Mohandas Menon

Ind vs Zim - 5th ODI, ODI's at Guwahati

About the city
Formerly known as Gauhati. This town is the capital of the state of Assam, which is located in the northeastern part of India. It lies along the Brahmaputra River and was the capital of the Hindu kingdom of Kamarupa (under the name of Pragjyotisa) around AD 400.

In the 19th century, Guwahati was briefly under Burmese control and from 1826 until 1874 it was the British capital of Assam.

About the ground
The stadium is not used for first-class cricket any more, but have hosted 15 such matches from 1972-73 to 1992-93 (currently all first-class matches are played at the nearby Railway Stadium at Maligaon).

The records:
Since December 1983, nine ODI matches have been hosted here. The home team has appeared in six - winning and losing three each. Zimbabwe lost its only match here to India in March 1993, by seven wickets.

Highest team scores:
306-6 (50 overs) by West Indies v New Zealand, 1-11-1994
India's best:
188 (45.3 overs) v New Zealand, 14-11-1999

Lowest team scores:
135 (41.3 overs) by India v West Indies, 23-12-1987

Hundreds (1)
111 by Carl Hooper for West Indies v New Zealand, 1-11-1994

Best for India
82 not out by Sachin Tendulkar v Sri Lanka, 22-12-1997
Best for Zimbabwe
57 by Grant Flower v India, 22-3-1993

Best bowling
5-22 by Robin Singh for India v Sri Lanka, 22-12-1997

Know more:
1st ODI: Faridabad
2nd ODI: Mohali
3rd ODI: Kochi
4th ODI: Hyderabad