Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
विदर्भ क्रिकेट असोसीएशन मैदान

VCA Stadium at Jamtha, Nagpur
Ground information
Location Jamtha, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Establishment 2008
Capacity 45,000
Owner Vidarbha Cricket Association
Architect Shashi Prabhu[1]
Operator Vidarbha Cricket Association
End names
Secretary End
Pavilion End
International information
First Test 6-10 Nov 2008: India v Australia
Last Test 20-23 Nov 2010: India v New Zealand
First ODI 28 Oct 2009: India v Australia
Last ODI 12 March 2011: India v South Africa
Only T20I 9 Dec 2009: India v Sri Lanka

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (Marathi:विदर्भ क्रिकेट असोसीएशन मैदान) (also known as New VCA stadium) is a Test cricket ground built in 2008 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Inaugurated in 2008, it replaced the old Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground as the main stadium in the city.

VCA Stadium is the home ground for the Vidharba and Central Zone teams for the domestic Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy tournaments, respectively.

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Facilities

The stadium is located in the Jamtha neighborhood, about 15 km from Nagpur.

Spread over 33 acres (130,000 m2), VCA Stadium features include wi-fi coverage and a capacity of 45,000. The venue also has world-class training and practice facilities.[2] The stadium has four stands. The East and West stands are open to air stands with two tiers. The North stand houses the commercial box and has three tiers. The South stand also has three tiers and houses the players pavilion.

History

The first international match hosted at this venue was the 4th Test between India and Australia (Nov 2008), which India won by 172 runs. The Aussie spinner Jason Krejza finished with 12 wickets, while Harbhajan Singh claimed seven. The current president of the vca is Mr.Sudhir Dabir . He has been under observations by the BCCI as it is said that he sold half of the tickets of 12th march 2011 India vs. South Africa world cup match tickets in black .[3][4]

Four matches will be played here during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[5]

Test Records

ODI Records

T20I Records

Matches

Tests

6-10 November 2008
scorecard
India 
441 (124.5 overs) & 295 (82.4 overs)
v  Australia
355 (134.4 overs) & 209 (50.2 overs)
India won by 172 runs
6-9 February 2010
Scorecard
South Africa 
558/6d (176 overs)
v  India
233 (64.4 overs) & 319 (107.1 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs
20-23 November 2010
Scorecard
New Zealand 
193 (66.3 overs) & 175 (55.2 overs)
v  India
566/8d (165 overs)
India won by an innings and 198 runs

ODI

28 October 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
352/7 (50 overs)
v  Australia
255 (48.3 overs)
India won by 99 runs
19 December 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
301/7 (50 overs)
v  Sri Lanka
302/7 (49.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
22 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
292/6 (50 overs)
v  England
296/4 (48.4 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
25 February 2011
Scorecard
New Zealand 
206 (45.1 overs)
v  Australia
207/3 (34 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
28 February 2011
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
298/9 (50 overs)
v  Canada
123 (41.3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs
12 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
296 (48.4 overs)
v  South Africa
300/7 (49.4 overs)
South Africa won by 3 wickets

T20I

9 December 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
215/5 (20 overs)
v  India
186/9 (20 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 29 runs

IPL

5 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
159 (19.5 overs)
v Deccan Chargers
157 (19.5 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs
10 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
138/8 (20 overs)
v Chennai Super Kings
139/4 (19.1 overs)
Super Kings won by 6 wickets
12 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
151/6 (20 overs)
v Royal Challengers Bangalore
138 (19.4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs

India at the VCA Stadium

Gallery

Photo Gallery of the VCA Stadium
The on ground scorecard and big screen control room.  
VCA at night.  
The corporate box in north wing.  

See also

References

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