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The first [[Century (cricket)|century]] at the ground was scored by the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indian]] [[Garfield Sobers]]. He made 198 during the second Test of the [[West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59|1958–59 West Indies tour of India]]. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was [[Polly Umrigar]], who made 147 [[Not out (cricket)|not out]] against England in December 1961. West Indian [[Faoud Bacchus]]' 250, against India in February 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ground. India's [[Gundappa Viswanath]] and [[Mohammed Azharuddin]] have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at this ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.
The first [[Century (cricket)|century]] at the ground was scored by the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indian]] [[Garfield Sobers]]. He made 198 during the second Test of the [[West Indian cricket team in India in 1958–59|1958–59 West Indies tour of India]]. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was [[Polly Umrigar]], who made 147 [[Not out (cricket)|not out]] against England in December 1961. West Indian [[Faoud Bacchus]]' 250, against India in February 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ground. India's [[Gundappa Viswanath]] and [[Mohammed Azharuddin]] have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at this ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.


India's [[Chetan Sharma]] was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. He made 101 not out against England during the [[Nehru Cup (cricket)|Nehru Cup (1989)]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nehru Cup – India v England 1989–90|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150785.html|website=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]|publisher=reprinted by ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> [[Shahid Afridi]]'s 45-ball century against India in April 2005 at this venue is the fastest century scored in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 February 2016}}</ref> As of March 2016, [[Rohit Sharma]]'s 150 against [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] is the highest ODI score by a batsman at this ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistani]] [[Salman Butt]], who made 129 against India in November 2007. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green Park Stadium.
India's [[Chetan Sharma]] was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. He made 101 not out against England during the [[Nehru Cup (1989)|Nehru Cup]] (1989).<ref>{{cite web|title=Nehru Cup – India v England 1989–90|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150785.html|website=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]|publisher=reprinted by ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> [[Shahid Afridi]]'s 45-ball century against India in April 2005 at this venue is the fastest century scored in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 February 2016}}</ref> As of March 2016, [[Rohit Sharma]]'s 150 against [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] is the highest ODI score by a batsman at this ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistani]] [[Salman Butt]], who made 129 against India in November 2007. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green Park Stadium.


==Key==
==Key==

Revision as of 08:45, 22 March 2016

Aerial view of the Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Since the Green Park Stadium hosted its first Test match in 1952, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[1]

The Green Park Stadium—formerly known as Modi Stadium—is a cricket ground in Kanpur, India. It is the home ground of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches, as well as being a Test and One Day International (ODI) venue.[2][3] The ground has hosted 21 Test matches, the first in 1952 when India played England.[4] It has also staged 14 ODIs, the first of which was in 1986 when India lost to Sri Lanka by a margin of 17 runs.[5] As of February 2016, no T20 International has been played at the ground.[6]

The first century at the ground was scored by the West Indian Garfield Sobers. He made 198 during the second Test of the 1958–59 West Indies tour of India. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Polly Umrigar, who made 147 not out against England in December 1961. West Indian Faoud Bacchus' 250, against India in February 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ground. India's Gundappa Viswanath and Mohammed Azharuddin have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at this ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.

India's Chetan Sharma was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. He made 101 not out against England during the Nehru Cup (1989).[7] Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in April 2005 at this venue is the fastest century scored in India.[8] As of March 2016, Rohit Sharma's 150 against South Africa is the highest ODI score by a batsman at this ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the Pakistani Salman Butt, who made 129 against India in November 2007. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green Park Stadium.

Key

  • Score denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in an innings.
  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced by the batsman in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the statistic was not recorded.
  • Date denotes the date in which the match started.
  • Result denotes the result of the player's team.
  • Drawn denotes that the match was drawn.

