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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

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The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, situated in Bengaluru, Karnataka, is an arena claimed by the Government of Karnataka. Flanked by the beautiful Cubbon Park, Queen's Road, Cubbon and uptown MG Road, this multi decade old arena is arranged in the core of the city of Bengaluru. Some time ago known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) arena, the arena was later rechristened in tribute to Mr. Mangalam Chinnaswamy, who had served the KSCA for four decades and was additionally leader of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977– 1980. This arena with a seating limit of around 40,000 not just consistently has Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODI) and other First-class cricket matches, yet in addition other melodic and social occasions. The arena is likewise the home ground of the Karnataka state cricket group and the Indian Premier League establishment Royal Challengers Bangalore. It is possessed by the Government of Karnataka and has been rented out to the KSCA for a time of 99 years. 



It is the principal cricket arena on the planet to utilize sunlight based boards to create a greater part of the power expected to run the arena. This has been obtained as by the "Make strides toward environmental friendliness" activity of the KSCA. Starting at 19 Aug, 2017 it has facilitated 22 Tests, 24 ODIs and 5 T20Is. 



Initially named the Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, the ground was inevitably renamed after M Chinnaswamy, who was the leader of the Indian board from 1977 until 1980, and was engaged with the organization of Karnataka cricket for near four decades. The establishment for the development of the arena was laid in May 1969 and building started in 1970. 



The arena was given Test status in 1974-75 and facilitated West Indies in the opening match, despite the fact that the arena was just half-assembled. That coordinate was likewise the introduction of two West Indian greats, Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards. The arena likewise played host to Sunil Gavaskar's swansong innings - a masterclass on a minefield - when India went down to Pakistan in the arrangement decider in 1987. 



The arena was remodeled before the opposite sides met each other again in another titanic experience; the World Cup quarter-last in 1996, when floodlights were introduced out of the blue. From that point forward, Bangalore has ended up being a fortunate scene for visiting groups with South Africa, Australia and Pakistan winning urgent recreations. South Africa's memorable arrangement win in 2000, Michael Clarke's hair-raising hundred on presentation, Inzamam's century in his 100th Test and Anil Kumble's 400th Test wicket have been the features throughout the most recent decade.

History

With liberal support from the Government of Karnataka, the establishment stone of this arena was laid in 1969 and development work started in 1970. The arena was first utilized for First-class cricket matches amid the 1972– 73 season. It earned Test status amid the 1974– 75 season when the West Indies visited India.

The main Test played at this arena was on 22– 29 November 1974. By chance, this was the introduction Test coordinate for the West Indian batting mammoths Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge. The West Indians driven by Clive Lloyd squashed M. A. K. Pataudi's Indian group by a monstrous edge of 256 runs. India enlisted their first Test win on this ground against the visiting English group driven by Tony Greig in 1976– 77. The first ODI coordinate at this scene was played on 6 September 1982. India crushed Sri Lanka by six wickets in that coordinate.

Floodlights were first introduced at this arena for the 1996 Wills World Cup. The main match played here under lights was the quarter-last conflict between most outstanding opponents India and Pakistan on 9 March 1996 in which India vanquished Pakistan by 39 runs. In 2007, third Test Match between India Vs Pakistan, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh lead a 300 run organization fightback from 61/4 breaking a few records. India's 365/5 at stumps was the most noteworthy first day score in India. The 300 run association was the most noteworthy organization at the arena and the most astounding left-hander batsmen association. Sourav Ganguly's 239 is the most noteworthy left-hander score.

After the BCCI picked Bengaluru as the middle for the National Cricket Academy in 2000, many maturing cricketers have gone out of the Academy housed on this ground. This arena additionally filled in as scene for the 1996 Miss World event. The KSCA intended to expand the seating ability to 70,000, just as considered developing a more up to date cricket arena with seating limit of 70,000– 80,000. Be that as it may, none of those plans have emerged starting at now. Chinnaswamy Stadium is likewise the home ground of the Bengaluru establishment group, the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The arena was given a facelift for the primary period of the IPL. It was painted in red and yellow, the group shades of the Royal Challengers and furthermore the shades of the Kannada banner.

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Karnataka State Cricket Association, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore - 560001
Also or formerly known as Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Chinnaswamy Stadium
Established 1969
Capacity 40,000
Floodlights Yes
End names Pavilion End, BEML End
Home team Karnataka
Curator Narayan Raju

How does the pitch play? 


