Mohandas Menon

Ind vs Zim - 1st Test, Nagpur.

About the city:
Known as the 'city of oranges', Nagpur, is a bustling city located in central India, in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra. Situated on the Nag River, it was the capital of the Maratha kingdom in the 18th century. Later it became the capital of the newly formed Madhya Pradesh state in 1950, until it was passed on to Maharashtra in 1960.

About the ground:
Although cricket has been played in this city from the turn of the last century, it gained importance during the 1920s when the popular Central Provinces Quadrangular was played here. However it was only in October 1969, the ground had the privilege of staging an international match - the second Test between India and New Zealand.

The next Test was then played fourteen years later, in 1983 when the Pakistanis were the visitors. Since then the Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium, which can accommodate about 42, 000 spectators, has in all hosted six Test matches and ten limited over internationals matches from 1985 to 2000.

Records

Summary of matches & results:
Num	Start date	End date	Opponents	Result
1	3rd Oct 1969	8th Oct 1969	NZ	NZ won by 167 runs
2	5th Oct 1983	10th Oct 1983	Pak	drawn
3	27th Dec 1986	31st Dec 1986	SL	Ind won by inns & 106 runs
4	1st Dec 1994	5th Dec 1994	WI	Drawn
5	26th Nov 1997	30th Nov 1997	SL	Drawn
6	25th Nov 2000	29th Nov 2000	Zim	drawn
7	15th June 2001	18th June 2001	Harare	Zim 4wickets

Highest team totals:
609-6d by India v Zimbabwe, 2000

Lowest team totals:
109 by India v New Zealand, 1969

Highest individual scores:
232* - Andy Flower for Zimbabwe v India, 2000
201* - Sachin Tendulkar for India v Zimbabwe, 2000
Note: in all 11 hundreds have been scored at this venue

Best bowling (in an innings):
7-51 - Maninder Singh for India v Sri Lanka, 1986
6-74 - S Venkataraghvan for India v New Zealand, 1969
Note: in all 9 five-plus wicket hauls have been achieved at this venue

Best bowling (in a match):
10-107 - Maninder Singh for India v Sri Lanka, 1986