Indian Cricket Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association, Nagpur

Nagpur, famous as the city of Orange, is famous in Cricket fraternity as the stadium where batsmen have no limits. In its last 7 ODIs, except one instance where Canada became the only team to score below 200 runs on Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, twice both teams have scored 300+ and thrice teams have scored 300 or more to chase high totals, the 7th match in 2013 when 4 centuries were scored in the same match as Indians chased 351 runs scored by Aussies. While 4 matches were hosted during World Cup 2011, since Nagpur’s ODI debut in 2009 India has played 5 of the 8 ODIs hosted at Nagpur, winning all three against Aussies and losing one each against Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Indian ODI Venues record: Kolkata, Brabourne, Mumbai, Mohali, Hyderabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Indore, Bangalore

Nagpur made its ODI debut in 2009 when Indians defeated Australia by just a run below 100 runs. India has played three more matches at Nagpur’s Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha losing one each against Sri Lanka and South Africa while winning against Aussies again 4 years later in 2013. Besides three ODIs against India, Australia has played one ODI during 2011 World Cup against New Zealand. Overall, Nagpur has hosted 8 ODIs.

Statistics

    Highest Team Scores: 6 (twice both teams scored 300 in same match)

      354/7 Ind vs Aus 2009
      351/4 Ind vs Aus 2013
      350/6 Aus vs Ind 2013
      302/7 Sri Lanka vs Ind 2009
      301/7 Ind vs SL 2009
      300/7 South Africa vs Ind 2011 WC

    Lowest Score: 123 Canada vs Zimbabwe 2011 WC (Only score below 200)
    10 100s:

      156 Bailey, 124 Dhoni, 123 Dilshan, 119 Doeschate, 115* Kohli, 111 Tendulkar, 107 Dhoni, 102 Watson, 100 Dhawan, 125 Rohit Sharma
      2 centuries by Dhoni
      6 Centuries by Indians

    Best Bowling: 5 wickets by Steyn

All ODI Results at Nagpur
1. Oct 28 2009, India def Aus by 99 runs

    Captains: Dhoni, Ponting
    Scores: Ind 354/7, Aus 255, MOM: Dhoni (107-ball 124)
    High Scores: 124 Dhoni, 76 Gambhir, 62 Raina, Sehwag 40, Michael Hussey 53
    Best Bowling: 2/37 Praveen Kumar, 2/34 Ishant Sharma, 3/35 Jadeja
    100+ Partnerships:
    119 4th Gambhir, Dhoni
    136 5th Dhoni, Raina

2. Dec 18 2009, India lost to Sri Lanka by 3 wickets

    Captains: Dhoni, Sangakkara
    Scores: Ind 301/7, SL 302/7 (49.1), MOM: Dilshan (113-ball 123)
    High Scores: 107 Dhoni, 123 Dilshan, 54 Kohli, 68 Raina
    Best Bowling: 3/51 Randiv, 3/63 Zaheer Khan, 0/42 Jadeja
    100+ Partnerships
    126 5th Dhoni, Raina
    102 1st Tharanga, Dilshan
    Records:
    2nd consecutive century at Nagpur by Dhoni
    One century each from both sides.

3. Feb 22 2011, England def Netherlands by 6 wickets

    Captains: Peter Borren, Strauss
    Scores: Neth 292/6, Eng 296/4 (48.4) , MOM: Doeschate (119, 2/47)
    High Scores: 119 Doeschate, Strauss 88, Trott 62
    Best Bowling: 2/35 Swann, 2/47 Doeschate
    100+ Partnerships
    105 1st Strauss, Pietersen

4. Feb 25 2011, Aus def New Zealand by 7 wickets

    Captains: Vettori, Ponting
    Scores: NZ 206 (45.1), Aus 207/3 (34), MOM: Johnson (4/33)
    High Scores: Nathan McCullum 52, Watson 62, Haddin 55
    Best Bowling: 4/33 Johonson (3 maidens), 3/35 Shaun Tait, 1/9 (3 overs) Watson
    100+ Partnerships
    133 1st Watson, Haddin

5. Feb 28 2011, Zimbabwe def Canada by 175 runs

    Captains: Chigumbura, Ashish Bagai
    Scores: Zim 298/9, Can 123 (42.1), MOM: Tatenda Taibu (98)
    High Scores: 98 Taibu, 85 Ervine
    Best Bowling: 2/44 Khurram Chohan, 4/57 Balaji Rao, 3/16 (4 maidens) Ray Price, 3/31 Cremer, 0/12 (5) Mpofu, 0/11 (5) Sean Williams
    100+ Partnerships:
    181 3rd Taibu, Ervine
    Records
    Biggest win by runs at Nagpur

6. Mar 12 2011, India lost to South Africa by 3 wickets

    Captains: Dhoni, Graeme Smith
    Scores: Ind 296 (48.4), SA 300/7 (49.4), MOM: 5/50 Steyn
    High Scores: 111 Tendulkar, 73 Sehwag, 69 Gambhir, 61 Hashim Amla, 69 Kallis, 52 AB de Villiers
    Best Bowling: 5/50 Steyn, 0/39 (9) Botha, 3/53 Harbhajan
    100+ Partnerships
    142 1st Sehwag, Tendulkar
    125 2nd Tendulkar, Gambhir
    Records
    Last 8 Indian wickets fell for 29 runs

7. Oct 30 2013, India def Australia by 6 wickets

    Captains: Dhoni, Bailey
    Scores: Aus 350/6, Ind 351/4 (49.3) MOM: Kohli (66-ball 115* 18 4s 1 six)
    High Scores: Watson 102, Bailey 156, 100 Dhawan, 115* Kohli
    Best Bowling: 1/66 (1 maiden) Shami
    100+ Partnerships
    168 3rd Watson, Bailey
    120 5th Bailey, Voges
    178 1st Rohit Sharma, Dhawan
    Records
    Highest score chased in India by India.
    4 centuries scored in one match, 2 each by both teams

8. Oct 1, 2017, India def Australia by 7 wickets (43 balls remaining)

    Captains: Kohli, Smith
    Scores: Aus 242/9, Ind 243/3 (42.5), MOM: Rohit Sharma, Player of the Series: Hardik Pandya
    High Scores: Warner 53, Rohit Sharma 125, Rahane 61
    Best Bowling: 3/38 Axar Patel, 2/51 (2 maidens) Bumrah
    100+ Partnerships:
    124 1st Rahane, Rohit Sharma
    99 2nd Rohit Sharma, Kohli
    Records:
    14th ODI century for Rohit Sharma
    6000 ODI runs for Rohit Sharma
    8th 100+ opening stand in a year is new record for India
    1st instance of 3 consecutive 100+ opening wicket partnerships for India (Rahane, Rohit)
    222 runs and 6 wickets in series earn Pandya first Player of the Series Award. He earned 2 MOMs in first three ODIs of series.

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