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Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is a sports ground in Uppal, Hyderabad, India. It has a capacity of 55,000. The ground hosted Test cricket for the first time in 2010 when India played New Zealand. [1] 4 Test matches have been played at the ground [2] along with 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2005 when India played South Africa. [3]
Kiwi batsman Tim McIntosh became the first man to score a Test century at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium when he made 102 against India in 2010. The highest Test individual score at the ground was scored by another kiwi batsman Brendon McCullum, who scored 225 runs at the same match. Two double centuries have been scored at the venue. Overall, there are 8 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. [4]
Five ODI centuries have been scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, and the first by Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh who scored 103 from 122 deliveries against South Africa in 2005. The highest score achieved at the ground is 175 made by Sachin Tendulkar against Australia in 2009. [5]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 102 | Tim McIntosh | ![]() | 254 | 1 | ![]() | 12 November 2010 | Drawn |
2 | 111* | Harbhajan Singh | ![]() | 116 | 2 | ![]() | 12 November 2010 | Drawn |
3 | 225 | Brendon McCullum | ![]() | 208 | 3 | ![]() | 12 November 2010 | Drawn |
4 | 159 | Cheteshwar Pujara (1/2) | ![]() | 306 | 1 | ![]() | 23 August 2012 | Won |
5 | 167 | Murali Vijay (1/2) | ![]() | 361 | 2 | ![]() | 2 March 2013 | Won |
6 | 204 | Cheteshwar Pujara (2/2) | ![]() | 341 | 2 | ![]() | 2 March 2013 | Won |
7 | 112 | Murali Vijay (2/2) | ![]() | 160 | 1 | ![]() | 9 February 2017 | Won |
8 | 204 | Virat Kohli | ![]() | 246 | 1 | ![]() | 9 February 2017 | Won |
9 | 106* | Wriddhiman Saha | ![]() | 155 | 1 | ![]() | 9 February 2017 | Won |
10 | 127 | Mushfiqur Rahim | ![]() | 262 | 2 | ![]() | 9 February 2017 | Lost |
11 | 106 | Roston Chase | ![]() | 189 | 1 | ![]() | 13 October 2018 | Lost |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 103 | Yuvraj Singh (1/2) | ![]() | 122 | 1 | ![]() | 16 November 2005 | Lost |
2 | 121 | Yuvraj Singh (2/2) | ![]() | 115 | 2 | ![]() | 5 October 2007 | Lost |
3 | 112 | Shaun Marsh | ![]() | 112 | 1 | ![]() | 5 November 2009 | Won |
4 | 175 | Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() | 141 | 2 | ![]() | 5 November 2009 | Lost |
5 | 118 | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() | 124 | 1 | ![]() | 9 November 2014 | Lost |
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Located in the eastern suburb of Uppal, it has a capacity of 55,000 and extends across 16 acres (65,000 m2) of land. It serves as the home ground for the Hyderabad Cricket Association and the Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad. As of 3 March 2019, it has hosted 5 Tests, 6 ODIs and 2 T20Is. This stadium hosted the opener and final of 2017 Indian Premier League, and also the final of 2019 Indian Premier League.