# Nehru Stadium, Pune

Nehru Stadium, formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000.
The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.

## International cricket

The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International matches including two in the Cricket World Cup (1987 & 1996), 4 WODI till date. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match.
One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
List of ODIs
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | Scorecard |
| 5 December 1984 | India | England | England won by 4 wickets | Scorecard |
| 22 March 1987 | India | Pakistan | Pakistan won by 6 wickets | Scorecard |
| 30 October 1987 | England | Sri Lanka | England won by 8 wickets | Scorecard |
| 5 December 1990 | India | Sri Lanka | India won by 6 wickets | Scorecard |
| 25 March 1993 | India | Zimbabwe | India won by 8 wickets | Scorecard |
| 24 November 1995 | India | New Zealand | India won by 5 wickets | Scorecard |
| 29 February 1996 | Kenya | West Indies | Kenya won by 73 runs | Scorecard |
| 30 March 1999 | India | Sri Lanka | India won by 51 runs | Scorecard |
| 28 March 2001 | India | Australia | Australia won by 8 wickets | Scorecard |
| 3 November 2003 | Australia | New Zealand | Australia won by 2 wickets | Scorecard |
| 3 November 2005 | India | Sri Lanka | India won by 4 wickets | Scorecard |
List of WODIs
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Results | Scorecard |
| 8 February 1984 | India | Australia | AUS Women won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) | Scorecard |
| 14 December 1997 | Ireland | South Africa | SA Women won by 9 wickets (with 133 balls remaining) | Scorecard |
| 16 December 1997 | England | Ireland | ENG Women won by 208 runs | Scorecard |
| 24 January 2002 | India | England | IND Women won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) | Scorecard |

## Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.
* 1987 Cricket World Cup
* 1996 Cricket World Cup

### 1987 Cricket World Cup

* Sri Lanka v/s England:
* 30 October 1987 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 218/7 (50 overs) | v | England 219/2 (41.2 overs) |
* England won by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Pune, India

### 1996 Cricket World Cup

* Kenya v/s West Indies:
* 29 February (scorecard)
| Kenya 166 (49.3 overs) | v | West Indies 93 (35.2 overs) |
| Steve Tikolo 29 (50) Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48) Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs) |
* Kenya won by 73 runs Nehru Stadium, Pune, India Umpires: Khizer Hayat & V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Kenya)

## List of centuries
### Key

* * denotes that the batsman was not out.
* Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
* Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
* NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
* Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
* The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
* The column title Result refers to the player's team result

### One Day Internationals

| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 105 | Dilip Vengsarkar | India | 124 | 1 | England | 5 December 1988 | Lost |
| 2 | 115* | Mike Gatting | England | 135 | 2 | India | 5 December 1988 | Won |
| 3 | 103 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 87 | 1 | India | 24 November 1995 | Lost |
| 4 | 103* | Ajay Jadeja | India | 102 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 30 March 1999 | Won |
| 5 | 100 | Hemang Badani | India | 98 | 1 | Australia | 28 March 2001 | Lost |
| 6 | 133* | Mark Waugh | Australia | 138 | 2 | India | 28 March 2001 | Won |

## List of Five Wicket Hauls
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| † | The bowler was man of the match |
| ‡ | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| § | One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled. |
| Runs | Number of runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Runs conceded per over |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken |
| Drawn | The match was drawn. |

### One Day Internationals

| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Brad Williams | 3 November 2003 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 10 | 53 | 5 | 5.3 | Chris Nevin Lou Vincent Scott Styris Craig McMillan Chris Harris | Won |
| 2 | Ajit Agarkar | 5 November 2005 | India | Sri Lanka | 1 | 9.5 | 44 | 5 | 4.47 | Kumar Sangakkara Sanath Jayasuriya Farveez Maharoof Muttiah Muralitharan Chaminda Vaas | Won |
The leading run scorers here have been Mike Gatting- 161 runs, Mark Waugh- 133 runs and Chris Cairns- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been Ajit Agarkar- 8 wickets, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.