Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

Not to be confused with Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground.
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

VCA Stadium at Jamtha, Nagpur
Location Nagpur, Maharashtra
Establishment 2008
Capacity 45,000[1]
Owner Vidarbha Cricket Association
Architect Shashi Prabhu[2]
Operator Vidarbha Cricket Association
Tenants Vidarbha cricket team
End names
Secretary End
Pavilion End
First Test 6–10 November 2008: India v Australia
Last Test 25–27 November 2015: India v South Africa
First ODI 28 October 2009: India v Australia
Last ODI 30 October 2013: India v Australia
First T20I 9 December 2009: India v Sri Lanka
Last T20I 27 March 2016: West Indies v Afghanistan
As of 27 March 2016
Source: Cricinfo

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium also known as New VCA stadium is a cricket ground built in 2008 located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

The ground was inaugurated in 2008 and it replaced the old Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground as the main stadium in the city. The new Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium is a top class venue which has been praised by the International Cricket Council[3]

VCA Stadium is the home ground for the Vidarbha and Central Zone teams for the domestic Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy tournaments, respectively.

Layout of the VCA Stadium

Sachin Tendulkar said,"the facilities exceeded all expectations." Ricky Ponting commented about the comforts in the changing rooms.[4] Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne was extremely pleased with the “largeness of the ground” after his team’s two-run win over Deccan Chargers. “Michael Lumb's slog to deep mid-wicket found a fielder. Now, if this was M. A. Chidambaram Stadium or M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, then that ball would have landed in a taxi going to the team hotel. We need big grounds like these,” Warne had said.[5] It has 80 Yard Straight & 85 Yard Square Leg Boundaries,which makes it one of the largest ground (playing area wise) in the world.[6]

Lalit Modi gushed that the VCA was "by far the best stadium in India".The swanky stadium has been praised not only by the players but also by commentators and journalists because of the facilities in the VCA Stadium.[6] Alan Wilkins said "It is a fabulous stadium,a Colosseum here in Nagpur.It has the most impressive Press box for the travelling media.It really is a wonderful venue."

The first international match hosted at this venue was the 4th Test between India and Australia (Nov 2008), which India won by 172 runs. The Aussie spinner Jason Krejza finished with 12 wickets, while Harbhajan Singh claimed seven.

The current president of the VCA is Mr.Praksh Dixit .[7] Four matches were played here during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[8] The highest Test scores were by India- 566/8, 558/6 and 441/10. The most runs were scored by Virendar Sehwag(357 runs), Sachin Tendulkar(289 runs) and Hashim Amla(253 runs).

The leading wicket takers were Harbhajan Singh(13 wickets), Jason Krejza(12 wickets) and Ishant Sharma(11 wickets). The highest ODI scores were by India 354/6, India 351/4, Australia 350/6, New Zealand 302/7 and India 301/7. The most runs were scored by Mahendra Singh Dhoni (243 runs), Sachin Tendulkar(158 runs) and Gautam Gambhir(147runs). The leading wicket takers were Mitchell Johnson(7 wickets), Dale Steyn(5 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh(5 wickets).

Panoramic view of VCA stadium,nagpur

Test Records

ODI Records

T20I Records

Matches

Tests

6–10 November 2008
scorecard
India 
441 (124.5 overs)
&
295 (82.4 overs)
v
 Australia
355 (134.4 overs)
&
209 (50.2 overs)
India won by 172 runs
6–9 February 2010
Scorecard
South Africa 
558/6d (176 overs)
v
 India
233 (64.4 overs)
&
319 (107.1 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs
20–23 November 2010
Scorecard
New Zealand 
193 (66.3 overs)
&
175 (55.2 overs)
v
 India
566/8d (165 overs)
India won by an innings and 198 runs
13–17 December 2012
Scorecard
England 
330 (145.5 overs)
&
352/6 (152 overs)
v
 India
326/9d (143 overs)
Draw
25–29 November 2015
Scorecard
India 
215 (78.2 overs)
&
173 (46.3 overs)
v
 South Africa
79 (33.1 overs)
&
185 (89.5)
India won by 124 runs

ODI

28 October 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
354/7 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
255 (48.3 overs)
India won by 99 runs
19 December 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
301/7 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
302/7 (49.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
22 February 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
292/6 (50 overs)
v
 England
296/4 (48.4 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
25 February 2011
Scorecard
New Zealand 
206 (45.1 overs)
v
 Australia
207/3 (34 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
28 February 2011
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
298/9 (50 overs)
v
 Canada
123 (41.3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs
12 March 2011 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
296 (48.4 overs)
v
 South Africa
300/7 (49.4 overs)
South Africa won by 3 wickets
30 October 2013 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
351/4 (49.3 overs)
v
 Australia
350/6 (50 overs)
India won by 6 wickets

T20I

9 December 2009 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
215/5 (20 overs)
v
 India
186/9 (20 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 29 runs
8 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
158/8 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
144/6 (20 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 14 runs
8 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
170/5 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
156/5 (20 overs)
Afghanistan won by 14 runs
10 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
147/7 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
136 (19.4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 11 runs
10 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
116/6 (20 overs)
v
 Afghanistan
119/4 (18 overs)
Afghanistan won by 6 wickets
12 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Afghanistan 
186/6 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
127 (19.4 overs)
Afghanistan won by 59 runs
12 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
127/7 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
78/2 (8 overs)
Scotland won by 8 wickets (D/L method)
15 March 2016 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
126/7 (20 overs)
v
 India
79 (18.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 47 runs

IPL

5 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
159 (19.5 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers
157 (19.5 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 2 runs
10 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
138/8 (20 overs)
v
Deccan Chargers
139/4 (19.1 overs)
Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets
12 April 2010 (D/N)
Scorecard
Deccan Chargers
151/6 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
138 (19.4 overs)
Deccan Chargers won by 13 runs

India at the VCA Stadium

Gallery

See also

References

External links

Coordinates: 21°00′48.86″N 79°02′22.57″E / 21.0135722°N 79.0396028°E / 21.0135722; 79.0396028

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