Holkar Stadium

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Holkar Stadium
Maharani Usha Raje Cricket Stadium Indore - panoramio.jpg
Ground information
LocationRace course Rd, Indore, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates 22°43′27″N75°52′46″E / 22.72417°N 75.87944°E / 22.72417; 75.87944
Home club Madhya Pradesh cricket team
Madhya Pradesh women's cricket team
Capacity30,000
Owner Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
Operator Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association
Tenants India national cricket team
India women's cricket team
Kings XI Punjab
International information
First Test8–11 October 2016:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Last Test1–3 March 2023:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
First ODI15 April 2006:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of England.svg  England
Last ODI24 September 2023:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
First T20I22 December 2017:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Last T20I14 January 2024:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
As of 14 January 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Holkar Cricket Stadium is located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is owned and operated by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association and serves as its headquarter. It is the home ground of Madhya Pradesh cricket team, MP women's team. [1]

Contents

It was formerly known as Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground, in 2010, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association renamed it after the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire that ruled Indore State. [2] Holkar stadium's ground is very small, its square boundaries are only 56 meters long. [3] [4] in 2006 it hosted its first ODI, since then it regularly hosts International matches. [1]

Indore city has another cricket stadium, Nehru Stadium which was used for International matches until 31 March 2001. [5]

It has a seating capacity of around 30,000 spectators. It is equipped with flood lights for night matches. [6] Virender Sehwag recorded the third highest ODI score of 219 at this ground. [7] Gwalior's Captain Roop Singh Stadium, another international stadium in Madhya Pradesh, is a bit smaller in capacity than Indore's Holkar Cricket Stadium. [8]

The ground stages the majority of Madhya Pradesh cricket team's home matches in the Ranji Trophy. On 8 October 2016, It hosted its first ever Test match when India played against New Zealand. It became the twenty-second test venue in 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.[ citation needed ]

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 a total of 7 ODIs (2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017, January 2023 and September 2023), 3 Tests (2016, 2019 and 2023) and 4 T20Is (2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024 [9] ). Apart from these the venue has witnessed a total of 9 IPL matches. [10] Since the stadium's inauguration, Team India had a 100% winning record until 4 October 2022, losing to South Africa by 49 runs in a T20I match during the South Africa Tour of India in 2022. [1]

The first match was staged on 15 April 2006, India successfully chased 289 to complete a 5–0 series win on England 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 rest three ODIs were against West Indies, South Africa and Australia.

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. [11]

Holkar Stadium hosted its first Test match in October 2016 when New Zealand cricket team toured India. [12] India defeated New Zealand by 321 runs on the fourth day to complete a 3–0 series whitewash. The second Test match was played between India and Bangladesh in 2019. [10]

The Stadium was selected to host the final of the 2016-17 edition of the Ranji Trophy from 10 January 2017. [13]

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. [14] In this T20I match Rohit Sharma scored his 2nd T20I century. He scored 118 runs from 43 balls [15]

Names of places in 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 :

List of international matches

Test Matches

No.Team 1Team 2WinnerMarginDateScorecard
1Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of India.svg  India 321 runs8–11 October 2016

Scorecard

2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India Innings & 130 runs14–16 November 2019 Scorecard
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9 wickets1–3 March 2023 Scorecard

One-day Internationals

No.Team 1Team 2WinnerMarginDateScorecardNotes
1Flag of England.svg  England Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India 7 wickets15 April 2006 Scorecard
2Flag of India.svg  India Flag of England.svg  England Flag of India.svg  India 54 runs17 November 2008 Scorecard
3Flag of India.svg  India WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of India.svg  India 153 runs8 December 2011 Scorecard India's highest total till date in ODI
4Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of India.svg  India 22 runs14 October 2015 Scorecard
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India 5 wickets24 September 2017 Scorecard
6Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of India.svg  India 90 runs24 January 2023 Scorecard
7Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 99 runs (DLS Method)24 September 2023 Scorecard India's second highest score in this stadium.

India's highest runs against Australia.

Twenty20 Internationals

No.Team 1Team 2WinnerMarginDateScorecardNotes
1Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India 88 runs22 December 2017 Scorecard India's highest total till date in T20I
2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India 7 wickets7 January 2020 Scorecard
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49 runs4 October 2022 Scorecard
4Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan TBDTBD14 January 2024 Scorecard

List of international centuries

Key

Test Centuries

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1211 Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 3661Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8–11 October 2016Won [19]
2188 Ajinkya Rahane Flag of India.svg  India 3811Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8–11 October 2016Won [19]
3101* Cheteshwar Pujara Flag of India.svg  India 1483Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8–11 October 2016Won [19]
4243 Mayank Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India 3302Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 14–16 November 2019Won [20]

One Day Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1118 Yuvraj Singh Flag of India.svg  India 1221Flag of England.svg  England 17 November 2008Won [21]
2219 Virender Sehwag Flag of India.svg  India 1491WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 8 December 2011Won [22]
3124 Aaron Finch Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1251Flag of India.svg  India 24 September 2017Lost [23]
4101 Rohit Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 851Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24 January 2023Won [24]
5112 Shubman Gill Flag of India.svg  India 781Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24 January 2023Won [24]
6138 Devon Conway Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1001Flag of India.svg  India 24 January 2023Lost [24]
7105 Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 901Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24 September 2023Won [25]
8104 Shubman Gill Flag of India.svg  India 971Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24 September 2023Won [25]

Twenty20 Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1118 Rohit Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 431Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 22 December 2017Won [26]
2100* Rilee Rossouw Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 481Flag of India.svg  India 4 October 2022Won [27]

List of five wicket hauls

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Holkar Stadium [28]
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Ravichandran Ashwin 8 October 2016Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 227.2816India won [19]
2 Ravichandran Ashwin 8 October 2016Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 413.5597India won [19]
3 Matthew Kuhnemann 1 March 2023Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 19165Australia won [29]
4 Nathan Lyon 1 March 2023Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 323.3648Australia won [29]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's ODI matches at Holkar Stadium [30]
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 S. Sreesanth 15 April 2006Flag of India.svg  India Flag of England.svg  England 110556India won [31]

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