Barabati Stadium

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Barabati Stadium
Established unknown
First Test India v Sri Lanka - Jan 4-7, 1987
First ODI India v England - January 27, 1982
Capacity 35,000
Floodlights Yes
End Names Maha River End, Pavilion End
Last Test match India v New Zealand - Nov 8-12, 1995
Last ODI India v West Indies - January 24, 2007
Home Team Orissa
As of 4 April 2006

The Barabati Stadium[1] is a cricket venue in the east indian city of Cuttack, Orissa. The stadium has hosted ODI matches since January 1982 and Test match since January 1987.

Match Information:

Game Type No. of Games
Test Matches 2[2]
ODI 13[3]
Twenty20 0

Test Game Statistics:

Category Information
Highest Team Score India (400 All Out against Sri Lanka)
Lowest Team Score Sri Lanka (142 All Out against India)
Best Batting Performance Dilip Vengsarkar (166 Runs against Sri Lanka)
Best Bowling Performance Narendra Hirwani (6/59 against New Zealand)

ODI Game Statistics:

Category Information
Highest Team Score India (301/3 in 50 Overs against Zimbabwe
Lowest Team Score West Indies (113 All Out in 34.2 Overs against Australia
Best Batting Performance Mohammad Azharuddin (153* Runs against Zimbabwe)
Best Bowling Performance Daren Powell (4/27 against India)

[edit] Trivia

  • Kapil Dev bagged his 300th test wicket when he bowled Rumesh Ratnayake in January 1987
  • The Stadium hosted matches in both the World Cups hosted in the subcontinent - 1987 Cricket World Cup (Australia beat Zimbabwe by 70 runs)and 1996 Cricket World Cup (India beat Kenya by 7 Wickets)
  • Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja put on an unbroken 275 run partnership against Zimbabwe which was the then highest ODI partnership
    • The above partnership is the current world record for the 4th Wicket in ODI Cricket[4].
    • The above partnership is currently listed at #4 in all-time partnerships for India in ODI Cricket[5].
    • The partnership is the current world record for any unbroken partnership[6].

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Coordinates: 20°28′51.45″N, 85°52′06.59″E