International Cricket Stadium in India | List of Stadiums in India
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- The Cricket Tournaments are the best source of entertainment for all who relish watching sports online. The ground, field, arena or stadium is an integral and very important part of any type of sport.
- India is a proud country to have a total number of 53 international cricket venues and tops the list of having maximum number of cricket stadiums. Next to them is England which has a total of 23 international cricket stadiums, which is not even half when compared to India.
- The Narendra Modi Stadium, initially known as Sardar Patel Stadium, is in Ahmedabad and is the largest Cricket ground of India. This stadium is in second place when talking about the largest cricket ground of the world list which is topped by Melbourne Cricket Stadium.
List of International Cricket Stadium in India
India ranks 7th in the world in terms of area and has the most international cricket stadiums till now with 53 international stadiums. From these only 25 stadiums are operational so far. The Rajiv Gandhi international stadium of Dehradun and Greater Noida Sports Complex have not hosted any of the international games for India. They were assigned as a home ground to the Afghanistan Cricket Team. A few more stadiums are expected to be added in the list as they are still under-development.
Staudim list is mentioned below:
- Narendra Modi Stadium - Ahmedabad
- Eden Gardens - Kolkata
- MA Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai
- Arun Jaitley Stadium - New Delhi
- Brabourne Stadium - Mumbai
- Green Park Stadium - Kanpur
- M Chinnaswamy Stadium - Bengaluru
- Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai
- Barabati Stadium - Cuttack
- Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur
- Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy International Stadium - Visakhapatnam
- IS Bindra Stadium - Mohali
- Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium - Hyderabad
- Holkar Stadium - Indore
- Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium - Nagpur
- Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium - Pune
- Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium - Rajkot
- JSCA International Cricket Stadium - Ranchi
- Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium - Dharamsala
- Greater Noida Sports Complex - Greater Noida
- Barsapara Cricket Stadium - Guwahati
- Greenfield International Stadium - Thiruvananthapuram
- Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium - Dehradun
- Ekana Cricket Stadium - Lucknow
- Shaheed Veer Narayan International Stadium - Raipur
- Indira Priyadarshini Stadium - Visakhapatnam
- University Ground - Lucknow
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium - Hyderabad
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Chennai
- Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium - Nagpur
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium - Ahmedabad
- Gandhi Stadium - Jalandhar
- Gandhi Sports Complex Ground - Amritsar
- Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium - Kashmir
- Moti Bagh Stadium - Vadodara
- Nehru Stadium - Indore
- Keenan Stadium - Jamshedpur
- Nehru Stadium - Guwahati
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Delhi
- University Stadium - Thiruvananthapuram
- Nehru Stadium - Pune
- Sector 16 Stadium - Chandigarh
- Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground - Rajkot
- Nahar Cricket Stadium - Faridabad
- Captain Roop Singh Stadium - Gwalior
- Gymkhana Ground - Mumbai
- Fatorda Stadium - Margao
- KD Singh Babu Stadium - Lucknow
- Moin-ul-Haq Stadium - Patna
- IPCL Sports Complex - Vadodara
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Kochi
- Barkatullah Khan Stadium - Jodhpur
- Indira Gandhi Stadium - Vijayawada
Total number of International Cricket Stadium in India
From this list mentioned above of 53 International stadiums in India, only 25 are operational and the rest have never been used for playing any tournament till now. The 5 most famous International Cricket Stadiums in India are:
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- It was initially known as Sardar Patel Stadium and is one of the oldest stadiums in India. It was established in the year 1983 and also called Motera Stadium. The largest cricket stadium in India and second-largest in the World, this stadium was reconstructed by 2020.
- This stadium has hosted some matches in the world cups of 1987, 1996 and 2011. Till now, the stadium has presented 23 ODIs, 1 T20Is and 12 Test matches.
Eden Gardens - Kolkata
- It was established in 1864, and is the second -largest cricket stadium of India and the third largest in the world for the same category. A superb venue for ODI, T20I and Test for the India’s National Cricket team.
- A venue for the Bengal Cricket team and the KKR team of IPL. This stadium has presented a total of 15 Cricket world cup matches in the nation and in 1987 it has also hosted ICC cricket World Cup.
Arun Jaitley Stadium - Delhi
- Famously known as Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, it is the oldest Indian International Cricket Stadium in India. This ground has a speciality that the Indian National Cricket team has never been defeated in test matches from 28 years and for ODI matches from over 10 years.
- This stadium marks some extraordinary accomplishments like:
- In 1983-84- Sunil Gavaskar scored his 29th century & broke the longest-standing record made by Don Bradman of the highest number of Hundreds in Test Cricket.
- In 2005-06 Sachin tendulkar made his 35th century & broke the record of Gavaskar of making the most centuries.
Wankhede Stadium - Mumbai
- It has presented multiple high-profile cricket matches. In 2011, India won the World Cup finals by defeating Sri Lanka and created the record of being a country that won the World Cup on the Home Soil.
- The final match of Sachin tendulkar’s career was also hosted in this stadium and it has also hosted a match in which Ravi Shastri hitted six sixes in a single over.
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium - Chennai
- It is the second oldest stadium in the list after the Eden Garden and was established in 1916. It was initially called Madras Cricket Club Ground & Chepauk Stadium.
- In 1934, this stadium hosted its first-ever test match and the Indian cricket team’s first victory was in the same venue in 1952 against England.
Conclusion
The Indian audience has unmeasurable love for the game Cricket. India has 53 International Cricket Stadiums. Do write down below how many of these above mentioned stadiums you have been to.
