Worldwide cricket will return to Gwalior after 14 years however to not the identical venue as earlier than throughout India’s opening T20I in opposition to Bangladesh on Sunday (6 October).
India will play the first-ever match at Gwalior’s new venue, the Shrimant Madhav Rao Scindia Cricket Stadium, after they host Bangladesh within the first of three T20I matches.
Captian Roop Singh Stadium was the venue used earlier in Gwalior.It hosted World Cup and different worldwide matches. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Affiliation (MPCA) additionally hosts matches on the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
When was the final time Gwalior hosted a global match?
It is going to be the primary match within the metropolis for the reason that historic India-South Africa ODI on 24 February in 2010, the place Sachin Tendulkar turned the primary male cricketer to attain a double century in ODIs.
“First man on the planet to achieve 200. And it’s the superman from India, Sachin Tendulkar. Take a bow, Grasp,” exclaimed Ravi Shastri when the milestone second occurred.
The Captain Roop Singh Stadium hosted the 2022 Irani Trophy match between Madhya Pradesh and Remainder of India however worldwide cricket has been absent since Tendulkar’s magical knock.
Cricket matches at Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior:
Jan 1988 – West Indies beat India by 73 runs
Oct 1989 – West Indies beat England by 26 runs
Nov 1991 – India beat South Africa by 38 runs
Mar 1993 – India beat England by three wickets
Mar 1993 – India beat England by four wickets
Feb 1996 – India beat West Indies by 5 wickets
Might 1997 – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs
Might 1998 – Kenya beat India by 69 runs
Nov 1999 – India beat New Zealand by 14 runs
Oct 2003 – India beat Australia by 37 runs
Nov 2007 – India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets
Feb 2010 – India beat South Africa by 153 runs
Details and trivia about Captain Roop Singh Stadium:
– Initially a hockey stadium, the venue was named after Roop Singh, a two-time hockey Olympic gold medallist at 1932 and 1936 Video games. Roop Singh was youthful brother of hockey legend, Dhyan Chand.
– The Roop Singh Stadium hosted the primary and solely day-night Ranji trophy remaining in 1996 between Mumbai and Delhi. Mumbai gained that five-day affair courtesy their first-innings lead
– India performed matches on successive days in Gwalior in 1993. There have been two back-to-back matches in March 1993 the place India beat England
– Gwalior hosted South Africa’s second-ever ODI match in 1991 throughout their first tour since return to worldwide cricket after being suspended for almost twenty years as a result of their apartheid coverage
– In the course of the 2022 Irani Cup match between MP and RoI on the venue, Remainder of India gained by a large 238 runs with Yashaswi Jaiswal scoring a double century and one other ton within the two innings.
