Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Pune
Nehru Stadium
Ground information
LocationSwargate, Shukrawar Peth, Pune - 411002
Coordinates18°30′08″N 73°51′20″E / 18.50222°N 73.85556°E / 18.50222; 73.85556
Establishment1969
Capacity25,000
End names
Tilak Road End
Laxmi Road End
International information
First ODI5 December 1984:
 India v  England
Last ODI3 November 2005:
 India v  Sri Lanka
First WODI8 February 1984:
 India v  Australia
Last WODI24 January 2002:
 India v  England
Team information
Maharashtra (1969 – present)
West Zone (1975 – 2001)
As of 10 December 2019

Nehru Stadium, formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000.

The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.

International Cricket

The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International[1] matches including two in the Cricket World Cup (1987 & 1996), 4 WODI till date. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match.

One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

A still from final between Infosys & Cognizant Tech at Nehru Stadium

List of ODIs

Date Team 1 Team 2 Results Scorecard
5 December 1984  India  England England won by 4 wickets Scorecard
22 March 1987  India  Pakistan Pakistan won by 6 wickets Scorecard
30 October 1987  England  Sri Lanka England won by 8 wickets Scorecard
5 December 1990  India  Sri Lanka India won by 6 wickets Scorecard
25 March 1993  India  Zimbabwe India won by 8 wickets Scorecard
24 November 1995  India  New Zealand India won by 5 wickets Scorecard
29 February 1996  Kenya  West Indies Kenya won by 73 runs Scorecard
30 March 1999  India  Sri Lanka India won by 51 runs Scorecard
28 May 2001  India  Australia Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard
3 November 2003  Australia  New Zealand Australia won by 2 wickets Scorecard
3 November 2005  India  Sri Lanka India won by 4 wickets Scorecard

List of WODIs

Date Team 1 Team 2 Results Scorecard
8 February 1984  India  Australia AUS Women won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) Scorecard
14 December 1997  Ireland  South Africa SA Women won by 9 wickets (with 133 balls remaining) Scorecard
16 December 1997  England  Ireland ENG Women won by 208 runs Scorecard
24 January 2002  India  England IND Women won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) Scorecard

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.

  1. 1987 Cricket World Cup
  2. 1996 Cricket World Cup
1987 Cricket World Cup
  • Sri Lanka v/s England:
30 October 1987
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka
218/7 (50 overs)
v
 England
219/2 (41.2 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
1996 Cricket World Cup
  • Kenya v/s West Indies:
29 February
(scorecard)
Kenya 
166 (49.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
93 (35.2 overs)
Steve Tikolo 29 (50)
Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48)
Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 73 runs
Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
Umpires: Khizer Hayat & V.K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1105Dilip Vengsarkar India1241 England5 December 1988Lost[2]
2115*Mike Gatting England1352 India5 December 1988Won[2]
3103Chris Cairns New Zealand871 India24 November 1995Lost[3]
4103*Ajay Jadeja India1021 Sri Lanka30 March 1999Won[4]
5100Hemang Badani India981 Australia28 March 2001Lost[5]
6133*Mark Waugh Australia1382 India28 March 2001Won[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
1Brad Williams3 November 2003 Australia New Zealand1105355.3 Won [6]
2Ajit Agarkar5 November 2005 India Sri Lanka19.54454.47 Won [7]

The leading run scorers here have been Mike Gatting- 161 runs, Mark Waugh- 133 runs and Chris Cairns- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been Ajit Agarkar- 8 wickets, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Nehru Stadium, Pune - One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
  2. 1 2 "1st ODI, England tour of India at Pune, Dec 5 1984". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "4th ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Pune, Nov 24 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "5th Match, Pepsi Cup at Pune, Mar 30 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. 1 2 "2nd ODI, Australia tour of India at Pune, Mar 28 2001". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "5th Match, TVS Cup (India) at Pune, Nov 3 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Indore, Dec 15 1988". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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