Holkar Stadium

Holkar Cricket Stadium (Hindi: होलकर स्टेडियम) is located in Indore, India. It was earlier known as Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground. But in 2010, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association renamed it after the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas that ruled Indore State.[1] Indore city has another International Cricket stadium "Nehru Stadium" which was used for International matches until 31 March 2001.[2]

Holkar Stadium
Ground information
LocationRace Course Road, Indore, India
Establishment1990
Capacity30,000
OwnerMadhya Pradesh Cricket Association
OperatorMadhya Pradesh Cricket Association
TenantsMadhya Pradesh cricket team
International information
First Test8–11 October 2016:
 India v  New Zealand
Last Test14–16 November 2019:
 India v  Bangladesh
First ODI15 April 2006:
 India v  England
Last ODI24 September 2017:
 India v  Australia
First T20I22 December 2017:
 India v  Sri Lanka
Last T20I7 January 2020:
 India v  Sri Lanka
Team information
Madhya Pradesh cricket team (1990–present)
Kings XI Punjab (2017–present)
As of 7 January 2020
Source: Cricinfo

It has a seating capacity of around 30,000 spectators. It is also equipped with flood lights for night matches.[3] Virender Sehwag recorded the third highest ODI score of 219 at this ground.[4] Gwalior's Captain Roop Singh Stadium, another international stadium in Madhya Pradesh, is a bit smaller than Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium.[5] However, capacity of Captain Roop Singh Stadium is more than Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium.

The ground stages the majority of Madhya Pradesh cricket team's home matches in the Ranji Trophy. The stadium was selected to be one of the six new Test venues in India. On 8 October 2016, Holkar stadium hosted its first Test match when India hosted New Zealand for the third and final test of the series and became the twenty-second test venue of India.

History

The credit for giving land for the stadium goes to the Holkar's of the Maratha Confederacy. The ruling Maratha family of Indore State encouraged and pioneered cricket in this part of the country. Holkar cricket team appeared in ten Ranji Trophy season's, reaching the final eight times and winning the title four times.

It is on the some part of this ground that an older stadium was present where the Holkar's cricket team won its three Ranji Trophy titles, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In this sense, some part of this stadium has seen greats like C.K. Nayudu and Mushtaq Ali playing for Ranji Trophy.

The stadium has hosted four One Day Internationals, two of them between India and England. The first was staged on 15 April 2006, India successfully chased 289 to complete a 5-0 series win in what was a dead rubber. Its second international match came two and a half years later when England next toured, India again winning. The other two were against West Indies and South Africa.

The Stadium hosted its first ever IPL match on 13 May 2011. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi is the home venue for the Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers Kerala and officially hosted 5 home-matches of the franchise. The remaining 2 home matches were played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium. In 2017, Kings XI Punjab selected the Holkar stadium as one of their home grounds for three IPL matches.

Virender Sehwag made the highest runs in a limited over innings of cricket 219 here on 8 December 2011 against West Indies, which was later broken by Rohit Sharma.

In November 2015, the stadium was selected to be one of the six new Test venues along with Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.[6]

Holkar Stadium hosted its maiden Test match in October 2016 when New Zealand cricket team toured India.[7] India defeated New Zealand by 321 runs on the fourth day to complete a 3-0 series whitewash.

The Stadium was selected to host the final of the 2016-17 edition of the Ranji Trophy from 10 January 2017.[8]

Stadium hosted 2 international matches in 2017, One Day International between Indian Cricket Team & Australian Cricket Team was played on 24 September 2017 whereas T20 International between Indian Cricket Team & Sri Lanka Cricket Team was played in December 2017.[9] In this T20I match Rohit Sharma scored his 2nd T20I century. He scored 118 runs from 43 balls[10]

Naming of various landmarks around the stadium

In 2011, a committee was formed to decide the naming of Pavilion, Dressing Rooms and Stands/Galleries around the stadium. This committee had Surya Prakash Chaturvedi as the chairman. As per the recommendations of the committee following landmarks have been named :

Ground profile

It is currently used mainly for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 2003 and has a capacity of 30,000 seats. It has floodlight facilities to host a D/N match and has one of the best draining facilities in India. India are undefeated at this stadium, having won all four One Day Internationals and the only Test they have played at the venue.

This is considered as one of the smallest grounds in terms of field size to have hosted international cricket in the world. The straight boundaries are a mere 68 meters while the square ones aren't more than 56 meters. Along with these features, a flat pitch with true bounce where the ball normally comes on to the bat well, a lightning fast outfield and altitude over 600m above sea level making the ball travel much further when hit into the air make this ground a batsman's paradise.

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
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1211Virat Kohli India3661 New Zealand8 October 2016Won[14]
2188Ajinkya Rahane India3811 New Zealand8 October 2016Won[14]
3101*Cheteshwar Pujara India1483 New Zealand8 October 2016Won[14]
4243Mayank Agarwal India3302 Bangladesh14 November 2019Won[15]

One Day Internationals
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1118Yuvraj Singh India1221 England17 November 2008Won[16]
2219Virender Sehwag India1491 West Indies8 December 2011Won[17]
3124Aaron Finch Australia1251 India24 September 2017Lost[18]

Twenty20 Internationals
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1118Rohit Sharma India431 Sri Lanka22 December 2017Won[19]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key
Symbol Meaning
The bowler was man of the match
10 or more wickets taken in the match
§ One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled.
Runs Number of runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn The match was drawn.

Tests
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Ravichandran Ashwin §8 October 2016 India New Zealand227.28162.96 Won [14]
2Ravichandran Ashwin §8 October 2016 India New Zealand413.55974.26 Won [14]

One Day Internationals
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1S. Sreesanth 15 April 2006 India England1105565.50 Won[20]

See also

References
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