Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
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| Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | |
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| Location | Nagpur |
| Established | 1975 |
| Seating capacity | 40,000 |
| Owner | Vidarbha Cricket Association |
| Operator | Vidarbha Cricket Association |
| Home team(s) | Vidarbha |
| End names | Jaika End, Church End |
| Surface | Grass |
| First Test | India v New Zealand - Oct 3-8, 1969 |
| Last Test | India v England - Mar 1-5, 2006 |
| First ODI | India v England - Jan 23, 1985 |
| Last ODI | India v Sri Lanka - Oct 25, 2005 |
The Vidharba Cricket Association Ground is a Test cricket ground in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The ground is known as the VCA Ground. The first match was played here on October 3, 1969. The ground has been selected to host 2011 Cricket World Cupmatches
It is one of the two grounds where play was called off due to dangerous pitch conditions.
The ground belongs to the Central Zone.
Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.
[edit] Ground Figures
- Zimbabwe's Andy Flower 232* vs India (25/11/2000) is the highest individual score in Test innings.
- Highest test score is held by India 609/6 dec vs Zimbabwe in 2000-2001.
- Highest ODI score is held by Sri Lanka 350/6 dec vs India in 2005-2006 .
