Created by Kamal Guha
Last edited October 31, 2023


Template:Infobox cricket ground Keenan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium and an International Cricket Stadium in Jamshedpur, India. It is currently used mostly for cricket and football matches. It is also known as a venue for archery.

The stadium is named after John Lawrence Keenan a former general manager of the Tata Steel. The stadium is situated in Northern Town area of Bistupur and is owned by Tata Steel. It has a capacity of 19,000 people.

Since being built in 1939 the ground has hosted Ranji Trophy matches for the Bihar now Jharkhand cricket team. The venue staged its first international match in December 1983 when West Indies beat India in a One Day International.

The ground has staged a further nine One Day Internationals, of which India won but one, the most recent in April 2006 when England beat India by five wickets. This stadium became infamous for the crowd turning violent and throwing crackers on field during India against West Indies match in 2002/03.

Sourav Ganguly scored a 100 to help India win its only match here. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has played many matches for Jharkhand in this stadium. He spent much time in this stadium in his early days when JSCA stadium was not built in Ranchi, and also featured in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, the biopic on Dhoni.[1]

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

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Keenan Stadium aerial view (top right)
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 115 Gordon Greenidge Template:Cr 134 1 Template:Cr 7 December 1983 Won[2]
2 149 Viv Richards Template:Cr 99 1 Template:Cr 7 December 1983 Won[2]
3 106 Manoj Prabhakar Template:Cr 121 1 Template:Cr 26 March 1987 Lost[3]
4 107* Martin Crowe Template:Cr 129 2 Template:Cr 15 November 1995 Won[4]
5 105* Sourav Ganguly Template:Cr 139 2 Template:Cr 12 March 2000 Won[5]
6 101 Salman Butt Template:Cr 116 1 Template:Cr 9 April 2005 Won[6]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Symbol Meaning
Template:Dagger The bowler was man of the match
Template:Double-dagger 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
1 Template:Sortname Template:Dts Template:Cr Template:Cr Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Sort Template:Nts Won [6]

References

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