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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.

The Green Park 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. It has a capacity of close to 40,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 21 Test matches, the first in 1952 when India played the England.[1] 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.[2] As of February 2016, no T20 International has been played at the ground.

The first century at the ground was scored by Garfield Sobers during the second Test of the 1958–59 West Indies tour of India; he made 198 in the match which the West Indies won. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Polly Umrigar, who made 147 not out against England in 1961. Faoud Bacchus' (of West Indies) 250, against India in 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman in the ground. India's Gundappa Viswanath and Mohammed Azharuddin had scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. As of February 2016, 35 centuries have been scored at the stadium.

India's Chetan Sharma was the first player to score a century at the ground. Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in 2005 at this venue is the fastest century scored in India. Rohit Sharma's 150 against South Africa in 2015 is the highest score by a batsman at this ground. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green park Stadium.

Test cricket

List of Test centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium[3]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 198 GS Sobers  West Indies NR 3  Indien 12 December 1958 Won
2 115 PR Umrigar  Indien NR 2  Pakistan 16 December 1960 Drawn
4 147* PR Umrigar  Indien NR 1  England 1 December 1961 Drawn
5 126* ER Dexter  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 1961 Drawn
3 172 KF Barrington  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 1961 Drawn
6 119 G Pullar  England NR 3  Indien 1 December 1961 Drawn
8 122* RG Nadkarni  Indien NR 3  England 15 February 1964 Drawn
7 127 BR Knight  England NR 1  Indien 15 February 1964 Drawn
9 121 PH Parfitt  England NR 1  Indien 15 February 1964 Drawn
10 137 GR Viswanath  Indien NR 3  Australien 15 November 1969 Drawn
11 114 AP Sheahan  Australien NR 2  Indien 15 November 1969 Drawn
12 125 AR Lewis  England 228 2  Indien 25 January 1973 Drawn
14 103* GR Viswanath  Indien NR 3  Neuseeland 18 November 1976 Drawn
13 113 GM Turner  Neuseeland NR 2  Indien 18 November 1976 Drawn
18 101* M Amarnath  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 1979 Drawn
15 250 SFAF Bacchus  West Indies NR 2  Indien 2 February 1979 Drawn
16 179 GR Viswanath  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 1979 Drawn
17 102 AD Gaekwad  Indien NR 1  West Indies 2 February 1979 Drawn
19 142 IT Botham  England 214 1  Indien 30 January 1982 Drawn
20 116 N Kapil Dev  Indien 98 2  England 30 January 1982 Drawn
21 194 CG Greenidge  West Indies 368 1  Indien 21 October 1983 Won
22 137 DB Vengsarkar  Indien 255 1  England 31 January 1985 Drawn
23 122 M Azharuddin  Indien 270 1  England 31 January 1985 Drawn
24 199 M Azharuddin  Indien NR 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 1986 Drawn
25 176 SM Gavaskar  Indien 302 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 1986 Drawn
26 163 N Kapil Dev  Indien 165 2  Sri Lanka 17 December 1986 Drawn
27 163* M Azharuddin  Indien 229 3  Südafrika 8 December 1996 Won
28 164 Sehwag  Indien 228 2  Südafrika 20 November 2004 Drawn
29 163 AJ Hall  Südafrika 454 1  Indien 20 November 2004 Drawn
30 167 G Gambhir  Indien 215 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 2009 Won
31 144 R Dravid  Indien 226 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 2009 Won
32 131 Sehwag  Indien 122 1  Sri Lanka 24 November 2009 Won

One Day Internationals

List of ODI centuries scored at the Green Park Stadium[4]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101* C Sharma  Indien 96 2  England 25 October 1989 Won
2 102* M Prabhakar  Indien 154 2  West Indies 30 October 1993 Lost
3 106 VG Kambli  Indien 110 1  Simbabwe 6 March 1996 Won
4 100 SR Tendulkar  Indien 89 2  Australien 7 April 1998 Won
5 102 Shahid Afridi  Pakistan 46 2  Indien 15 April 2005 Won
6 129 Salman Butt  Pakistan 142 2  Indien 11 November 2007 Lost
7 119 S Dhawan  Indien 95 2  West Indies 27 November 2013 Won
8 104* AB de Villiers  Südafrika 73 1  Indien 11 October 2015 Won
9 150 RG Sharma  Indien 133 2  Südafrika 11 October 2015 Lost

References

  1. ^ "Green Park, Kanpur / Records / Test matches / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Green Park, Kanpur / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Green Park, Kanpur / Records / One-Day Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Green Park, Kanpur / Records / One-Day Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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