Reliance Stadium

Reliance Stadium

Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Sports Complex Ground
Ground information
Location	Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Establishment	1990
Capacity	20,000
Owner	Reliance Industries
Architect	Rakesh Parikh
Operator	Baroda Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian Cricket Team Baroda cricket team
End names
n/a
International information
First ODI	28 October 1994:   India v   New Zealand
Last ODI	10 December 2010:   India v   New Zealand
First WODI	16 December 1997:   South Africa v   Pakistan
Last WODI	14 October 2019:   India v   South Africa
First WT20I	2 April 2013:   India v   Bangladesh
Last WT20I	5 April 2013:   India v   Bangladesh
As of 25 February 2024 Source: Reliance Stadium, ESPNcricinfo

Reliance Stadium or Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd Sports Complex Ground also known as the IPCL Ground is located in Vadodara, Gujarat.

The stadium is owned by Reliance Industries and is also known as, Reliance Stadium. The stadium is the home ground of the Baroda cricket team, one of India's domestic teams.

The stadium has hosted 10 ODI matches since 1994, the last one in 2010 (part of the India New Zealand series December 2010), but has yet to stage a Test match.

History

One of the four first-class and two international grounds in Vadodara, the IPCL Sports Complex Ground is part of the sprawling IPCL complex, situated about 10 kilometers from the city centre. The ground was owned and maintained by the Reliance Industries and has taken preference over the oldest cricket ground in Asia the Moti Bagh Stadium for ODIs. ^{[ citation needed ]}

The batsmen have traditionally enjoyed this high-scoring venue with a true wicket that holds up throughout the length of a 50-over game.^{[ citation needed ]}

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year
India	New Zealand	India	By 7 Wickets	1994
Netherlands	New Zealand	New Zealand	BY 119 Runs	1996
India	Zimbabwe	India	By 13 Runs	1998
India	South Africa	India	By 4 Wickets	2000
India	West Indies	West Indies	By 5 Wickets	2002
India	Sri Lanka	India	By 5 Wickets	2005
India	West Indies	India	By 160 runs	2007
India	Australia	Australia	By 9 Wickets	2007
India	Australia	Australia	By 4 runs	2009
India	New Zealand	India	By 9 Wickets	2010

Game Statistics:

Category	Information
Highest Team Score	India (341/3 in 50 overs against West Indies)
Lowest Team Score	India (148 all out in 39.4 overs against Australia)
Best Batting Performance	Gautam Gambhir (126 runs)
Most Prolific Batsman	Sachin Tendulkar (442 Runs)
Best Bowling Performance	Mitchell Johnson (5/26 against India)

List of Centuries

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to the player's team result

One Day Internationals

Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting tries to hook a ball off India's Asish Nehra at Vadodara

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	108	Ken Rutherford	New Zealand	102	1	India	28 October 1994	Lost [1]
2	115	Sachin Tendulkar	India	136	2	New Zealand	28 October 1994	Won [1]
3	122	Sachin Tendulkar	India	138	2	South Africa	17 March 2000	Won [2]
4	101	Chris Gayle	West Indies	107	2	India	18 March 2002	Won [3]
5	100*	Sachin Tendulkar	India	76	1	West Indies	31 January 2007	Won [4]
6	126*	Gautam Gambhir	India	117	2	New Zealand	4 December 2010	Won [5]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	The bowler was man of the match
‡	10 or more wickets taken in the match
§	One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled.
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn	The match was drawn.

One Day Internationals

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Mitchell Johnson †	11 October 2007	Australia	India	1	10	26	5	2.6	Yuvraj Singh Robin Uthappa MS Dhoni Irfan Pathan Murali Kartik	Australia Won

Trivia

• Sachin Tendulkar has scored three centuries in six matches on this ground and won the Man of the Match award on all three occasions. Tendulkar's overall record is 442 runs at an average of 85.60.
• The highest team score posted here is 341/3 on 31 Jan 2007 by the Indian national cricket team against West Indies national cricket team.
• The lowest team score posted here is 148 all out on 11 Oct 2007, also by Indian national cricket team against Australia national cricket team.
• The leading run scorers here have been Sachin Tendulkar- 442 runs, Saurav Ganguly- 290 runs and Gautam Gambhir- 194 runs.
• The leading wicket takers here have been Mitchell Johnson- 7 wickets and Ajit Agarkar- 5 wickets.

References

1. "3rd Match, Wills World Series at Vadodara, Oct 28 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
2. "4th ODI, South Africa tour of India at Vadodara, Mar 17 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
3. "5th ODI, West Indies tour of India at Vadodara, Nov 18 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
4. "4th ODI, West Indies tour of India at Vadodara, Jan 31 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
5. "3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] at Vadodara, Dec 4 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

External links

• ESPNcricinfo Website - Ground Page
• cricketarchive Website - Ground Page
• Baroda Cricket Association Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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