Test cricket

Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin scored three Test centuries at the ground.
List of Test centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium[1]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 198 Garfield Sobers  West Indies NR 3  Indien 12 December 1958 Won[9]
2 115 Polly Umrigar  Indien NR 2  Pakistan 16 December 1960 Drawn[10]
3 147* Polly Umrigar  Indien NR 1  England 1 December 19611 Drawn[11]
4 119 Geoff Pullar  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 19612 Drawn[11]
5 172 Ken Barrington  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 19613 Drawn[11]
6 126* Ted Dexter  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 19614 Drawn[11]
7 127 Barry Knight  England NR 1  Indien 15 February 19641 Drawn[12]
8 121 Peter Parfitt  England NR 1  Indien 15 February 19642 Drawn[12]
9 122* Bapu Nadkarni  Indien NR 3  England 15 February 19643 Drawn[12]
10 114 Paul Sheahan  Australien NR 2  Indien 15 November 19691 Drawn[13]
11 137 Gundappa Viswanath  Indien NR 3  Australien 15 November 19692 Drawn[13]
12 125 Tony Lewis  England 228 2  Indien 25 January 1973 Drawn[14]
13 113 Glenn Turner  Neuseeland NR 2  Indien 18 November 19761 Drawn[15]
14 103* Gundappa Viswanath  Indien NR 3  Neuseeland 18 November 19762 Drawn[15]
15 179 Gundappa Viswanath  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 19791 Drawn[16]
16 102 Anshuman Gaekwad  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 19792 Drawn[16]
17 101* Mohinder Amarnath  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 19793 Drawn[16]
18 250 Faoud Bacchus  West Indies NR 2  Indien 2 February 19794 Drawn[16]
19 142 Ian Botham  England 214 1  Indien 30 January 19821 Drawn[17]
20 116 Kapil Dev  Indien 98 2  England 30 January 19822 Drawn[17]
21 194 Gordon Greenidge  West Indies 368 1  Indien 21 October 1983 Won[18]
22 122 Mohammad Azharuddin  Indien 270 1  England 31 January 19851 Drawn[19]
23 137 Dilip Vengsarkar  Indien 255 1  England 31 January 19852 Drawn[19]
24 176 Sunil Gavaskar  Indien 302 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 19861 Drawn[20]
25 199 Mohammad Azharuddin  Indien NR 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 19862 Drawn[20]
26 163 Kapil Dev  Indien 165 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 19863 Drawn[20]
27 163* Mohammad Azharuddin  Indien 229 3  Südafrika 8 December 1996 Won[21]
28 163 Andrew Hall  Südafrika 454 1  Indien 20 November 20041 Drawn[22]
29 164 Virender Sehwag  Indien 228 2  Südafrika 20 November 20042 Drawn[22]
30 131 Virender Sehwag  Indien 122 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 20091 Won[23]
31 167 Gautam Gambhir  Indien 215 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 20092 Won[23]
32 144 Rahul Dravid  Indien 226 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 20093 Won[23]

One Day Internationals

Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in 2005 is the fastest by a batsman in India.
List of ODI centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium[24]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101* Chetan Sharma  Indien 96 2  England 25 October 1989 Won[25]
2 102* Manoj Prabhakar  Indien 154 2  West Indies 30 October 1993 Lost[26]
3 106 Vinod Kambli  Indien 110 1  Simbabwe 6 March 1996 Won[27]
4 100 Sachin Tendulkar  Indien 89 2  Australien 7 April 1998 Won[28]
5 102 Shahid Afridi  Pakistan 46 2  Indien 15 April 2005 Won[29]
6 129 Salman Butt  Pakistan 142 2  Indien 11 November 2007 Lost[30]
7 119 Shikhar Dhawan  Indien 95 2  West Indies 27 November 2013 Won[31]
8 104* AB de Villiers  Südafrika 73 1  Indien 11 October 20151 Won[32]
9 150 Rohit Sharma  Indien 133 2  Südafrika 11 October 20152 Lost[32]

References

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  2. ^ "History of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association". Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ^ "First-Class matches played on Modi Stadium, Kanpur (67)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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  5. ^ "Green Park, Kanpur / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Green Park". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Nehru Cup – India v England 1989–90". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. reprinted by ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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  9. ^ "2nd Test: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Dec 12–17, 1958". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  10. ^ "2nd Test: India v Pakistan at Kanpur, Dec 16–21, 1960". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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  12. ^ a b c "5th Test: India v England at Kanpur, Feb 15–20, 1964". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  13. ^ a b "2nd Test: India v Australia at Kanpur, Nov 15–20, 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  14. ^ "4th Test: India v England at Kanpur, Jan 25–30, 1973". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  15. ^ a b "2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Kanpur, Nov 18–23, 1976". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  16. ^ a b c d "6th Test: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Feb 2–8, 1979". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  17. ^ a b "6th Test: India v England at Kanpur, Jan 30 – Feb 4, 1982". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  18. ^ "1st Test: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Oct 21–25, 1983". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  19. ^ a b "5th Test: India v England at Kanpur, Jan 31 – Feb 5, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  20. ^ a b c "1st Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, Dec 17–22, 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  21. ^ "3rd Test: India v South Africa at Kanpur, Dec 8–12, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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  25. ^ "9th Match: India v England at Kanpur, Oct 25, 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  26. ^ "4th Match: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Oct 30, 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  27. ^ "29th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Kanpur, Mar 6, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  28. ^ "4th Match: India v Australia at Kanpur, Apr 7, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  29. ^ "5th ODI: India v Pakistan at Kanpur, Apr 15, 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  30. ^ "3rd ODI: India v Pakistan at Kanpur, Nov 11, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  31. ^ "3rd ODI: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Nov 27, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  32. ^ a b "1st ODI: India v South Africa at Kanpur, Oct 11, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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