Short limits and high elevation makes the Chinnaswamy track a paradise for hitters in the constrained overs positions. Numerous enormous scores have been posted and pursued down no sweat. While it?s a batting heaven in the shorter configuration of the diversion, the track will in general help the pacers in Test cricket. One of only a handful couple of Indian grounds to flaunt a pitch with a lot of zest, numerous pacers have cherished displaying their products in the five-day adaptation of the diversion.


Details and Trivia


Rohit Sharma scored his first ODI twofold hundred on this ground, a fine 209 against Australia in 2013


The setting was additionally the scene of Ireland's greatest success. They beat England in the 2011 World Cup experience after Kevin O'Brien crushed a 50-ball 100, the quickest hundred of every a WC coordinate.

STATS - Tests Matches

Total matches 23
Matches won batting first 9
Matches won bowling first 5
Average 1st Inns scores 362
Average 2nd Inns scores 314
Average 3rd Inns scores 204
Average 4th Inns scores 183
Highest total recorded 626/10 (150.2 Ov) by IND vs PAK
Lowest total recorded 103/10 (38.4 Ov) by AFG vs IND

STATS - ODI Matches

Total matches 25
Matches won batting first 11
Matches won bowling first 11
Average 1st Inns scores 258
Average 2nd Inns scores 236
Highest total recorded 383/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs AUS
Lowest total recorded 168/10 (42.1 Ov) by IND vs PAK
Highest score chased 329/7 (49.1 Ov) by IRE vs Eng
Lowest score defended 166/4 (22 Ov) by IND vs Eng

STATS - T20I Matches

Total matches 6
Matches won batting first 2
Matches won bowling first 4
Average 1st Inns scores 158
Average 2nd Inns scores 147
Highest total recorded 202/6 (20 Ov) by IND vs Eng
Lowest total recorded 127/10 (16.3 Ov) by Eng vs IND
Highest score chased 194/3 (19.4 Ov) by AUS vs IND
Lowest score defended 146/7 (20 Ov) by IND vs BAN


Stadium
Stadium Map


Cricket World Cups Matches


This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches for all editions of the World cups, when India was a host/co-host for the world cup.

Date               Playing Nations                                    Winners

14/10/87      India(252/7) vs  New Zealand(236/8)     India won by 16 runs
09/03/96      India(287/8) vs  Pakistan(248/9)            India won by 39 runs
02/03/11      England(327/8) vs Ireland(329/7)          Ireland won by 3 wickets
06/03/11      Ireland(207/10) vs  India(210/5)            India won by 5 wickets
13/03/11      Australia(324/6) vs Kenya(264/6)          Australia won by 60 runs
Scorecard
16/03/11      Canada(211/10) vs  Australia(212/3)     Australia won by 7 wickets
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27/03/11      India(338/10) vs England(338/8)             Match Tied
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Records 

Test match records

Batting

Most career runs

Runs                     Player                             Period

869 (16 Innings)      Sachin Tendulkar                    1994–2012

600 (12 Innings)       Sunil Gavaskar                       1974–1987

513 (11 Innings)       Virender Sehwag                    2001–2012

503 (13 Innings)       Sourav Ganguly                     1998–2008

450 (8 Innings)        Gundappa Viswanath               1974–1981

Most Career Runs (Non-Indian)

Runs                  Player                                 Period

431 (4 Innings)  Younis Khan(Pakistan)                    2005–2007

305 (5 Innings)  Ricky Ponting(Australia)                  1998–2010

287 (6 Innings)  Simon Katich(Australia)                  2004–2010

245 (4 Innings)  Alvin Kallicharran(West Indies)        1974–1978

231 (4 Innings) Michael Hussey(Australia)                2008–2010

Highest Individual Score in this Ground

Runs                    Player                                   Year

267 vs India        Younis Khan(Pakistan)                          2005

239 vs Pakistan   Sourav Ganguly(India)                          2007

201 vs Pakistan   Virender Sehwag(India)                        2005

184 vs India       Inzamam-ul-Haq(Pakistan)                    2005

Bowling

Most Career Wickets


Wickets                    Player                             Period

41 (16 Innings)        Anil Kumble(India)                       1994–2008

30 (14 Innings)       Harbhajan Singh(India)                 1998–2010

27 (15 Innings)          Kapil Dev(India)                        1978–1994

17 (6 Innings)       B. S. Chandrasekhar(India)             1974–1978

14 (13 Innings)       Zaheer Khan(India)                       2004–2012

Most Career Wickets (Non-India)

