ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium

Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium (also known as Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Andhra Cricket Association–Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.^[2]^[3] It is primarily used for international cricket matches. The stadium has two-tiers and was designed to avoid any restricted views, eliminating pillars or columns which come in the field of view of spectators. The pitch is known to be batsman-friendly.

Ground profile

The pitch assists spinners and the ball does not bounce much and hence, batting second is not always beneficial, though dew factor sometimes plays a significant role. In recent matches, pitch has been a batting heaven. The highest ODI Score here is 387 by India against West Indies, 2019.

History

The stadium hosted its first ODI match against Pakistan, in which Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored his maiden one day international century (148) in 2005. After being given Test status, it hosted its first test match in November 2016, between India and England. India won the match by 246 runs. The Stadium hosted its first T20I in February 2016 between India and Sri Lanka, in Which Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 wickets for 8 runs in his 4 over spell bundling out Sri Lanka for 83.

The stadium also hosted some IPL matches and was the home ground of Deccan Chargers in 2012 and along with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015 and also with Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants together in 2016 and also with Delhi Capitals in 2024.

Although this Stadium did not host any group stage matches in the 2019 Indian Premier League, it was selected to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of the tournament.^[4]

List of international cricket centuries at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadiums

Matches hosted

Test — 3^[5]
ODI — 11^[6]
T20I — 3^[7]
(as on 6 February 2024)

Facts

MS Dhoni scored his maiden ODI hundred (148) at this ground when Pakistan toured India in 2005.
Rohit Sharma scored 159 off 138((17*4,5*6)) balls against West Indies on 18 December 2019, which is the highest individual ODI score for any batsmen on this ground.
Rohit Sharma scored his first Test Hundred in his first innings as Test Opener on 3 October 2019, later in the same Test match, Rohit scored another 100 in the second innings. In the same test he smashed 13 sixes, that is the highest total for an individual in a test.
Mayank Agarwal recorded his maiden Test Hundred and converted it into a double hundred (215) at this ground, which is the highest individual Test score for any batsmen on this ground.
Adam Zampa recorded figures of 6 for 19 for Rising Pune SuperGiant in 2019, the best figures for a spinner in IPL history
Highest ODI score posted by a team was 387/5 by India, vs West Indies, 2019.
Rohit Sharma and K. L. Rahul scored 100's each and recorded 227 runs for the first wicket for India, vs West Indies, 2019.
First time in an ODI that both captains Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard have been dismissed for a first ball duck, on 18 December 2019.
Kuldeep Yadav picked up his second ODI hat trick at this ground, vs West Indies, 2019.
Josh Inglis scored his maiden T20I century at this ground. He scored 110 of 50 balls and this is the highest individual T20I score for any batsmen on this ground when Australia toured India in 2023
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his maiden double century in Tests at this ground. He scored 209 of 290 balls when England toured India in 2024.

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

Tests

ODIs

List of five wicket hauls

Key

Tests

One Day Internationals

Notable events

Due to water scarcity in Maharashtra during the IPL 2016 season, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants played 3 games each at this stadium. Visakhapatnam served as a home venue for both the teams.
Rising Pune Supergiants skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [when CSK was facing eviction in 2016 & 2017] scored 22 runs off final over against Axar Patel of Kings XI Punjab on 21 May 2016 to secure one of the highest chases in T20s at this stadium.^[19]
In 2016, Visakhapatnam hosted all 3 international formats in the same year in which India won the T20I, ODI and Test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England respectively.
On 24 October 2018, Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 10,000 ODI runs with 205 innings surpassing Sachin Tendulkar. He achieved this feat during the second ODI against West Indies.
In 2019, due to the General Elections in India, Visakhapatnam was named as Standby venue for IPL 2019. Even though this stadium has not hosted any group stage matches, it was selected to host the playoffs stage of 2019 Indian Premier League for the first time.
In 2024, due to the DDCA expressing inability to host Delhi Capitals home matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium during the initial stage of IPL 2024 season, Visakhapatnam was chosen to host DC's first 2 home matches.

Gallery

ACA - VDCA International Cricket Stadium
ACA-VDCA stadium
ACA-VDCA stadium view

References

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^ "Records in IND: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam in Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^ "Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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^ a b c d e f g "1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Visakhapatnam, Oct 2-6 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
^ a b "2nd Test, Visakhapatnam, February 02 - 05, 2024, England tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "2nd ODI, Pakistan tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Apr 5 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "4th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Feb 17 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ a b "2nd ODI (D/N), Australia tour of India [Sep-Oct 2010] at Visakhapatnam, Oct 20 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Dec 2 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Dec 17 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ a b "2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Oct 24 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ a b "2nd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Dec 18 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "5th ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Vishakhapatnam, Oct 29 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "rising-pune-supergiants-vs-kings-xi-punjab-53rd-match-indian-premier-league-2016".

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