Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground

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{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
| fomer name = Municipal Ground, Racecourse Ground, Corporation Ground
| image =
| caption =
| country = India
| location = [[Rajkot]], [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], India
| establishment = 1935
| seating_capacity = 15,000
| owner = [[Rajkot Municipal Corporation]]
| operator = [[Saurashtra Cricket Association]]
| tenants = [[Indian Cricket Team]]<br />[[Saurashtra cricket team]]
| end1 = Pavilion End
| end2 = Airport End
| international = true
| firstodidate = 7 October
| firstodiyear = 1989
| firstodihome = India
| firstodiaway = Australia
| lastodidate = 15 December
| lastodiyear = 2009
| lastodihome = India
| lastodiaway = Sri Lanka

| firstwodidate = 18 January
| firstwodiyear = 2011
| firstwodihome = India
| firstwodiaway = West Indies
| lastwodidate = 19 January
| lastwodiyear = 2011
| lastwodihome = India
| lastwodiaway = West Indies
| date = 8 December
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58401.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Madhavrao Shindhia Cricket Ground''' also known as Municipal Ground or Racecourse Ground Corporation Ground is located in [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]].

As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 12 ODIs.

==History==

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match.<ref>"[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1189_f.html Cricket Archive: First class matches played]", Retrieved 24 December 2007</ref>

The ground dimensions being comparatively small and the pitch usually is batsman-friendly contributed to some enormous scores in the past.
New Zealand scored 349/5 in 2001, India scored 387/5 in 2008 but the best ever was in the Game between India and Sri Lanka on 15 December 2009 when India scored 414 runs (then highest ever in Indian history) but Sri Lanka almost won the contest and ended up with 411/8, just 3 runs short making it only second ODI match in which both team scored more than 400.

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground was abandoned as an international venue when the [[Saurashtra Cricket Association]] built the [[Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium]] in 2008 on the outskirts of the city at [[Khanderi]] village on [[Jamnagar]] highway, spread over {{convert|40|acre|m2}}, some 10 km from [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]].

This stadium has a spectator capacity of 28,000 and plays host to international and [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] matches. The new stadium is a modern complex which has a cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019021245/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-11-08/ahmedabad/27836665_1_cricket-stadium-new-stadium-cricket-association From an article of TOI]", Retrieved 24 December 2007</ref><ref>"[http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=10434, A article from Projects Monitor]", Retrieved 24 December 2007</ref>

The Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground has since been used only as a venue for [[First-class cricket|First-class]] and [[List A cricket|List A]] matches for the Indian domestic team of [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]].

==Ground Facts==

* 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 Dilshan]] for Sri Lanka against India on 15 December 2009.
* The highest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 414/7 by India against Sri Lanka in the 2009 season, it is also the second Highest ODI Score for India until India scored 418/5 against West Indies.
* The lowest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 176/9 by West Indies against Sri Lanka in the 1998 season.<ref>"[http://stats.cricinfo.com/indveng/engine/records/index.html?id=385;type=ground Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Ground Records]", Retrieved 13 November 2008</ref>
*Most runs scored here were by [[Virendar Sehwag]]- 405 runs, [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] 275 runs and [[Yuvraj Singh]]- 246 runs.
*Most wickets were by [[Venkatesh Prasad]] and [[Harbhajan Singh]]- 6 wickets and [[RP Singh]]- 5 wickets.

==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 [[Delivery (cricket)|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 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.
* 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===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
! No. !! Score !! Player !! Team !! Balls !! Inns. !! Opposing team !! Date !! Result
|-
| 1 || 102 || [[Raman Lamba]] || {{cr|IND}} || 120 || 1 || {{cr|AUS}} || 7 October 1986 || Lost<ref name=odi395>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16783/scorecard/64290/india-vs-australia-6th-odi-australia-tour-of-india-1986-87 |title=6th ODI, Australia tour of India at Rajkot, Oct 7 1986|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || 110* || [[Viv Richards]] || {{cr|WIN}} || 77 || 2 || {{cr|IND}} || 5 January 1988 || Won<ref name=odi487>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16728/scorecard/64316/india-vs-west-indies-4th-odi-west-indies-tour-of-india-1987-88 |title=4th ODI, West Indies tour of India at Rajkot, Jan 5 1988|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || 108 || [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] || {{cr|IND}} || 132 || 1 || {{cr|SRI}} || 15 February 1994 || Won<ref name=odi879>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16406/scorecard/64445/india-vs-sri-lanka-1st-odi-sri-lanka-tour-of-india-1993-94 |title=1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Rajkot, Feb 15 1994|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || 120 || [[Nathan Astle]] || {{cr|NZL}} || 136 || 1 || {{cr|IND}} || 5 November 1999 || Won<ref name=odi1522>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15772/scorecard/64630/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-odi-new-zealand-tour-of-india-1999-00 |title=1st ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 5 1999|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || 114* || [[Virender Sehwag]] || {{cr|IND}} || 82 || 2 || {{cr|WIN}} || 12 November 2002 || Won<ref name=odi1895>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15284/scorecard/64787/india-vs-west-indies-3rd-odi-west-indies-tour-of-india-2002-03 |title=3rd ODI, West Indies tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 12 2002|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 6 || 110 || [[Kumar Sangakkara]] || {{cr|SRI}} || 127 || 1 || {{cr|IND}} || 11 February 2007 || Won<ref name=odi2520>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/14529/scorecard/267712/india-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-odi-sri-lanka-tour-of-india-2006-07 |title=2nd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Rajkot, Feb 11 2007|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || 138* || [[Yuvraj Singh]] || {{cr|IND}} || 78 || 1 || {{cr|ENG}} || 14 November 2008 || Won<ref name=odi2774>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13829/scorecard/361043/india-vs-england-1st-odi-england-tour-of-india-2008-09 |title=1st ODI, England tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 14 2008|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || 146 || [[Virender Sehwag]] || {{cr|IND}} || 102 || 1 || {{cr|SRI}} || 15 December 2009 || Won<ref name=odi2932>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13435/scorecard/430886/india-vs-sri-lanka-1st-odi-sri-lanka-tour-of-india-2009-10 |title=1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Rajkot, Dec 15 2009|work=ESPN Cricinfo| access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 9 || 160 || [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] || {{cr|SRI}} || 124 || 2 || {{cr|IND}} || 15 December 2009 || Lost<ref name=odi2932 />
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58401.html Cricinfo Website - Ground Page]
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1189.html CricketArchive Website - Ground Page]
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