FIXTURES – India and New Zealand Test Series in India

1st Test: India v New Zealand at Kanpur on Sep 22-26, 2016

(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)

2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Kolkata on Sep 30-Oct 4, 2016

(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)

3rd Test: India v New Zealand at Indore on Oct 8-12, 2016

(09:30 local | 04:00 GMT)

Cometh October, 08, 2016, Indore will become the 109^th test venue globally, when it hosts the third and final test between India and New Zealand. It will also become the 22^nd test venue in India. The performance at the 21 test centers are enumerated below

No	Grounds	Span	M	W	L	T	D
1	Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai	1933-1933	1	1	1	0	0
2	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	1934-2013	39	20	20	0	19
3	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	1934-2013	31	19	19	1	11
4	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1948-2015	33	19	19	0	14
5	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	1948-2009	18	7	7	0	11
6	Green Park, Kanpur	1952-2009	21	9	9	0	12
7	University Ground, Lucknow	1952-1952	1	1	1	0	0
8	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad	1955-1988	3	1	1	0	2
9	Nehru Stadium, Madras	1956-1965	9	6	6	0	3
10	Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur	1969-2006	9	4	4	0	5
11	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1974-2015	21	12	12	0	9
12	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	1975-2013	24	17	17	0	7
13	Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar	1983-1983	1	0	0	0	1
14	Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	1983-2012	12	6	6	0	6
15	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1987-1995	2	1	1	0	1
16	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	1987-1987	1	0	0	0	1
17	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	1990-1990	1	1	1	0	0
18	K.D.Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium, Lucknow	1994-1994	1	1	1	0	0
19	PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	1994-2015	12	7	7	0	5
20	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur	2008-2015	5	4	4	0	1
21	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad	2010-2013	3	2	2	0	1

Kolkata would host its 40^th test when it plays host to the second test between India and New Zealand in September-October 2016.  Kolkata would earn the honour of hosting 40 tests and become the first Indian ground to host 40 tests. It would become the 22^nd ground to host 40 plus tests in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists the grounds which have hosted 40 plus tests. {Note – Stats as of 29.06.16}

No	Grounds	Span	M	W	L	T	D
1	Lord’s, London	1884-2016	132	83	83	0	49
2	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1877-2015	108	92	92	0	16
3	Sydney Cricket Ground	1882-2016	104	85	85	0	19
4	Kennington Oval, London	1880-2015	98	61	61	0	37
5	Old Trafford, Manchester	1884-2014	76	41	41	0	35
6	Headingley, Leeds	1899-2016	75	57	57	0	18
7	Adelaide Oval	1884-2015	74	55	55	0	19
8	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1899-2015	61	38	38	0	23
9	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	1930-2014	59	37	37	0	22
10	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1930-2016	58	35	35	0	23
11	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1931-2015	58	44	44	1	13
12	Newlands, Cape Town	1889-2016	53	42	42	0	11
13	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	1930-2015	51	34	34	0	17
14	Eden Park, Auckland	1930-2014	49	25	25	0	24
15	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1902-2015	48	33	33	0	15
16	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	1930-2015	48	35	35	0	13
17	W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth	1970-2015	42	34	34	0	8
18	Kingsmead, Durban	1923-2015	41	28	28	0	13
19	National Stadium, Karachi	1955-2009	41	23	23	0	18
20	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	1930-2006	40	24	24	0	16
21	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	1959-2009	40	18	18	0	22