Mohandas Menon
Ind vs Zim - 1st Test, Nagpur.
About the city:
Known as the 'city of oranges', Nagpur, is a bustling city located in
central India, in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra. Situated
on the Nag River, it was the capital of the Maratha kingdom in the 18th
century. Later it became the capital of the newly formed Madhya Pradesh
state in 1950, until it was passed on to Maharashtra in 1960.
About the ground:
Although cricket has been played in this city from the turn of the last
century, it gained importance during the 1920s when the popular Central
Provinces Quadrangular was played here. However it was only in October
1969, the ground had the privilege of staging an international match - the
second Test between India and New Zealand.
The next Test was then played fourteen years later, in 1983 when the Pakistanis were the visitors. Since
then the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium, which can accommodate about
42, 000 spectators, has in all hosted six Test matches and ten limited over
internationals matches from 1985 to 2000.
Records
Summary of matches & results: |
Num |
Start date |
End date |
Opponents |
Result |
1 |
3rd Oct 1969 |
8th Oct 1969 |
NZ |
NZ won by 167 runs |
2 |
5th Oct 1983 |
10th Oct 1983 |
Pak |
drawn |
3 |
27th Dec 1986 |
31st Dec 1986 |
SL |
Ind won by inns & 106
runs |
4 |
1st Dec 1994 |
5th Dec 1994 |
WI |
Drawn |
5 |
26th Nov 1997 |
30th Nov 1997 |
SL |
Drawn |
6 |
25th Nov 2000 |
29th Nov 2000 |
Zim |
drawn |
7 |
15th June 2001 |
18th June 2001 |
Harare |
Zim 4wickets |
Highest team totals:
609-6d by India v Zimbabwe, 2000
Lowest team totals:
109 by India v New Zealand, 1969
Highest individual scores:
232* - Andy Flower for Zimbabwe v India, 2000
201* - Sachin Tendulkar for India v Zimbabwe, 2000
Note: in all 11 hundreds have been scored at this venue
Best bowling (in an innings):
7-51 - Maninder Singh for India v Sri Lanka, 1986
6-74 - S Venkataraghvan for India v New Zealand, 1969
Note: in all 9 five-plus wicket hauls have been achieved at this venue
Best bowling (in a match):
10-107 - Maninder Singh for India v Sri Lanka, 1986