Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground

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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
VCA Ground
VCA India v England 2006.jpg
VCA Ground, Civil Lines, Nagpur
Ground information
Location Nagpur
CountryIndia
Establishment1929 (First match recorded)
Capacity40,000
Owner Vidarbha Cricket Association
Operator Vidarbha Cricket Association
End names
Jaika End
Church End
International information
First Test3 October 1965:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Last Test1 March 2006:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of England.svg  England
First ODI23 January 1985:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of England.svg  England
Last ODI14 October 2007:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Only WODI18 December 1997:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia v Flag of England.svg  England
As of 9 December 2019
Source: Cricinfo

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground is a cricket ground located in the city of Nagpur. [1]

Contents

The ground is known as the VCA Ground and belongs to the Central Zone. The first match was played here in October 1969. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted nine Tests and 14 ODIs.

It has been replaced as an international venue by the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, but continues to be used in domestic cricket by the Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh.

Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.

In 1995, during the 5th ODI between India and New Zealand, a wall in the East Stand collapsed, killing 9 people and injuring 70 others. [2]

History

The tenth Test venue in the country, the Vidarbha Cricket Association-managed ground, probably the only international venue where you can walk straight into the ground from the road, has always made headlines for various reasons.

Chetan Sharma takes the first Cricket World Cup hat-trick in history, with the wickets of Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield in Nagpur. All three were bowled. [3]

Sunil Gavaskar got his only one-day, and World Cup, century here when India won by a huge margin against New Zealand in their final league encounter of the 1987 Reliance World Cup. This is the second best ground for Sachin Tendulkar when it comes to centuries. Sachin Tendulkar has three here after four in Chepauk.

The pitch was just like any other docile pitch, until the BCCI-appointed pitch committee recommended the re-laying of the wicket in 1999. It took a while for the wicket to assume the true shape that it was designed to.

The unique thing about this wicket is the 30-inch deep double-brick layer (normally there is a 15-inch brick layer) which facilitates extra pace and bounce. This was a factor when Australia conquered the 'final frontier' as they beat India handsomely in the third Test to win the Border–Gavaskar Trophy.

The local critics were up-in-arms at how the curator ignored the home team's cause and prepared a fast wicket that helped the opposition fast bowlers. But the curator insisted that he had simply followed the instructions of the pitch panel. Today Nagpur is one of the only grounds to assist genuine fast bowlers in pace and movement and several first-class games in the 2004/05 season ended within three days as the medium-pacers reaped rich rewards.

Records

Test

Batting

Bowling

One Day International

Batting

Bowling

List of Centuries

Key

Test Centuries

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1131 Mohinder Amarnath Flag of India.svg  India 3012Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27 December 1986Won [4]
2153 Dilip Vengsarkar Flag of India.svg  India 2Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27 December 1986Won [4]
3107 Navjot Singh Sidhu Flag of India.svg  India 2311WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1 December 1994Draw [5]
4179 Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India 3221WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1 December 1994Draw [5]
5125* Jimmy Adams WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 3122Flag of India.svg  India 1 December 1994Draw [5]
6110 Shiv Sunder Das Flag of India.svg  India 1751Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 25 November 2000Draw [6]
7162 Rahul Dravid Flag of India.svg  India 3011Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 25 November 2000Draw [6]
8201* Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India 2811Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 25 November 2000Draw [6]
9106* Grant Flower Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1962Flag of India.svg  India 25 November 2000Draw [6]
10102 Alistair Campbell Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1863Flag of India.svg  India 25 November 2000Draw [6]
11232* Andy Flower Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 4443Flag of India.svg  India 25 November 2000Draw [6]
12105 Shiv Sunder Das Flag of India.svg  India 2032Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 21 February 2002Won [7]
13176 Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India 3162Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 21 February 2002Won [7]
14100* Sanjay Bangar Flag of India.svg  India 1552Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 21 February 2002Won [7]
15114 Damien Martyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1651Flag of India.svg  India 26 October 2004Won [8]
16134* Paul Collingwood Flag of England.svg  England 2521Flag of India.svg  India 1 March 2006Draw [9]
17104* Alastair Cook Flag of England.svg  England 2433Flag of India.svg  India 1 March 2006Draw [9]
18100 Wasim Jaffer Flag of India.svg  India 1984Flag of England.svg  England 1 March 2006Won [9]

One Day Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1103* Sunil Gavaskar Flag of India.svg  India 882Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31 October 1987Won [10]
2101* Ravi Shastri Flag of India.svg  India 1471Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1 December 1990Won [11]
3104 Aravinda de Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1242Flag of India.svg  India 1 December 1990Lost [11]
4114 Nathan Astle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1281Flag of India.svg  India 26 November 1995Won [12]
5130* Saurav Ganguly Flag of India.svg  India 1601Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 22 March 1999Won [13]
6116 Rahul Dravid Flag of India.svg  India 1181Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 22 March 1999Won [13]
7103 Chris Gayle WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1162Flag of India.svg  India 9 November 2002Won [14]
8149* Shivnarine Chanderpaul WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1362Flag of India.svg  India 21 January 2007Lost [15]
9107* Andrew Symonds Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 881Flag of India.svg  India 14 October 2007Won [16]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

SymbolMeaning
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
DateDay the Test started or ODI was held
Inn Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
OversNumber of overs bowled.
RunsNumber of runs conceded
WktsNumber of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Tests

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 3 October 1969Flag of India.svg  India Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 330.17462.45Lost [17]
2 Hedley Howarth 3 October 1969Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of India.svg  India 4233451.47Won [17]
3 Ravi Shastri 5 October 1983Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 230.47552.44Drawn [18]
4 Mohammad Nazir 5 October 1983Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of India.svg  India 3507251.44Drawn [18]
5 Shivlal Yadav 27 December 1986Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 119.17653.96Won [4]
6 Maninder Singh 27 December 1986Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 317.45172.88Won [4]
7 Carl Hooper 1 December 1994WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of India.svg  India 14011652.9Draw [5]
8 Venkatapathy Raju 1 December 1994Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India 25012752.54Draw [5]
9 Ravindra Pushpakumara 26 November 1997Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of India.svg  India 13212253.81Draw [19]
10 Ray Price 21 February 2002Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Flag of India.svg  India 26818252.67Lost [7]
11 Anil Kumble 21 February 2002Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 3376351.7Won [7]
12 Jason Gillespie 26 October 2004Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India 222.55652.45Won [8]
13 Matthew Hoggard 1 March 2006Flag of England.svg  England Flag of India.svg  India 230.55761.84Draw [9]

One Day Internationals

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1 Patrick Patterson 8 December 1987WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of India.svg  India 29.42963.00Won [20]

See also

References

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  2. "20 years after wall collapsed, VCA moved on". TOI (Times of India). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. India vs New Zealand [ permanent dead link ]
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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2nd Test, Zimbabwe tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 25–29 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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  8. 1 2 "3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 26–29 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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  13. 1 2 "2nd Match, Pepsi Cup at Nagpur, Mar 22 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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  17. 1 2 "2nd Test, New Zealand tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 3–8 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  18. 1 2 "3rd Test, Pakistan tour of India at Nagpur, Oct 5–10 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  19. "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of India at Nagpur, Nov 26–30 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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