M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, located in Bangalore, Karnataka, is one of the cricket stadiums of India. Flanked by the picturesque Cubbon Park, Queen's Road, Cubbon and uptown MG Road, this four decade old stadium is situated in the heart of the city of Bangalore. Formerly known as the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) stadium, the ground was later rechristened in tribute to Mr. M. Chinnaswamy, who had served the KSCA for four decades and was also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977–1980. This stadium with a seating capacity of around 36,000 not only regularly hosts Test cricket, One Day Internationals (ODI) and other First-class cricket matches, but also other musical and cultural events. The stadium is also the home ground of the Karnataka state cricket team and the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. It is owned by the Government of Karnataka and has been leased out to the KSCA for a period of 99 years.

History and development

With generous patronage from the Government of Karnataka, the foundation stone of this stadium was laid in 1969 and construction work commenced in 1970. The stadium was first used for First-class cricket matches during the 1972–73 season. It earned Test status during the 1974–75 season when the West Indies toured India.

The first Test played at this stadium was on 22–29 November 1974. Incidentally, this was the debut Test match for the West Indian batting giants Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge. The West Indians led by Clive Lloyd crushed M. A. K. Pataudi's Indian team by a massive margin of 256 runs. India registered their first Test win on this ground against the touring English team led by Tony Greig in 1976–77. The first ODI match at this venue was played on 6 September 1982. India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in that match.

Floodlights were first installed at this stadium for the 1996 Wills World Cup. The first match played here under lights was the quarter-final clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on 9 March 1996 in which India defeated Pakistan by 39 runs in a thrilling encounter. In 2007, 3rd Test Match between India Vs Pakistan, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh lead a 300 run partnership fightback from 61/4 breaking several records. India's 365/5 at stumps was the highest 1st day score in whole of India. The 300 run partnership was the highest partnership at the stadium and the highest left-hander batsmen partnership. Sourav Ganguly's 239 is the highest left-hander score.

After the BCCI chose Bangalore as the centre for the National Cricket Academy in 2000, many budding cricketers have passed out of the Academy housed on this ground. This stadium also served as venue for the 1996 Miss World pageant. The KSCA now plans to increase the seating capacity to 70,000. After the launch of the IPL, it has also become the home ground of the Bangalore franchise team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The stadium was also given a facelift for the first season of the IPL. It was painted in red and yellow, the team colours of the Royal Challengers and also the colours of the Karnataka flag.

The Chinnaswamy Stadium wicket

The cricket pitch at this stadium is seen to be typical – it rarely follows the 'turning track' axiom, which is followed by all other international-level cricket pitches in India. Of late, the Chinnaswamy stadium cricket pitch is said to be bouncy and pacy, which is something unprecedented in the history of Indian cricket. The 2012 season's Ranji Trophy matches, the India-New Zealand Test and the India-Pakistan T20 International matches saw fast bowlers grab significant number of wickets.

In the T20 International played here on 25 December 2012, Pakistan's left arm fast bowler, debutant Mohammad Irfan, arguably the tallest cricketer, troubled the Indian top order batsmen, with his pace and disconcerting bounce. In the same match, Indian fast bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar too troubled the Pakistani top order in his debut match, finishing with bowling figures of 3 for 9 in his allotted four overs. Though, India lost the match by five wickets.

Panoramic view of Chinnaswamy Stadium under lights.

Cricket World Cups

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches for all the World cups whenever India has hosted the World cups namely

Quarter final match

ICC World Cup 2011, 22nd Match, Group B

ICC World Cup 2011, 31st Match, Group A

ICC World Cup 2011, 35th Match, Group A

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches for all the World cups whenever India has hosted the World cups namely

Records

List of Test Matches

Test match records

Batting

Most career runs[3] Runs Player Period 869 (16 Innings) Sachin Tendulkar 1994–2012 600 (12 Innings) Sunil Gavaskar 1974–1987 513 (11 Innings) Virender Sehwag 2001–2012 503 (13 Innings) Sourav Ganguly 1998–2008 450 (8 Innings) Gundappa Viswanath 1974–1981

