The Feroz Shah Kotla is a cricket ground in Delhi, India.[1] The ground has hosted 30 Test matches, the first of these was in 1948 between India and the West Indies.[2] 16 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have also been played at the ground, the first in 1982 between India and Sri Lanka.[3]
The West Indian Clyde Walcott became the first Test centurion at the Feroz Shah Kotla when he made 152 against India in 1948. The record for the highest Test century at the ground belongs to the New Zealander Bert Sutcliffe, Sutcliffe scored 230 not out against India in 1955. The highest score by an Indian at the ground is 227 which was made by Vinod Kambli against Zimbabwe in 1993. Sunil Gavaskar has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 4.[4]
Six ODI centuries have been scored at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the Sri Lankan Roy Dias scored the first in 1982 with 102 against India. The Australian Ricky Ponting holds the record for the highest ODI score at the ground with 145 from 158 balls which was made against Zimbabwe in 1998.[5]
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The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Feroz Shah Kotla.[4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 152 | Clyde Walcott | West Indies | NR | 1 | India | 10 November 1948 | Drawn |
2 | 101 | Gerry Gomez | West Indies | NR | 1 | India | 10 November 1948 | Drawn |
3 | 128 | Everton Weekes | West Indies | NR | 1 | India | 10 November 1948 | Drawn |
4 | 107 | Robert Christiani | West Indies | NR | 1 | India | 10 November 1948 | Drawn |
5 | 114* | Hemu Adhikari | India | NR | 2 | West Indies | 10 November 1948 | Drawn |
6 | 154 | Vijay Merchant | India | NR | 2 | England | 2 November 1951 | Drawn |
7 | 164* | Vijay Hazare | India | NR | 2 | England | 2 November 1951 | Drawn |
8 | 137* | Allan Watkins | England | NR | 3 | India | 2 November 1951 | Drawn |
9 | 230* | Bert Sutcliffe | New Zealand | NR | 1 | India | 16 December 1955 | Drawn |
10 | 119* | John Reid | New Zealand | NR | 1 | India | 16 December 1955 | Drawn |
11 | 177 | Vijay Manjrekar (1/2) | India | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 16 December 1955 | Drawn |
12 | 109 | Chandu Borde | India | NR | 1 | West Indies | 6 February 1959 | Drawn |
13 | 123 | John Holt | West Indies | NR | 2 | India | 6 February 1959 | Drawn |
14 | 100 | Collie Smith | West Indies | NR | 2 | India | 6 February 1959 | Drawn |
15 | 100* | Joe Solomon | West Indies | NR | 2 | India | 6 February 1959 | Drawn |
16 | 114 | Neil Harvey | Australia | NR | 2 | India | 12 December 1959 | Won |
17 | 112 | Polly Umrigar | India | NR | 1 | Pakistan | 8 February 1961 | Drawn |
18 | 101 | Mushtaq Mohammad | Pakistan | NR | 2 | India | 8 February 1961 | Drawn |
19 | 127 | Motganhalli Jaisimha | India | NR | 1 | England | 13 December 1961 | Drawn |
20 | 189* | Vijay Manjrekar (2/2) | India | NR | 1 | England | 13 December 1961 | Drawn |
21 | 113* | Ken Barrington | England | NR | 2 | India | 13 December 1961 | Drawn |
22 | 105 | Hanumant Singh | India | NR | 1 | England | 8 February 1964 | Drawn |
23 | 151 | Colin Cowdrey | England | NR | 2 | India | 8 February 1964 | Drawn |
24 | 100 | Budhi Kunderan | India | NR | 3 | England | 8 February 1964 | Drawn |
25 | 203* | Nawab of Pataudi (1/2) | India | NR | 3 | England | 8 February 1964 | Drawn |
26 | 106 | Dilip Sardesai | India | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 19 March 1965 | Won |
27 | 113 | Nawab of Pataudi (2/2) | India | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 19 March 1965 | Won |
28 | 138 | Ian Chappell | Australia | NR | 1 | India | 28 November 1969 | Lost |
