List of international cricket grounds in India

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This is a list of international cricket grounds in India that have hosted at least one international cricket match (Test, ODI or T20I). India has 53 international cricket venues,[1][2] the most in any country - 30 more than the next most: England with 23.

International cricket was held in India for the first time in December 1933 when the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay played host to the India-England Test match. The first ODI match in India was held at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad in 1981. The first T20I match in India was held at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in 2007.

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List[edit]

Last updated at the conclusion of Australia Tour of India 2023.


Active stadiums[edit]

Sl. No Name Former/other names City Capacity No. of matches First match Last match
Test ODIs T20Is
1 Eden Gardens EG Stadium Kolkata Kolkata 66,000[3] 42 31 11 5 January 1935 12 January 2023
2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chepauk Stadium; Madras Cricket Club Ground Chennai 50,000[4] 34 23 2 10 February 1934 22 March 2023
3 Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Ground; Willingdon Pavilion New Delhi 41,000[5] 34 25 6 10 November 1948 17 February 2023
4 Brabourne Stadium — Mumbai 20,000 18 9 1 9 December 1948 29 October 2018
5 Green Park Stadium — Kanpur 39,000 23 15 1 12 January 1952 25 November 2021
6 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium KSCA Stadium Bengaluru 40,000[6] 25 26 7 22 November 1974 19 June 2022
7 Wankhede Stadium — Mumbai 33,108[7] 25 23 8 23 January 1975 17 March 2023
8 Barabati Stadium — Cuttack 45,000 2 19 3 27 January 1982 12 June 2022
9 Sawai Mansingh Stadium — Jaipur 23,185 1 19 1 2 October 1983 17 November 2021
10 Narendra Modi Stadium Motera Stadium; Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad 110,000[8] 15 26 7 12 November 1983 9 March 2023
11 Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium PCA Stadium Mohali 26,000 15 25 6 22 November 1993 20 September 2022
12 Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam 25,000 2 10 3 5 April 2005 19 March 2023
13 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Visaka Cricket Stadium Hyderabad 55,000[9] 5 7 3 16 November 2005 18 January 2023
14 Holkar Stadium Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground Indore 30,000 3 6 3 15 April 2006 1 March 2023
15 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium New VCA Stadium Nagpur 45,000 7 9 13 6 November 2008 9 February 2023
16 Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium MCA Pune International Cricket Centre; Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium Pune 37,406 2 7 4 20 December 2012 5 January 2023
17 Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Khanderi Cricket Stadium Rajkot 28,000 2 3 4 11 January 2013 7 January 2023
18 JSCA International Cricket Stadium HEC International Cricket Stadium Ranchi 50,000 2 5 3 19 January 2013 27 January 2023
19 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium HPCA International Cricket Stadium Dharamshala 23,000 1 4 11 27 January 2013 7 October 2023
20 Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Complex Greater Noida 8,000 0 5 6 8 March 2017 10 March 2020
21 Assam Cricket Association Stadium Barsapara Cricket Stadium; Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium Guwahati 55,000 0 2 3 10 October 2017 10 January 2023
22 Greenfield International Stadium The Sports Hub; Trivandrum International Stadium Thiruvananthapuram 55,000 0 2 3 7 November 2017 15 January 2023
23 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun Arena Dehradun 25,000 1 5 6 3 June 2018 15 March 2019
24 Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Ekana International Cricket Stadium Lucknow 50,000 1 4 7 6 November 2018 29 January 2023
25 Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur Raipur 65,000 0 1 0 21 January 2023 21 January 2023
26 DY Patil Stadium — Navi Mumbai 55,000 0 1 0 11 November 2009 11 November 2009

Former stadiums[edit]

