Moti Bagh Stadium

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Moti Bagh Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Vadodara (estwhile Baroda), Gujarat. The ground form part of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace building complex - a spawling 700-acre (2.8 km²) complex in the heart of the city. The palace and the stadium, earlied belonged to the former rulers of Baroda and the patrons of cricket in Baroda - the Gaekwad.

The stadium has a seating capacity of 18,000 people. The use of the stadium for International cricket has been discontinued in favour of IPCL Sports Complex Ground.

Game Information

Game Type	No. of Games
Test Matches	0
ODI	3
Twenty20	0

Game Statistics

Category	Information
Highest Team Score	India (282/8 in 47.1 Overs against New Zealand)
Lowest Team Score	Sri Lanka (141 All Out in 50 Overs against India)
Best Batting Performance	Mohammad Azharuddin (108* Runs against New Zealand)
Best Bowling Performance	Graeme Labrooy (5/57 against India)

Trivia

During his innings of 108*, Mohammad Azharuddin's established the then new world record for the fastest century in ODI match by scoring 100 runs in 62 balls, thereby erasing the previous record of Zaheer Abbas' 100 runs off 72 balls in Multan. As of March 7, 2007, this is the fastest ODI century for an Indian (Virender Sehwag is #2 requiring 69 balls against the same opponents in Colombo) and the 6th fastest ODI century ever.

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History	Maratha Empire Gaekwad British East India Company British Raj Baroda Residency Bombay Presidency Political integration of India Bombay State BBCI Railway Baji Rao I Pilaji Rao Gaekwad Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III Maharaja Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwad Maharani Sita Devi Indira Raje Scindia Raja Ravi Varma Bhimrao Ambedkar Dadabhai Naoroji

Government	Vadodara Municipal Corporation Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA) Vadodara District

Buildings and landmarks	Laxmi Vilas Palace Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum Pratap Vilas Palace Sayaji Baug Makarpura Palace Nazarbaug Palace Nyay Mandir Khanderao Market Kirti Mandir Kirti Stambh Baroda Museum EME Temple Aurobindo Ashram Hazira Maqbara

Industry and commerce	Bank of Baroda ICICI Bank Indian Oil, Gujarat Refinery Reliance Industries, IPCL Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (GSFC) Larsen & Toubro General Motors India Sun Pharma Apollo Tyres Vadodara Stock Exchange

Transport	Vadodara Airport Bajva railway station Nandesari railway station Ranoli railway station Vadodara railway station National Highway 8 Vadodara-Ahmedabad Expressway Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway

Culture	Navratri Garba Maa Aarki Vadodara Garba Uttarayana IPCL Sports Complex Ground Moti Bagh Stadium

Education	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Baroda Engineering College (Techo), Kala Bhavan Baroda Medical College Baroda School of Legal Studies Railway Staff College Faculty of Fine Arts

People	K.M. Munshi Abbas Tyabji Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh Manilal Doctor Ambalal Sarabhai Pramukh Swami Maharaj Sam Pitroda Satyam Patel Dr IG Patel Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Ajay Bhatt SR Rao Karan Grover (Architect) Vijay Hazare Anshuman Gaekwad Kiran More Zaheer Khan Irfan Pathan Yusuf Pathan

Recent events	2001 Gujarat earthquake 2002 Gujarat violence (Best Bakery case) 2005 train crash

Other topics	Champaner Pavagadh Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Ajwa Dabhoi Kayavarohan

Coordinates: 22°17′23″N 73°11′24″E / 22.28972°N 73.19000°E / 22.28972; 73.19000

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