Wickets                     Player                         Period

11 (4 Innings)       Danish Kaneria(Pakistan)              2005–2007

10 (4 Innings)       Michael Kasprowicz(Australia)       1998–2004

9 (5 Innings)       Iqbal Qasim(Pakistan)                    1979–1987

9 (4 Innings)        Mohammad Sami(Pakistan)            2005–2007

9 (2 Innings)        Tauseef Ahmed(Pakistan)               1987–1987

9 (4 Innings)        Shane Warne(Australia)                 1998–2004

Best Innings Figures

Figures                        Player                                     Year

8/50 vs India               Nathan Lyon(Australia)               2017

7/27 vs Pakistan          Maninder Singh(India)                1987

7/64 vs India               Tim Southee(New Zealand) 2012

6/53 vs India               Bob Willis(England)                    1977

6/59 vs New Zealand   Narendra Hirwani(India)              1988

6/71 vs England          Bishan Singh Bedi(India)             1977



Best Match Figures

Figures                      Player                                        Year

11/224 vs England       Harbhajan Singh(India)                2004

10/126 vs Australia      Maninder Singh(India)                  1987

9/120 vs Pakistan        Anil Kumble(India)                        1995

9/121 vs India             Iqbal Qasim(Pakistan)                   1987

9/131 vs New Zealand  B. S. Chandrasekhar(India)           1977

9/139 vs India              Tauseef Ahmed(Pakistan)             1987

Team Records in This Ground


Highest Innings Score

Score                    Team                            Year

570                     Pakistan vs India               2005

541/6 d             India vs Sri Lanka               1974

537                     Pakistan vs India               2007

495                     India vs Australia              2010

Lowest completed innings

Score              Team                                   Year

116             Pakistan vs India                        1987

145             India vs Pakistan                        1987

145           New Zealand vs India                   1995

158           India vs South Africa                    2000

164           New Zealand vs India                   1988

Highest Partnership

Runs   Wickets    Players                                                Match        Year

324       3rd     Younis Khan(267) & Inzamam-ul-Haq(187)  Pak vs Ind   2005

308       3rd     Sachin Tendulkar(214) & Murali Vijay(139)  Ind vs Aus   2010

300       5th     Sourav Ganguly(239) & Yuvraj Singh(169)   Ind vs Pak   2007

207       4th     Gordon Greenidge(107) & Clive Lloyd(163)   WI vs Ind   1974

ODI Match Results

Match Date    Team 1     Team 2           Winner          Margin

 26/09/82      India           Sri Lanka            India         6 wickets

 20/01/85       India            England          England       3 wickets

 14/10/87       India         New Zealand        India          16 runs

27/10/89        India            Australia           India         3 wickets

26/02/93        India             England           England        48 runs

10/11/93     South Africa   Zimbabwe        no result           ---

09/03/96      India            Pakistan             India            39 runs 

21/10/96       India            Australia           India           2 wickets

14/05/97       India         New Zealand        India           8 wickets
 
20/05/98       India             Kenya              India          4 wickets  
 
04/05/99     India            Pakistan             Pakistan       123 runs
 
25/03/01     India            Australia             India            60 runs 
 
12/11/03     India            Australia            Australia        61 runs

19/11/05      India           South Africa         India          6 wickets

06/06/07   Africa XI             Asia XI            Asia XI        34 runs
 
29/09/07    India              Australia           no result          -----

23/11/08     India             England              India           19 runs

07/12/10     India          New Zealand          India          5 wickets

27/02/11   India               England               tied 

02/03/11   England           Ireland               Ireland       3 wickets

06/03/11     India             Ireland               India          5 wickets

13/03/11   Australia           Kenya              Australia 60 runs

16/03/11   Australia          Canada             Australia       7 wickets

2/11/13       India             Australia             India          57 runs

T20I Match Results

Match Date    Team 1     Team 2           Winner          Margin

25/12/12       India             Pakistan        Pakistan        5 wickets

20/03/16     Sri Lanka West Indies    West Indies     7 wickets

21/03/16     Australia Bangladesh      Australia        3 wickets

Conclusion   


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