Indira Priyadarshini Stadium

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Indira Priyadarshini Stadium is located in the coastal city of Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The stadium has hosted 5 ODI Matches and is also known as the Municipal Corporation Stadium. The first match was held on December 9, 1988 and the last of the 5 matches was held on April 3, 2001. The stadium has been discontinued from hosting ODI matches in favor of the newer ACA-VDCA Stadium.

Game Information:

Game Type No. of Games
Test Matches 0
ODI 5
Twenty20 0

Game Statistics:

Category Information
Highest Team Score Australia (338/4 in 50 Overs against India)
Lowest Team Score New Zealand (196/9 in 50 Overs against India)
Best Batting Performance Mark Waugh (130 Runs against Kenya)
Best Bowling Performance Kris Srikkanth (5/27 against New Zealand)

[edit] Trivia

  • Kris Srikkanth has the best all-round individual performance in the stadium with a match stats of 70 Runs (87b, 8x4), 7-0-27-5 and 1 Catch
  • India has played in 3 of the 5 games and have won two of these games
  • The Stadium was the venue of the 1996 Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Kenya

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1996 Cricket World Cup Stadiums
India
Barabati Stadium | Chinnaswamy Stadium | Eden Gardens (Semi-Finals) | Feroz Shah Kotla | Green Park | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | IPCL Ground | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium |
MA Chidambaram Stadium | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Nehru Stadium (Pune) | PCA Stadium (Semi-Finals) | Roop Singh Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium |
VCA Ground | Wankhede Stadium
Pakistan
Arbab Niaz Stadium | Gaddafi Stadium (Finals) | Iqbal Stadium | Municipal Stadium | National Stadium | Niaz Stadium | Pindi Club Ground
Sri-Lanka
Asgiriya Stadium | Premadasa Stadium | SSC Ground