Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
Ground information
Location	Rajkot, Saurashtra, India
Establishment	1935
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Rajkot Municipal Corporation
Architect	Vinod Makesana
Operator	Saurashtra Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian Cricket Team; Saurashtra cricket team
	End names
	Pavilion End; Airport End
International information
First ODI	October 7, 1989: India v Australia
Last ODI	December 15 2009: India v England
	As of June 21 2014; Source: Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Cricinfo

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground also known as Municipal Ground or Racecourse Ground Corporation Ground is located in Rajkot, Gujarat.

The stadium is used exclusively for staging cricket matches and has staged 10 ODI matches since 1986.

History

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match.^[1]

The ground dimensions being comparatively small and the pitch usually batsman-friendly contributed to some enormous scores in the past. New Zealand scored 349/5 in 2001, India scored 387/5 in 2008 but the best ever was in the Game between India and Sri Lanka on 15 Dec 2009 when India scored 414 runs (then highest ever in Indian history) but Sri Lanka almost won the contest and ended up with 411/8, just 3 runs short. Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground will have new sister ground. The Saurashtra Cricket Association is working on a world-class sports complex which has been planned on the outskirts at Khanderi village on Jamnagar highway, spread over 40 acres (160,000 m²), some 10 km from Rajkot, Gujarat.

This stadium will have a spectator capacity of 40,000 and should be commissioned around in 2008. This stadium will host tests and day-and-night ODI matches. The newest feature on offer is a VVIP suite with balconies facing the ground from where a spectator can watch the match from the comfort of his room.

The complex will also have cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium.^[2]^[3]

Ground Facts

The highest partnership at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 196 by SC Ganguly & Virendar Sehwag for India against West Indies in the 2003/2004 season.
The highest score by an individual batsman at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 160 by Tillakaratne Dilshan for Sri Lanka against India on 15,Dec 2009
The highest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 414/7 by India against Sri Lanka in the 2009 season it is also the second Highest ODI Score for India.
The lowest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 176/9 by West Indies against Sri Lanka in the 1998 season.^[4]

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year
India	Australia	Australia	By 7 Wickets	1985
India	West Indies	West Indies	By 6 Wickets	1988
Sri Lanka	West Indies	Sri Lanka	By 4 Wickets	1989
India	Sri Lanka	India	By 8 Runs	1994
India	South Africa	South Africa	By 5 Wickets	1996
India	New Zealand	New Zealand	By 43 Runs	1999
India	Zimbabwe	India	By 39 Runs	2000
India	West Indies	India	By 81 Runs	2002
India	Sri Lanka	India	By 5 Wickets	2005
India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	By 5 Runs	2007
India	England	India	By 158 Runs	2008
India	Sri Lanka	India	By 3 Runs	2009