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.