Nehru Stadium, Indore


Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium located in Indore, India, is a multi-purpose stadium used for cricket, football, Kho Kho, and basketball with a capacity for 25,000 people.
However, all the international as well as national cricket matches take place at the "Holkar Stadium which is situated at Race Course Road, Indore and a plethora of different sports activities take place at the Nehru Stadium which also partly serves as the Headquarters of the Air-Force wing of the Western Command of the National Cadet Corps.
Nehru Stadium sports a statue of Col. C.K. Nayudu, Indore's favourite son of that era, outside its main entrance as a concession to tradition.
As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted 9 One Day Internationals.

History

The Stadium attained infamy when an ODI match between India and Sri Lanka on 25 December 1997 was abandoned after the third over of the first innings due to the captains and umpires agreeing that the pitch was too dangerous, to which the match referee concurred. A 25-over exhibition match was held on an adjoining pitch to placate the sell-out crowd of 25,000.
The stadium was subsequently suspended by the ICC from holding matches for two years.
The Stadium hosted its last ODI match on 31 March 2001, where Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming the first player to reach 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.
Holkar Stadium in the same city hosted the last ODI match between India and Australia in September 2017.
As of 2020, it is unknown if Nehru Stadium will host another international match.

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.
Team Team WinnerMarginYear
West IndiesBy 8 wickets1983
AustraliaBy 6 wickets1984
PakistanBy 3 wickets1987
AustraliaBy 6 wickets1987
IndiaBy 53 Runs1988
Tied1993
South AfricaBy 7 wickets1996
No result1997
IndiaBy 118 runs2001

Records

The highest score by a team is Indian national cricket team against Australia national cricket team- 299/8 on 31 Mar 2001. The lowest team score is by Sri Lanka national cricket team against Indian national cricket team- 17/1. The leading run scorers in the stadium were Ravi Shastri - 193 runs, Sachin Tendulkar- 163 runs and Gary Kirsten- 105 runs. The leading wicket takers here is K Srikanth- 5 wickets.

List of Centuries

Key

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1102Ravi Shastri14116 October 1984Lost
2105*Gary Kirsten134219 October 1996Won
3139Sachin Tendulkar125131 March 2001Won

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

One Day Internationals

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
115 12 19882632
  • Tony Blain
  • John Bracewell
  • Evan Gray
  • Martin Snedden
  • Mark Greatbatch
Won