Barabati Stadium


The Barabati Stadium is an Indian sports stadium used mostly for cricket and association football, and also sometimes for concerts and field hockey, located in Cuttack, Odisha. It is a regular venue for international cricket and is the home ground of Odisha cricket team. The stadium is owned and operated by the Odisha Cricket Association. It is also used for Association Football. It hosts Santosh Trophy national football tournament and the state's Odisha First Division League football matches. The Barabati Stadium is one of the older grounds in India, having hosted several touring sides – including the MCC, the West Indies team and the Australians - before it hosted its first international match. It hosted only the third one-day international in this country, in January 1982, when India put it across England by five wickets to lift the series 2-1. It hosted its first ever Test match five years later where India played hosts to Sri Lanka. Though it isn’t one of the regular Test venues anymore, it continues to enjoy the status of international venue and hosts One-Day Internationals regularly. It also hosted the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.
The cricket and football venue is equipped with floodlights for day-and-night games and is a regular venue for ODI matches. It was an adopted home venue for former Indian Premier League franchise Deccan Chargers. Barabati Stadium has successfully served as the venue for both Indian Premier League and the now defunct Odisha Premier League. It has also hosted Senior Women's T20 Challenger Trophy 2020 from 4-11 January 2020.
As of 22 Dec, 2019 it has hosted 2 Tests, 19 ODIs, 2 T20Is and 7 IPL Matches.

History and Development

The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack hosted only the third One Day International in this country, in January 1982, when India beat England by five wickets to lift the series 2-1. In the first Test match here, five seasons later, the Sri Lankans were greeted with an underprepared wicket affording vastly unpredictable bounce. Dilip Vengsarkar, then at the most dizzying heights of his career, made his highest Test score of 166, his fourth century in eight Tests, when no other batsman on either side crossed 60. The Lankans were rolled over twice as India seized an innings and 67-run victory. Kapil Dev bagged his 300th Test victim, bowling Rumesh Ratnayake with a ball that failed to sit up.
The only other Test match here, against New Zealand in 1995-96, was badly affected by rain, affording less than 180 overs of playing time. Narendra Hirwani, on a comeback trail, took 6 for 59 in New Zealand's only innings, the best bowling figures here.
Though it isn’t one of the regular Test venues anymore, it continues to enjoy the status of international venue and hosts One-Day Internationals regularly. India have won one of the two Test matches played here, and have an 11-4 win-loss record in ODIs.

Indoor Hall

In 2012, OCA named the indoor cricket hall at Barabati Stadium after Sachin Tendulkar.

International cricket centuries

Key

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Barabati Stadium.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1166Dilip Vengsarkar27914 January 1987Won

One Day Centuries

The following table summarises the One Day centuries scored at the Barabati Stadium.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1102Ravi Shastri142127 December 1984Lost
2104Ajay Jadeja12629 November 1994Won
3127*Sachin Tendulkar138218 February 1996Won
4153*Mohammad Azharuddin15019 April 1998Won
5116*Ajay Jadeja12119 April 1998Won
6102Grant Flower11829 April 1998Lost
7111*Kevin Pietersen128126 November 2008Lost
8111Ajinkya Rahane10812 November 2014Won
9113Shikhar Dhawan10712 November 2014Won
10150Yuvraj Singh127119 January 2017Won
11134MS Dhoni122119 January 2017Won
12102Eoin Morgan81219 January 2017Lost

International cricket five-wicket hauls

Key

Tests

Records

Match Information:
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Notable events

Barabati Stadium has hosted One Day International matches when India hosted the 1987 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup. Barabati Stadium also hosted the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Australia vs Zimbabwe

India vs Kenya

2013 Women's Cricket World Cup

Group B

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Super Sixes

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Play-off

5th place playoff
7th place playoff

Indian Premier League

IPL 2010

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IPL 2012

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IPL 2014

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Santosh Trophy 2012

This stadium was the main venue of the 2012 Santosh Trophy football tournament which was won by Services.