Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
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Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is located in Rajkot, Gujarat. The stadium is used exclusively for staging cricket matches and has staged 10 ODI matches since 1986.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground will have new sister ground. The Saurashtra Cricket Association
is working on a world-class sports complex
, which has been planned on the outskirts at Khanderi village on Jamnagar highway, spread over 40 acres (161,874.4 m²), some 10 km from Rajkot, Gujarat. This stadium will have a spectator capacity of 40,000 and should be commissioned around in 2008. This stadium will host tests and day-and-night ODI matches. The newest feature on offer is a VVIP suite with balconies facing the ground from where a spectator can watch the match from the comfort of his room. The complex will also have cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match.
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground will have new sister ground. The Saurashtra Cricket Association
Saurashtra Cricket Association
Saurashtra Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Saurashtra region of the Gujarat state of India and the Saurashtra cricket team...
is working on a world-class sports complex
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, also known as Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Khandheri, about 10 kilometers outside Rajkot, India. Currently, the stadium is being used for Ranji Trophy matches, even though the spectator stands are still being constructed. Once the...
, which has been planned on the outskirts at Khanderi village on Jamnagar highway, spread over 40 acres (161,874.4 m²), some 10 km from Rajkot, Gujarat. This stadium will have a spectator capacity of 40,000 and should be commissioned around in 2008. This stadium will host tests and day-and-night ODI matches. The newest feature on offer is a VVIP suite with balconies facing the ground from where a spectator can watch the match from the comfort of his room. The complex will also have cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium.
Ground Facts and Figures
- Floodlights: No
- Curator: Unknown
- The highest partnership at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 196 by SC Ganguly & Virendar Sehwag for India against West Indies in the 2003/2004 season.
- The highest score by an individual batsman at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 160 by Tillakaratne DilshanTillakaratne DilshanTillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011. He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion...
for Sri Lanka against India on 15,Dec 2009 - The highest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 414/7 by India against Srilanka in the 2009 season its also Highest ODI Score for India.
- The lowest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 176/9 by West Indies against Sri Lanka in the 1998 season.
- Architect - Vinod Makesana
- Contractor - Unknown