Sl. No Name Former/other names City Capacity No. of matches First match Last match
Test ODIs T20Is
1 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Municipal Corporation Stadium Visakhapatnam 25,000 0 5 0 10 December 1988 3 April 2001
2 University Ground — Lucknow n/a 1 0 0 23 October 1952
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Fateh Maidan Hyderabad 25,000 3 14 0 19 November 1955 15 November 2003
4 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Corporation Stadium Chennai 26,976 9 0 0 6 January 1956 27 February 1965
5 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground — Nagpur 40,000 9 14 0 3 October 1969 14 October 2007
6 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium — Ahmedabad 50,000 0 1 0 25 November 1981
7 Gandhi Stadium Burlton Park; B.S.Bedi Stadium Jalandhar 16,000 1 3 0 20 December 1981 20 February 1994
8 Gandhi Sports Complex Ground — Amritsar 16,000 0 2 0 12 September 1982 18 November 1995
9 Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium — Srinagar n/a 0 2 0 13 October 1983 9 September 1986
10 Moti Bagh Stadium Motibaug Palace Ground Vadodara 18,000 0 3 0 9 November 1983 17 December 1988
11 Nehru Stadium — Indore 25,000 0 9 0 1 December 1983 31 March 2001
12 Keenan Stadium — Jamshedpur 19,000 0 10 0 7 December 1983 12 April 2006
13 Nehru Stadium — Guwahati 25,000 0 14 0 17 December 1983 28 November 2010
14 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium — Delhi 60,000 0 2 0 28 September 1984 14 November 1991
15 University Stadium Kerala University Stadium Thiruvananthapuram 20,000 0 2 0 1 October 1984 25 January 1988
16 Nehru Stadium Club of Maharashtra Pune 25,000 0 11 0 5 December 1984 3 November 2005
17 Sector 16 Stadium — Chandigarh 30,000 1 5 0 27 January 1985 8 October 2007
18 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground Municipal Ground; Corporation Ground Rajkot 15,000 0 12 0 7 October 1986 15 December 2009
19 Nahar Singh Stadium Mayur Stadium Faridabad 25,000 0 8 0 19 January 1988 31 March 2006
20 Captain Roop Singh Stadium — Gwalior 18,000 0 12 0 22 January 1988 24 February 2010
21 Gymkhana Ground Espalande Maidan; Azad Maidan Mumbai 15,000 1 0 0 15 December 1933
22 Fatorda Stadium Nehru Stadium Margao 19,000 0 7 0 25 October 1989 14 February 2007
23 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium Central Sports Stadium Lucknow 25,000 1 1 0 27 October 1989 18 January 1994
24 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Moinul Haque Stadium; Rajendra Nagar Stadium Patna 25,000 0 3 0 15 November 1993 27 February 1996
25 IPCL Sports Complex Ground Reliance Stadium Vadodara 20,000 0 10 0 28 October 1994 4 December 2010
26 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kaloor International Stadium Kochi 65,000[10] 0 9 0 1 April 1998 8 October 2014
27 Barkatullah Khan Stadium — Jodhpur 30,000 0 2 0 8 December 2000 21 November 2002
28 Indira Gandhi Stadium Municipal Stadium Vijayawada 25,000 0 1 0 24 November 2002
29 Railway Ground Dhanbad Railway Ground Dhanbad 5,000 0 0 5 12 September 2008 18 February 2014

Key[edit]

Symbol Meaning
dagger Stadium demolished for increasing capacity by reconstruction.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "International cricket venues in India". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ "Afghanistan To Face Bangladesh In First T20I At Dehradun On Sunday".
  3. ↑ "BCCI Venues - Eden Gardens". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  4. ↑ "BCCI Venues - M A Chidambaram Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  5. ↑ "BCCI Venues - Arun Jaitley Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  6. ↑ "BCCI Venues - M Chinnaswamy Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  7. ↑ "BCCI Venues - Wankhede Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  8. ↑ "BCCI Venues - Narendra Modi Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  9. ↑ "BCCI Venues - Rajiv Gandhi Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  10. ↑ "BCCI Venues - JLN Stadium". www.bcci.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-26.

[1]External links[edit]

  1. ↑ India, Kaplon Athletic-Best Cricket Bats and Hockey Sticks in. "India's Cricketing Fervor: Stadiums at the Heart of the Action". Kaplon Athletic - Best Cricket Bats and Hockey Sticks in India. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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