Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium
Ground information
Location Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
Establishment 2003
Capacity 26,000[1]
Owner Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association
Operator Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association
Tenants Indian cricket team
Himachal Pradesh cricket team
Kings XI Punjab
End names
River End
College End
International information
First ODI 27 January 2013:
 India v  England
Last ODI 16 October 2016:
 India v  New Zealand
First T20I 2 October 2015:
 India v  South Africa
Last T20I 18 March 2016:
 Australia v  New Zealand
As of 18 March 2016
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, abbreviated as HPCA Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in the city of Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, India. The town of Dharamsala is best known internationally as the home of the Dalai Lama of Tibet.

Location and history

The stadium is home to Himachal Pradesh cricket team for Ranji Trophy matches and other limited overs matches. The stadium also hosted IPL matches as a home stadium for Kings XI Punjab.[2][3]

The venue is unique in India in that it is situated at an altitude of 1,457 m (4,780 ft 2 in) above sea level and has the snow-capped Himalayan mountains in the background. Getting to Dharamsala from the nearest airport in Gaggal, around 8 kilometres away through hilly terrain, the harsh winters, during which it rains and snows, are deterrents to organizing regular matches.

Dav Whatmore, the former Director of the Indian National Cricket Academy recommended during his tenure that the stadium is suitable for hosting international cricket matches.[2] The first international team that played here was the Pakistan cricket team, which played a match against an India A in 2005.[3]

The first ODI was played between India and England in January 2013, which England won by 7 wickets. The second ODI was played between India and West Indies on 17 October 2014 in which India beat the West Indies by 59 runs.

Panorama of Dharamsala Stadium

In November 2015, the stadium was selected one of the six new Test venue along with Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Holkar Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.[4]

ACC Centre of Excellence

In December 2015, Asian Cricket Council decided to set up Centre of Excellence at Dharmashala.[5][6]

2016 ICC World Twenty20

On 21 July 2015, the BCCI announced the names of the cities which will be hosting the matches of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Dharamsala was announced as one of the eight venues of the event.[7] On 11 December 2015, ICC announced the fixtures of the event where HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala will host all Group A matches, and single Super 10 group match.[8]

Originally the marquee India vs Pakistan match was scheduled to be hosted by this venue.[9] With the announcement that HPCA could not provide the required security for the Pakistani team,[10] the match was moved to Eden Gardens, Kolkata.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | India | Cricket Grounds". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  2. 1 2 "Indian Premier League | IPLT20 Ahmedabad". Iplt20.com. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Dharamshala to be ready for IPL by April". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Arun Venugopal. "BCCI revamps selection committee, announces new Test centres | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  5. ↑ "ACC sets up Centre of Excellence in Dharamsala | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  6. ↑ "Asian Cricket Council Center Of Excellence". Asiancricket.org. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Eden Gardens to host 2016 World T20 final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fixtures for the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016". Icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  9. ↑ "Dharamsala to host World T20 India-Pakistan match | Cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  10. ↑ Gollapudi, Nagraj (1 March 2016). "Political tussle clouds India-Pakistan World T20 match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "India-Pakistan game moved to Kolkata". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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