Most career runs (Non-India)[4] Runs Player Period 431 (4 Innings) Younis Khan 2005–2007 305 (5 Innings) Ricky Ponting 1998–2010 287 (6 Innings) Simon Katich 2004–2010 245 (4 Innings) Alvin Kallicharran 1974–1978 231 (4 Innings) Michael Hussey 2008–2010

Highest individual score[5] Runs Player Year 267 vs India Younis Khan 2005 239 vs Pakistan Sourav Ganguly 2007 214 vs Australia Sachin Tendulkar 2010 201 vs Pakistan Virender Sehwag 2005 184 vs India Inzamam-ul-Haq 2005

Bowling

Most career wickets[6] Wickets Player Period 41 (16 Innings) Anil Kumble 1994–2008 30 (14 Innings) Harbhajan Singh 1998–2010 27 (15 Innings) Kapil Dev 1978–1994 17 (6 Innings) B. S. Chandrasekhar 1974–1978 14 (8 Innings) Zaheer Khan 2004–2012

Most career wickets (Non-India)[7] Wickets Player Period 11 (4 Innings) Danish Kaneria 2005–2007 10 (4 Innings) Michael Kasprowicz 1998–2004 9 (5 Innings) Iqbal Qasim 1979–1987 9 (4 Innings) Mohammad Sami 2005–2007 9 (2 Innings) Tauseef Ahmed 1987–1987 9 (4 Innings) Shane Warne 1998–2004

Best innings figures[8] Figures Player Year 7/27 vs Pakistan Maninder Singh 1987 7/64 vs India Tim Southee 2012 6/53 vs India Bob Willis 1977 6/59 vs New Zealand Narendra Hirwani 1988 6/71 vs England Bishan Singh Bedi 1977

Best match figures[9] Figures Player Year 11/224 vs England Harbhajan Singh 2004 10/126 vs Australia Maninder Singh 1987 9/120 vs Pakistan Anil Kumble 1995 9/121 vs South Africa Iqbal Qasim 1987 9/131 vs New Zealand B. S. Chandrasekhar 1977 9/139 vs New Zealand Tauseef Ahmed 1987

Team records

Highest innings score[10] Score Team Year 626  India vs Pakistan 2007 570  Pakistan vs India 2005 541/6 d  India vs Sri Lanka 1974 537  Pakistan vs India 2007 495  India vs Australia 2010

Lowest completed innings[11] Score Team Year 116  Pakistan vs India 1987 145  India vs Pakistan 1987 145  New Zealand vs India 1995 158  India vs South Africa 2000 164  New Zealand vs India 1988

Partnership records

Highest partnerships[12]
Runs	Wicket	Players	Match	Year
324	3rd	Younis Khan (267) & Inzamam-ul-Haq (187)	Pakistan vs India	2005
308	3rd	Sachin Tendulkar (214) & Murali Vijay (139)	India vs Australia	2010
300	5th	Sourav Ganguly (239) & Yuvraj Singh (169)	India vs Pakistan	2007
207	4th	Gordon Greenidge (107) & Clive Lloyd (163)	West Indies vs India	1974

All records correct as of 10 November 2015.

One day international match records

Highest total: 383–6 – India v Australia 2 November 2013. The second was 347–2 – Australia v India, the third and fourth highest scores were tied at 338 in the India-England match.

Highest Run Chase : 329–7 – Ireland scored 329 (in 49.1 overs) against England's 327 runs from 50 overs, 2 March 2011.

Highest individual score: 209 scored by Rohit Sharma

The most runs were scored by Sachin Tendulkar (534 runs) followed by Virender Sehwag (328 runs) and Michael Clarke (239 runs)

The most wickets were taken by Zaheer Khan (14 wickets) followed by Javagal Srinath (10 wickets) and Venkatesh Prasad & Kapil Dev (8 wickets each)

Gallery

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  the stadium during 2010 Champions League Twenty20

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  Bangalore test, 10 Oct 2004

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  India vs Pakistan Test match, 2007

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds
• List of international cricket centuries at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
• List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

• Chinnaswamy Stadium Layout + IPL 2010 Updates
• M Chinnaswamy Stadium Notable Events
• Details on Cricinfo

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