Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground

Infobox cricket ground
ground_name = Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
nickname = Racecourse Ground


caption = The Pavilion at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground
country = India

location = Rajkot, India
establishment = 1986
seating_capacity = 15000
owner = Rajkot Municipal Corporation
operator = Saurashtra Cricket Association
tenants = RMC, SCA
end1 = Pavilion End
end2 = Airport End

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firstodidate = 7 October
firstodiyear = 1986
firstodihome = India
firstodiaway = Australia
lastodidate = 11 February
lastodiyear = 2007
lastodihome = India
lastodiaway = Sri Lanka
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year1 = 1935 – 1950
club1 = Kathiawar
year2 = 1950 – present
club2 = Saurashtra
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date = 24 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1189.html CricketArchive

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is located in Rajkot, Gujarat. The stadium is used exclusively for staging cricket matches and has staged 10 ODI matches since 1986.Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is also used for staging first class cricket. It has hosted 86 first class cricket match. [" [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1189_f.html Cricket Archive: First class matches palyed] ", Retrieved on December 24, 2007]
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground will have new sister ground. The Saurashtra Cricket Association is working on a world-class sports complex, which has been planned on the outskirts at "Khanderi" village on Jamnagar highway, spread over 40 acres, some 10 km from Rajkot, Gujarat. This stadium will have a spectator capacity of 40,000 and should be commissioned around in 2008. This stadium will host tests and day-and-night ODI matches. The newest feature on offer is a VVIP suite with balconies facing the ground from where a spectator can watch the match from the comfort of his room. The complex will also have cricket ground & stadium, basketball, tennis, volleyball, badminton and squash courts, a swimming pool and an indoor stadium. [" [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1288797.cms From an article of TOI] ", Retrieved on December 24, 2007] [" [http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=10434, A article from Projects Monitor] ", Retrieved on December 24, 2007]

Ground Facts and Figures

* Floodlights: No
* Curator: Unknow
* The highest partnership at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 196 by SC Ganguly & V Sehwag for India against West Indies in the 2003/2004 season.
* The highest run scored at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 120 NJ Astle for New Zealand against India 1999/2000.
* The highest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 349/9 by New Zealand against India in the 1999/2000 season.
* The lowest ODI total at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground is 252/9 by India against Sri Lanka in the 1998 season.
* Architect - Unknown
* Contractor - Unknown

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