List of international cricket centuries at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Since the VCA Stadium hosted its first Test match in 2008 and first ODI match in 2009, 9 Test and 10 ODI centuries have been scored at the ground.

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, also known as the New VCA Stadium, is a cricket ground in Nagpur, India. It is the home of the Vidarbha cricket team in the Ranji Trophy and the Central Zone cricket team in the Duleep Trophy. It is also a Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International (T20) venue. The ground was opened in 2008. It replaced the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground as the city's primary cricket venue. The new Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium has a capacity of 45,000 spectators.[1] It has been praised by the International Cricket Council,[2] and also by players, commentators and journalists because of its facilities.[3][4] The ground has hosted five Test matches, the first in 2008 when Australia lost to India by 172 runs.[5] It has also staged seven One Day International matches, the first of which was in 2009 when India beat Australia by 99 runs.[6] Ten Twenty20 Internationals have been played at the ground, the first when India played Sri Lanka in 2009.[7] Of the seven One Day Internationals played at the stadium, four matches were held during the group stage of the World Cup in 2011. Of the ten Twenty20 Internationals staged at the venue, nine matches were staged during the World Twenty20 in 2016.

The first Test century (100 or more runs in a single innings) scored at the ground was in 2008 by the India's Sachin Tendulkar in the first innings of the very first Test match played at the venue.[8] In total, 10 Test centuries have been scored at the ground in 5 Test matches. South African Hashim Amla's 253 not out, scored against India in 2010, is the highest Test innings achieved at the ground. The highest Test score at the ground by an Indian player is 191 by Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 2010. With two Test centuries scored the venue, Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to have scored more than one Test century at the ground.[9]

The first One Day International century scored at the ground was in 2009 by the Indian Mahendra Singh Dhoni against Australia. Dhoni's 124 not out, is the second highest ODI innings, and highest by an Indian player at the ground. Dhoni would also score the second ODI century at the ground two months later in a match against Sri Lanka. He remains the only player to have scored more than one ODI century at the stadium. The highest ODI score is 156 by the Australian George Bailey against India in 2010. In total, 9 ODI centuries have been scored by eight different batsmen at the ground in 10 ODI matches.[10] No centuries have been scored in the ten T20Is played at the venue. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara holds the record for the highest T20 International innings score at the ground, 78 against India in 2009. The highest T20I score at the ground by an Indian player is 55 by Gautam Gambhir against Sri Lanka in the same match.[11]

Key

Test centuries

The following table summaries the Test centuries scored at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.[9]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Winning team
1 109 Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (1/2)  India 1881  Australia 6 November 2008  India
2 102 Simon Katich  Australia 189 2  India 6 November 2008
3 253* Hashim Amla  South Africa 473 1  India 06 February 2010  South Africa[12]
4 173 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 351 1  India 06 February 2010
5 109 Virender Sehwag  India 139 2  South Africa 06 February 2010
6 100 Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (2/2)  India 179 3  South Africa 06 February 2010
7 191 Rahul Dravid  India 396 2  New Zealand 20 November 2010  India[13]
8 103 Virat Kohli  India 295 2  England 13 December 2012 Match drawn[14]
9 143 Jonathan Trott  England 310 3  India 13 December 2012
10 116* Ian Bell  England 306 3  India 13 December 2012

ODI centuries

The following table summaries the ODI centuries scored at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.[10]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Winning team
1 124Mahendra Singh Dhoni  India 1071 Australia28 October 2009  India[15]
2 107 Mahendra Singh Dhoni  India 111 1  Sri Lanka 18 December 2009  Sri Lanka[16]
3 123 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka 113 2  India
4 119 Ryan ten Doeschate  Netherlands 110 1  England 22 February 2011  England[17]
5 111 Sachin Tendulkar  India 101 1  South Africa 12 March 2011  South Africa[18]
6 102 Shane Watson  Australia 94 1  India 30 October 2013  India[19]
7 156 George Bailey  Australia 114 1  India
8 100 Shikhar Dhawan  India 102 2  Australia
9 115* Virat Kohli  India 66 2  Australia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Nagpur likely to host third India-New Zealand Test - Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2010-07-02). Retrieved on 2013-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Venues » Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur". BCCI.tv. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Spectator-friendly minus the spectators". Cricinfo.
  5. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Aggregate/overall records". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Aggregate/overall records". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Aggregate/overall records". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "West Indies tour of India, 3rd Test: India v West Indies at Mohali, Dec 10-14, 1994". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Highest individual scores". ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "1st Test: India v South Africa at Nagpur, Feb 6-9, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  13. ↑ "3rd Test: India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Nov 20-23, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  14. ↑ "4th Test: India v England at Nagpur, Dec 13-17, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  15. ↑ "2nd ODI: India v Australia at Nagpur, Oct 28, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  16. ↑ "2nd ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Dec 18, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  17. ↑ "5th Match, Group B: England v Netherlands at Nagpur, Feb 22, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  18. ↑ "29th Match, Group B: India v South Africa at Nagpur, Mar 12, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  19. ↑ "6th ODI: India v Australia at Nagpur, Oct 30, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-11-01.

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