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The Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is a cricket ground in Mohali, near Chandigarh, India. It is popularly known to as the Mohali Stadium, PCA Stadium or Bindra Stadium. It has an official capacity of 26,950 spectators. [1] The stadium was designed by Arun Loomba and Associates, Panchkula and constructed by R.S. Construction Company, Chandigarh. [2] It is home to the Punjab cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kings XI Punjab, [3] as well as being a Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International (T20) venue. The ground has hosted thirteen Test matches, the first in 1994 when India played the West Indies. [4] It has also staged twenty-five One Day International matches, the first of which was in 1993 when South Africa lost to India by 43 runs. [5] Four T20 Internationals have been played at the ground, the first when India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in 2009. [6] Of the twenty-two One Day Internationals played at the stadium, three matches (including a semi-final) were staged during the World Cup in 2011. Of the four Twenty20 Internationals staged at the venue, three matches were held during the World Twenty20 in 2016.
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In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") [7] [8] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. [9] The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at PCA Stadium was Kenny Benjamin in 1994, for the West Indies against India in the fourth innings of the very first Test match to be held at the venue. India's Anil Kumble was one wicket short of a fifer in the second innings of the same match. The first Indian to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at Mohali was Javagal Srinath, who did so in a game against New Zealand in 1999. With two five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground, Kumble is the only bowler to have taken more than one fifer at the ground. In total, 13 bowlers have taken 14 five-wicket hauls in all Test matches held at Mohali. [10]
Three bowlers have taken one five-wicket haul each at the ground in ODIs. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in an ODI match was Makhaya Ntini, for South Africa against Pakistan in 2006. [11] Australia's James Faulkner is the only bowler to have taken a five-wicket haul in a T20I match held at the ground, doing so against Pakistan in a 2016 World Twenty20 match. [12]
