Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground

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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
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Ground information
Location Nagpur
Established 1975
Seating capacity 40,000
Owner Vidarbha Cricket Association
Operator Vidarbha Cricket Association
Home team(s) Vidarbha
End names Jaika End, Church End
Surface Grass
First Test India v New Zealand - Oct 3-8, 1969
Last Test India v England - Mar 1-5, 2006
First ODI India v England - Jan 23, 1985
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka - Oct 25, 2005

The Vidharba Cricket Association Ground is a Test cricket ground in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The ground is known as the VCA Ground. The first match was played here on October 3, 1969. The ground has been selected to host 2011 Cricket World Cupmatches

It is one of the two grounds where play was called off due to dangerous pitch conditions.

The ground belongs to the Central Zone.

Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.

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  • Zimbabwe's Andy Flower 232* vs India (25/11/2000) is the highest individual score in Test innings.
  • Highest test score is held by India 609/6 dec vs Zimbabwe in 2000-2001.
  • Highest ODI score is held by Sri Lanka 350/6 dec vs India in 2005-2006 .

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Coordinates: 21°09′26.2″N, 79°04′35.5″E