won[4] | |
| 7 | Carl Hooper | 1 December 1994 | West Indies |
India |
1 | 40 | 116 | 5 | 2.9 | Draw[5] | |
| 8 | Venkatapathy Raju | 1 December 1994 | India |
India |
2 | 50 | 127 | 5 | 2.54 | Draw[5] | |
| 9 | Ravindra Pushpakumara | 26 November 1997 | Sri Lanka |
India |
1 | 32 | 122 | 5 | 3.81 | Draw[19] | |
| 10 | Ray Price | 21 February 2002 | Zimbabwe |
India |
2 | 68 | 182 | 5 | 2.67 | Lost[7] | |
| 11 | Anil Kumble | 21 February 2002 | India |
Zimbabwe |
3 | 37 | 63 | 5 | 1.7 | Won[7] | |
| 12 | Jason Gillespie | 26 October 2004 | Australia |
India |
2 | 22.5 | 56 | 5 | 2.45 | Won[8] | |
| 13 | Matthew Hoggard | 1 March 2006 | England |
India |
2 | 30.5 | 57 | 6 | 1.84 | Draw[9] |
One Day Internationals edit
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Patterson | 8 December 1987 | West Indies |
India |
2 | 9.4 | 29 | 6 | 3.00 | Won[20] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "VCA Ground". ESPNcricinfo. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "20 years after wall collapsed, VCA moved on". TOI (Times of India). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ India vs New Zealand
- ^ a b c d "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 27–31 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 1–5 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 25–29 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "1st Test, Zimbabwe tour of India at Nagpur, Feb 21–25 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 26–29 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "1st Test, England tour of India at Nagpur, Mar 1–5 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "24th Match, Reliance World Cup at Nagpur, Oct 31 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 1 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "5th ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 26 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "2nd Match, Pepsi Cup at Nagpur, Mar 22 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 9 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "1st ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Jan 21 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "6th ODI, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 14 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "2nd Test, New Zealand tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 3–8 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "3rd Test, Pakistan tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 5–10 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 26–30 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "1st ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 8 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
External links edit
- VCA ground
- Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Seating Layout
- Statistical Overview
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