29 | 192* | Viv Richards (1/2) | West Indies | NR | 2 | India | 11 December 1974 | Won |
30 | 179 | Dennis Amiss | England | 397 | 1 | India | 17 December 1976 | Won |
31 | 120 | Sunil Gavaskar (1/3) | India | NR | 1 | West Indies | 24 January 1979 | Drawn |
32 | 109 | Dilip Vengsarkar (1/4) | India | NR | 1 | West Indies | 24 January 1979 | Drawn |
33 | 126* | Kapil Dev | India | 124 | 1 | West Indies | 24 January 1979 | Drawn |
34 | 115 | Sunil Gavaskar (2/3) | India | 238 | 1 | Australia | 13 October 1979 | Drawn |
35 | 131 | Gundappa Viswanath (1/2) | India | 207 | 1 | Australia | 13 October 1979 | Drawn |
36 | 100* | Yashpal Sharma | India | 239 | 1 | Australia | 13 October 1979 | Drawn |
37 | 146* | Dilip Vengsarkar (2/4) | India | 370 | 4 | Pakistan | 4 December 1979 | Drawn |
38 | 105 | Geoff Boycott | England | 285 | 1 | India | 23 December 1981 | Drawn |
39 | 149 | Chris Tavaré | England | 303 | 1 | India | 23 December 1981 | Drawn |
40 | 107 | Gundappa Viswanath (2/2) | India | 200 | 2 | England | 23 December 1981 | Drawn |
41 | 121 | Sunil Gavaskar (3/3) | India | 128 | 1 | West Indies | 29 October 1983 | Drawn |
42 | 159 | Dilip Vengsarkar (3/4) | India | 238 | 1 | West Indies | 29 October 1983 | Drawn |
43 | 103 | Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 202 | 2 | India | 29 October 1983 | Drawn |
44 | 160 | Tim Robinson | England | 390 | 2 | India | 12 December 1984 | Won |
45 | 102 | Dilip Vengsarkar (4/4) | India | 257 | 3 | West Indies | 25 November 1987 | Lost |
46 | 109* | Viv Richards (2/2) | West Indies | 111 | 4 | India | 25 November 1987 | Won |
47 | 227 | Vinod Kambli | India | 301 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 13 March 1993 | Won |
48 | 115 | Andy Flower (1/2) | Zimbabwe | 236 | 2 | India | 13 March 1993 | Lost |
49 | 152 | Nayan Mongia | India | 366 | 2 | Australia | 10 October 1996 | Won |
50 | 183* | Andy Flower (2/2) | Zimbabwe | 351 | 1 | India | 18 November 2000 | Lost |
51 | 200* | Rahul Dravid | India | 350 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 18 November 2000 | Won |
52 | 122 | Sachin Tendulkar (1/2) | India | 233 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 18 November 2000 | Won |
53 | 136 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 284 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 28 February 2002 | Won |
54 | 109 | Sachin Tendulkar (2/2) | India | 196 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 10 December 2005 | Won |
55 | 206 | Gautam Gambhir | India | 380 | 1 | Australia | 29 October 2008 | Drawn |
56 | 200* | VVS Laxman | India | 301 | 1 | Australia | 29 October 2008 | Drawn |
57 | 112 | Michael Clarke | Australia | 253 | 2 | India | 29 October 2008 | Drawn |
58 | 118 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 196 | 1 | India | 6 November 2011 | Lost |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Feroz Shah Kotla.[5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 102 | Roy Dias | Sri Lanka | 114 | 1 | India | 15 September 1982 | Lost |
2 | 137 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 137 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 March 1996 | Lost |
3 | 145 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 158 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 11 April 1998 | Won |
4 | 105 | Nick Knight | England | 131 | 1 | India | 31 January 2002 | Won |
5 | 107* | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 105 | 2 | West Indies | 24 February 2011 | Won |
6 | 112* | Virat Kohli | India | 98 | 2 | England | 17 October 2011 | Won |
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