India’s distinction – becomes the first country to host test matches on twenty five grounds

India’s distinction – becomes the first country to host test matches on twenty five grounds

Pune, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, today would become the 25th ground in India to host a test match when India-Australia test match takes off.  The following table lists the other 24 grounds of India where the test matches are staged with results

No Ground M W L T D
1 Eden Gardens, Kolkata 40 12 9 0 19
2 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 33 13 6 0 14
3 Chepauk, Chennai 32 14 6 1 11
4 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 25 11 7 0 7
5 Green Park, Kanpur 22 7 3 0 12
6 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 21 6 6 0 9
7 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai 18 5 2 0 11
8 PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh 13 7 1 0 5
9 Motera, Ahmedabad 12 4 2 0 6
10 Nehru Stadium, Madras 9 2 4 0 3
11 Vidarbha CA Ground, Nagpur 9 2 2 0 5
12 VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur 5 3 1 0 1
13 RGI Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad 4 3 0 0 1
14 LBS Stadium, Hyderabad 3 1 0 0 2
15 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 2 1 0 0 1
16 Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam 1 1 0 0 0
17 Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar 1 0 0 0 1
18 Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai 1 0 1 0 0
19 Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore 1 1 0 0 0
20 KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium, Lucknow 1 1 0 0 0
21 Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot 1 0 0 0 1
22 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 1 0 0 0 1
23 Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh 1 1 0 0 0
24 University Ground, Lucknow 1 0 1 0 0

India achieves the distinction of becoming the first country to host test matches on 25 grounds. The following table furnishes the number of grounds deployed by each country to host a test

No Country Grounds
1 India 25
2 Pakistan 17
3 West Indies 12
4 South Africa 11
5 Australia 10
6 England 09
7 New Zealand 08
8 Sri Lanka 08
9 Zimbabwe 03
10 Bangladesh 03

 

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