List of international cricket centuries at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is a sports ground in Uppal, Hyderabad, India. It has a capacity of 55,000. The ground hosted Test cricket for the first time in 2010 when India played New Zealand.[1] 4 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2005 when India played South Africa.[3]
Kiwi batsman Tim McIntosh became the first man to score a Test century at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium when he made 102 against India in 2010. The highest Test individual score at the ground was scored by another kiwi batsman Brendon McCullum, who scored 225 runs at the same match. Two double centuries have been scored at the venue. Overall, there are 8 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]
Five ODI centuries have been scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, and the first by Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh who scored 103 from 122 deliveries against South Africa in 2005. The highest score achieved at the ground is 175 made by Sachin Tendulkar against Australia in 2009.[5]
Key[edit]
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102 | Tim McIntosh |  New Zealand |
254 | 1 |  India |
12 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 2 | 111* | Harbhajan Singh | India |
116 | 2 | New Zealand |
12 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 3 | 225 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand |
208 | 3 | India |
12 November 2010 | Drawn |
| 4 | 159 | Cheteshwar Pujara (1/2) | India |
306 | 1 | New Zealand |
23 August 2012 | Won |
| 5 | 167 | Murali Vijay (1/2) | India |
361 | 2 |  Australia |
2 March 2013 | Won |
| 6 | 204 | Cheteshwar Pujara (2/2) | India |
341 | 2 | Australia |
2 March 2013 | Won |
| 7 | 112 | Murali Vijay (2/2) | India |
160 | 1 |  Bangladesh |
9 February 2017 | Won |
| 8 | 204 | Virat Kohli | India |
246 | 1 | Bangladesh |
9 February 2017 | Won |
| 9 | 106* | Wriddhiman Saha | India |
155 | 1 | Bangladesh |
9 February 2017 | Won |
| 10 | 127 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh |
262 | 2 | India |
9 February 2017 | Lost |
| 11 | 106 | Roston Chase |  West Indies |
189 | 1 | India |
13 October 2018 | Lost |
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103 | Yuvraj Singh (1/2) | India |
122 | 1 |  South Africa |
16 November 2005 | Lost |
| 2 | 121 | Yuvraj Singh (2/2) | India |
115 | 2 | Australia |
5 October 2007 | Lost |
| 3 | 112 | Shaun Marsh | Australia |
112 | 1 | India |
5 November 2009 | Won |
| 4 | 175 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
141 | 2 | Australia |
5 November 2009 | Lost |
| 5 | 118 | Mahela Jayawardene |  Sri Lanka |
124 | 1 | India |
9 November 2014 | Lost |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Records / Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Records / Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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