Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium formerly known as Fateh Maidan is a football and cricket stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana.
The stadium was renamed in 1967 in memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's former Prime Minister. As of 19 Aug, 2017 it has hosted 3 Tests and 14 ODIs.
History
During the eight month siege of Golconda in 1687 the Mughal soldiers were camped on a vast open ground. After their victory, this ground was named as Fateh Maidan. During Asaf Jahi period, Fateh Maidan was used as Polo Grounds. Gymkhana ground in Secunderabad which was the home of Hyderabad Cricket Association did not have stands to accommodate the large number of spectators that used to watch the cricket matches. The matches were therefore held at Fateh Maidan even though the grounds were not owned by Hyderabad Cricket Association but by Andhra Pradesh Sports Council. The first test match was hosted in November 1955 against New Zealand. The stadium was renamed as Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in 1967. Floodlights were introduced in 1993 during the Hero Cup match between the West Indies and Zimbabwe. The Stadium was the home ground for the Hyderabad cricket team.In 2005, the use of Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium for International cricket was discontinued when Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium built across town hosted an ODI Match between India and South Africa. The stadium is now hosting Indian Cricket League matches and is the home ground for the 2008 Edelweiss 20's Challenge winners Hyderabad Heroes.
Lal Bahadur Stadium is situated behind the police control room, between the Nizam College and Public Gardens in Hyderabad. It is the venue for many national and international sporting events, especially for football and cricket. The stadium was previously known as Fateh Maidan.
It has the capacity to seat around 25,000 people. The swimming pool, shopping complex and the indoor stadium are the important aspects of this stadium. The ground has flood light facility and now is used as the Sports Authority of Telangana State.The games played here are mainly Cricket and Football.
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium has hosted only three Test matches – all against New Zealand. Polly Umrigar's double century and Subhash Gupte's 7 wickets in NZ's first innings were the most notable performances of the inaugural Test between these two teams and ended in a draw. In 1988/89, local players Arshad Ayub with seven wickets in the match and Mohammad Azharuddin, who top scored with 81 runs led India to a 10 wicket victory and a 2–1 Series victory.
ODI Cricket
The first ODI Match was played in the stadium during the 1983/84 season when India hosted Pakistan and won the match by four wickets. The match between India and Pakistan on 20 March 1987 was a thriller which ended with the scores tied at 212 in 44 overs. India were declared the victors because they lost fewer wickets.In one of the great matches played during the 1987 Cricket World Cup, David Houghton's 142 fell just short of lifting Zimbabwe to an epic victory. Apart from Houghton and Iain Butchart's 54, all other Zimbabwean batsmen scored single figures as New Zealand won by 3 runs. The Hero Cup encounter between West Indies and Zimbabwe saw the first day/night match in the stadium. The match was easily won by West Indies. In all, the stadium has hosted seven day/night matches. In the 1996 Cricket World Cup, the West Indies overhauled Zimbabwe's 151 in just 29.3 overs on their way to a semi-final appearance in the tournament.
In the 1999/00 season, the stadium hosted the 2nd match in the 5-match ODI Series between India and New Zealand. Having suffered a defeat in Rajkot, India lost Sourav Ganguly in the second over as a straight drive from Sachin richoched off Shayne O'Connor's fingers into the non-striker's stumps. Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar then put on a world-record 331 run partnership off 46.2 overs as India amassed on 376 runs and easily won the match by 174 runs.
In the final match played at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, India played against New Zealand in the TVS Cup encounter that decided the second finalist. Tendulkar's century and Virender Sehwag's 130 created a platform for Dravid to equal the second fastest fifty by an Indian – 50 off 22 balls as India scored 353 runs and won the match comfortably by 145 runs.
Venue statistics
Match Information
Test Match statistics
The highest scores were made by West Indies, scoring 498-4 in 1959 and 358 all out in 1948. The next highest score was made by New Zealand scoring 326 all out in Test cricket. The most runs scored here was by Polly Umrigar, followed by Bert Sutcliffe and John Guy. The most wickets taken here was by Erapalli Prasana by Subhash Gupte and Dayle Hadlee.ODI Match statistics
The highest scores were made by India, scoring 376-2 in ODIs. The next highest scores were also made by India who scored 353-5 and South Africa who scored 261-7.The most runs scored here was by Sachin Tendulkar, followed by Rahul Dravid and Dave Houghton. Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar and Manoj Prabharkar are the leading wicket-takers on this ground in ODIs.
List of Centuries
Key
- * 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 Edgbaston.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to the player's team result
Test Centuries
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 223 | Polly Umrigar | - | 1 | 19 November 1955 | Draw | ||
| 2 | 118 | Vijay Manjrekar | - | 1 | 19 November 1955 | Draw | ||
| 3 | 100* | A. G. Kripal Singh | - | 1 | 19 November 1955 | Draw | ||
| 4 | 102 | John Guy | - | 2 | 19 November 1955 | Draw | ||
| 5 | 137* | Bert Sutcliffe | - | 3 | 19 November 1955 | Draw |
One Day Internationals
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 142 | Dave Houghton | 137 | 2 | 10 October 1987 | Lost | ||
| 2 | 124 | Wayne Larkins | 126 | 2 | 19 October 1989 | Draw | ||
| 3 | 186* | Sachin Tendulkar | 150 | 1 | 8 November 1999 | Win | ||
| 4 | 153 | Rahul Dravid | 153 | 1 | 8 November 1999 | Win | ||
| 5 | 130 | Virender Sehwag | 134 | 1 | 15 November 2003 | Win | ||
| 6 | 102 | Sachin Tendulkar | 91 | 1 | 15 November 2003 | Win |
List of Five Wicket Hauls
Key
Tests
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 19 11 1955 | 2 | 128 |
| Drawn | ||||||
| 2 | 15 10 1969 | 1 | 29 | 51 | Drawn |
One Day Internationals
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 18 02 1994 | 1 | 10 | 35 |
| India won |