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 27,000.
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 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. List of ODIs Date Team 1 Team 2 Results Scorecard 5 December 1984 England won by 4 wickets Scorecard 22 March 1987 Pakistan won by 6 wickets Scorecard 30 October 1987 England won by 8 wickets Scorecard 5 December 1990 India won by 6 wickets Scorecard 25 March 1993 India won by 8 wickets Scorecard 24 November 1995 India won by 5 wickets Scorecard 29 February 1996 Kenya won by 73 runs Scorecard 30 March 1999 India won by 51 runs Scorecard 28 March 2001 Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard 3 November 2003 Australia won by 2 wickets Scorecard 3 November 2005 India won by 4 wickets Scorecard List of WODIs Date Team 1 Team 2 Results Scorecard 8 February 1984 AUS Women won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) Scorecard 14 December 1997 SA Women won by 9 wickets (with 133 balls remaining) Scorecard 16 December 1997 ENG Women won by 208 runs Scorecard 24 January 2002 IND Women won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) Scorecard
Cricket World Cup
This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.
1987 Cricket World Cup 1996 Cricket World Cup
1987 Cricket World Cup
Sri Lanka v/s England:
1996 Cricket World Cup
Kenya v/s West Indies:
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
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result 1 105 Dilip Vengsarkar 124 1 5 December 1988 Lost 2 115* Mike Gatting 135 2 5 December 1988 Won 3 103 Chris Cairns 87 1 24 November 1995 Lost 4 103* Ajay Jadeja 102 1 30 March 1999 Won 5 100 Hemang Badani 98 1 28 March 2001 Lost 6 133* Mark Waugh 138 2 28 March 2001 Won
List of Five Wicket Hauls
Key Symbol MeaningThe bowler was man of the match10 or more wickets taken in the match§One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the matchDateDay the Test started or ODI was heldInnInnings in which five-wicket haul was takenOversNumber of overs bowled.RunsNumber of runs concededWktsNumber of wickets takenEconRuns conceded per overBatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were takenDrawnThe match was drawn.
One Day Internationals
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Brad Williams Chris Nevin Lou Vincent Scott Styris Craig McMillan Chris Harris Won 2 Ajit Agarkar Kumar Sangakkara Sanath Jayasuriya Farveez Maharoof Muttiah Muralitharan Chaminda Vaas Won
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
External links Info on venue. More info on Nehru stadium at Doors2India