Nehru Stadium, Pune


Nehru Stadium, formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000.
The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.

International Cricket

The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International matches till date including two in the Cricket World Cup. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match.
One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
DateTeam 1Team 2ResultsScorecard
5 December 1984England won by 4 wickets
22 March 1987Pakistan won by 6 wickets
30 October 1987England won by 8 wickets
5 December 1990India won by 6 wickets
25 March 1993India won by 8 wickets
24 November 1995India won by 5 wickets
29 February 1996Kenya won by 73 runs
30 March 1999India won by 51 runs
28 May 2001Australia won by 8 wickets
3 November 2003Australia won by 2 wickets
3 November 2005India won by 4 wickets

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.
  1. 1987 Cricket World Cup
  2. 1996 Cricket World Cup
;1987 Cricket World Cup
;1996 Cricket World Cup

Key

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1105Dilip Vengsarkar12415 December 1988Lost
2115*Mike Gatting13525 December 1988Won
3103Chris Cairns87124 November 1995Lost
4103*Ajay Jadeja102130 March 1999Lost
5100Hemang Badani98128 March 2001Lost
6133*Mark Waugh138228 March 2001Won

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

One Day Internationals

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1Brad Williams3 11 200311053
  • Chris Nevin
  • Lou Vincent
  • Scott Styris
  • Craig McMillan
  • Chris Harris
Won
2Ajit Agarkar5 11 2005144
  • Kumar Sangakkara
  • Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Farveez Maharoof
  • Muttiah Muralitharan
  • Chaminda Vaas
  • Won
    The leading run scorers here have been Mike Gatting- 161 runs, Mark Waugh- 133 runs and Chris Cairns- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been Ajit Agarkar- 8 wickets, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.