Cricket stadium
The Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground is a cricket ground located in the city of Nagpur.[1]
The ground is known as the VCA Ground and belongs to the Central Zone. The first match was played here in October 1969. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted nine Tests and 14 ODIs.
It has been replaced by a new stadium called Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as an international cricket stadium. It continues to be used by the Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh cricket teams.
Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.
In 1995, during the 5th ODI between India and New Zealand, a wall in the East Stand collapsed, killing 9 people and injuring 70 others.[2]
History
The tenth Test venue in the country, the Vidarbha Cricket Association-managed ground, probably the only international venue where you can walk straight into the ground from the road, has always made headlines for various reasons.
Chetan Sharma takes the first Cricket World Cup hat-trick in history, with the wickets of Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield in Nagpur. All three were bowled.[3]
Sunil Gavaskar got his only one-day, and World Cup, century here when India won by a huge margin against New Zealand in their final league encounter of the 1987 Reliance World Cup. This is the second best ground for Sachin Tendulkar when it comes to centuries. Sachin Tendulkar has three here after four in Chepauk.
The pitch was just like any other docile pitch, until the BCCI-appointed pitch committee recommended the re-laying of the wicket in 1999. It took a while for the wicket to assume the true shape that it was designed to.
The unique thing about this wicket is the 30-inch deep double-brick layer (normally there is a 15-inch brick layer) which facilitates extra pace and bounce. This was a factor when Australia conquered the 'final frontier' as they beat India handsomely in the third Test to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The local critics were up-in-arms at how the curator ignored the home team's cause and prepared a fast wicket that helped the opposition fast bowlers. But the curator insisted that he had simply followed the instructions of the pitch panel. Today Nagpur is one of the only grounds to assist genuine fast bowlers in pace and movement and several first-class games in the 2004/05 season ended within three days as the medium-pacers reaped rich rewards.
Records
Test
Batting
Bowling
One Day International
Batting
Bowling
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
Test Centuries
One Day Internationals
List of Five Wicket Hauls
Key
Tests
One Day Internationals
See also
References
- ^ "VCA Ground". ESPNcricinfo. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "20 years after wall collapsed, VCA moved on". TOI (Times of India). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ India vs New Zealand
- ^ a b c d "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 27–31 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "2nd Test, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 1–5 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 25–29 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "1st Test, Zimbabwe tour of India at Nagpur, Feb 21–25 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 26–29 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "1st Test, England tour of India at Nagpur, Mar 1–5 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "24th Match, Reliance World Cup at Nagpur, Oct 31 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 1 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "5th ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 26 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "2nd Match, Pepsi Cup at Nagpur, Mar 22 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 9 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "1st ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Jan 21 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "6th ODI, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 14 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "2nd Test, New Zealand tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 3–8 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "3rd Test, Pakistan tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 5–10 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 26–30 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "1st ODI, West Indies tour of India at Nagpur, Dec 8 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
External links
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