This is a list of international cricket grounds in India that have hosted at least one international cricket match. A cricket ground is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played which are generally oval in shape with no fixed dimensions. A boundary rope usually demarcates the perimeter of the field and a cricket pitch, an area close to the centre of the field is where the batter hits the bowled ball and run between the wickets to score runs, while the fielding team tries to return the ball to either wicket to prevent this.[1]

Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by the English in the 17th and 18th centuries.[2] Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India.[3] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council.[4][5] BCCI is a consortium of state cricket associations who own and operate most of the stadiums along with the respective state governments.

International cricket was held in India for the first time on 15 December 1933 when the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only test match during England's tour of India.[6] India recorded its first win in fifth test of home series against England on 10 February 1952 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.[7][8] The first ODI match in India was hosted by the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad during the series against England on 25 November 1981.[9] India played the first T20I match in India at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on 20 October 2007 against the visiting Australian team.[10]

The first women's test match hosted by India began on 31 October 1976 with India playing West Indies at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium at Bangalore.[11] The first WODI was hosted during the 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup with Australia playing New Zealand on 1 January 1978 at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur.[12] India played its first WODI against England on the same day at Eden Gardens in Calcutta.[13] The first WT20I played in India was hosted on 4 March 2010 by Bandra Kurla Complex Ground in Mumbai against England.[14]

As of December 2023, 70 cricket venues have hosted an international match, the most in any country.

List

Any stadium that has hosted an international match in the last five years have been listed as active unless the stadium has been deliberately closed.

Last updated:14 January 2024[15][16][17][18]

Active stadiums

S.No. Name City Capacity No. of matches First match Last match
Test ODI T20I WTest WODI WT20I
1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai 50,000 34 28 2 1 11 4 10 February 1934 27 October 2023
2 Eden Gardens Kolkata 68,000 42 36 11 0 4 1 5 January 1935 5 November 2023
3 Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi 41,000 35 31 7 2 2 6 10 November 1948 25 October 2023
4 Brabourne Stadium Mumbai 20,000 18 9 1 0 11 10 9 December 1948 29 October 2018
5 Green Park Stadium Kanpur 39,000 23 15 1 0 0 0 12 January 1952 25 November 2021
6 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 40,000 24 31 10 1 12 8 22 November 1974 3 December 2023
7 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 33,108 26 28 8 1 6 4 23 January 1975 24 October 2023
8 Barabati Stadium Cuttack 45,000 2 19 3 1 8 0 27 January 1982 12 June 2022
9 Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur 23,185 1 19 1 0 9 0 2 October 1983 17 November 2021
10 Narendra Modi Stadium[note 1] Ahmedabad 132,000 15 31 7 0 4 3 12 November 1983 19 November 2023
11 Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali 26,000 14 26 7 0 1 3 22 November 1993 11 January 2024
12 IPCL Sports Complex Ground Vadodara 20,000 0 10 0 0 11 3 16 December 1997 14 October 2019
13 YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium Visakhapatnam 25,000 2 10 5 0 5 6 5 April 2005 23 November 2023
14 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Hyderabad 55,000 5 10 3 0 0 0 16 November 2005 10 October 2023
15 Holkar Stadium Indore 30,000 3 7 4 0 0 0 15 April 2006 14 January 2024
16 VCA Stadium Nagpur 45,000 7 9 13 0 3 2 6 November 2008 9 February 2023
17 DY Patil Stadium Mumbai 55,000 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 November 2009 19 October 2023
18 MCA Stadium Pune 37,406 2 12 4 0 0 0 20 December 2012 1 November 2023
19 SCA Stadium Rajkot 28,000 2 4 5 0 0 0 11 January 2013 27 September 2023
20 JSCA Stadium Ranchi 50,000 2 6 4 0 3 3 19 January 2013 27 January 2023
21 HPCA Stadium Dharamshala 23,000 1 9 10 0 0 2 27 January 2013 28 October 2023
22 Greater Noida SC Ground Greater Noida 8,000 0 5 6 0 0 0 8 March 2017 10 March 2020
23 ACA Stadium Guwahati 55,000 0 2 5 0 0 3 10 October 2017 28 November 2023
24 Greenfield Stadium Trivandrum 55,000 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 November 2017 26 November 2023
25 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Dehradun 55,000 1 5 6 0 0 0 3 June 2018 15 March 2019
26 BRSAB Vajpayee Ekana Stadium Lucknow 50,000 1 9 6 0 0 0 6 November 2018 29 October 2023
27 Lalabhai Contractor Stadium Surat 7,000 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 September 2019 4 October 2019
28 SV Narayan Singh Stadium Raipur 65,000 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 January 2023 1 December 2023

Former stadiums

S.No. Name City Capacity No. of matches First match Last match
Test ODI T20I WTest WODI WT20I
1 Gymkhana Ground Mumbai 15,000 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 December 1933 15 December 1933
2 University Ground Lucknow n/a 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 October 1952 23 October 1952
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad 25,000 3 14 0 1 7 0 19 November 1955 15 November 2003
4 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai 40,000 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 January 1956 27 February 1965
5 VCA Ground Nagpur 40,000 9 14 0 0 1 0 3 October 1969 14 October 2007
6 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad 50,000 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 November 1981 25 November 1981
7 Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar 16,000 1 3 0 0 0 0 20 December 1981 20 February 1994
8 Gandhi Sports Complex Ground Amritsar 16,000 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 September 1982 18 November 1995
9 Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium Srinagar 12,000 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 October 1983 9 September 1986
10 Moti Bagh Stadium Vadodara 18,000 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 November 1983 17 December 1988
11 Nehru Stadium Indore 25,000 0 9 0 0 2 0 1 December 1983 31 March 2001
12 Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur 19,000 0 10 0 1 3 0 7 December 1983 12 April 2006
13 Nehru Stadium Guwahati 25,000 0 14 0 0 2 0 17 December 1983 28 November 2010
14 Country Golf Club Ground Faridabad n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 January 1984 19 January 1984
15 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi 60,000 0 2 0 0 0 0 28 September 1984 14 November 1991
16 University Stadium Trivandrum 20,000 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 October 1984 25 January 1988
17 Nehru Stadium Pune 25,000 0 11 0 0 4 0 5 December 1984 3 November 2005
18 Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh 30,000 1 5 0 0 2 0 27 January 1985 8 October 2007
19 Maulana Azad Stadium Jammu 20,000 0 0 0 1 1 0 24 March 1985 24 March 1985
20 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground Rajkot 15,000 0 12 0 0 2 0 7 October 1986 15 December 2009
21 Nahar Singh Stadium Faridabad 25,000 0 8 0 0 2 0 19 January 1988 31 March 2006
22 Captain Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior 18,000 0 12 0 0 0 0 22 January 1988 24 February 2010
23 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam 25,000 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 December 1988 3 April 2001
24 Nehru Stadium Fatorda 19,000 0 7 0 0 0 0 25 October 1989 14 February 2007
25 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow 25,000 1 1 0 4 4 0 27 October 1989 18 January 1994
26 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna 25,000 0 3 0 1 5 0 15 November 1993 27 February 1996
27 Calcutta Cricket and Football Club Kolkata 15,000 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 November 1995 17 November 1995
28 Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground Mysore 15,000 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 December 1997 10 December 1997
29 Karnail Singh Stadium Delhi 5,000 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 December 1997 11 December 1997
30 Mohan Meakins Cricket Stadium Ghaziabad n/a 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 December 1997 15 December 1997
31 Gymkhana Ground Secunderabad n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 December 1997 14 December 1997
32 Middle Income Group Ground Mumbai n/a 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 December 1997 13 February 2013
33 JMU Ground Delhi n/a 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 December 1997 17 December 1997
34 Nehru Stadium Gurgaon 25,000 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 December 1997 18 December 1997
35 Harbax Singh Stadium Delhi n/a 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 December 1997 24 December 1997
36 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Kochi 25,000 0 9 0 0 4 0 1 April 1998 8 October 2014
37 Barkatullah Khan Stadium Jodhpur 30,000 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 December 2000 21 November 2002
38 Guru Nanak College Ground Chennai n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 January 2002 6 January 2002
39 Indira Gandhi Stadium Vijayawada 25,000 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 November 2002 24 November 2002
40 N2 Stadium Aurangabad 20,000 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 December 2003 7 December 2003
41 Chemplast Cricket Ground Chennai n/a 0 0 0 0 8 0 16 December 2003 5 March 2007
42 Tata Digwadih Stadium Dhanbad n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 February 2004 26 February 2004
43 Tau Devi Lal Stadium Gurgaon 7,000 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 March 2004 12 March 2004
44 Infosys Ground Mysore n/a 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 December 2004 13 December 2004
45 Bilakhiya Stadium Vapi n/a 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 December 2004 19 December 2004
46 Pithwala Stadium Surat n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 December 2004 22 December 2004
47 Mayajaal Ground Chennai n/a 0 0 0 0 1 0 28 December 2004 28 December 2004
48 Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium Silchar 30,000 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 December 2005 7 December 2005
49 Bandra Kurla Complex Ground Mumbai n/a 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 March 2010 8 February 2013
50 DRIEMS Ground Cuttack n/a 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 February 2013 5 February 2013
51 Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex Vizianagaram n/a 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 January 2014 26 January 2014
52 ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground Mulapadu n/a 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 November 2016 22 November 2016

Notes

  1. ↑ The existing stadium was opened in 2020. Earlier matches were hosted by Sardar Patel Stadium at the same location which was torn down in 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cricket Rules and Regulations". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Board of Control for Cricket in India — History of cricket in India". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "BCCI covered under Australia's Right to Information Act, rules top appellate body". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ↑ BCCI Constitution (PDF) (Report). p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Full member: Board of Control for Cricket in India". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mission 2023: Bombay Gymkhana plans big bash for 90th anniversary of first test". The Times of India. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "When India recorded their first test win". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "5th Test, Chennai, February 06-10, 1952, England tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ahmedabad hosted India's first ODI". The Times of India. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Only T20I (N), Brabourne, October 20, 2007, Australia tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "1st Test, Bengaluru, October 31 - November 02, 1976, West Indies Women tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "1st Match, Jamshedpur, January 01, 1978, Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "2nd Match, Calcutta, January 01, 1978, Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "1st T20I, Mumbai, March 04, 2010, England Women tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Grounds in India, all tests, ODIs and T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Grounds in India, WTests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Grounds in India, WODIs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Grounds in India, WT20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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