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Capacity
  
45,000

Establishment
  
1958

Barabati Stadium

Location
  
Stadium Road, Cuttack, Odisha

Operator
  
Odisha Cricket Association

First Test
  
4–7 January 1987:  India v  Sri Lanka

Last Test
  
8–12 November 1995:  India v  New Zealand

First ODI
  
27 January 1982:  India v  England

Last ODI
  
19 January 2017:  India v  England

Address
  
Stadium Road, Biju Patnaik Colony, Cuttack, Odisha 753008

Owner
  
Odisha Cricket Association

Teams
  
Odisha cricket team, Odisha football team

Tenants
  
Odisha cricket team (1958–)

Similar
  
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The Barabati Stadium is an Indian sports stadium located in Cuttack, Odisha. It is a regular venue for international cricket and is the home ground of Odisha cricket team. The stadium is owned and operated by the Odisha Cricket Association. It is also used for Association Football. It hosts Santosh Trophy national football tournament and the state's Odisha First Division League football matches. The Barabati Stadium is one of the oldest grounds in India, having hosted several touring sides – including the MCC, the West Indies team and the Australians - before it hosted its first international match.

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The cricket and football venue is equipped with floodlights for day-and-night games and is a regular venue for ODI matches. It is also the current home of the Kings XI Punjab IPL team. The Barabati Stadium is also an alternate venue for home matches Kolkata Knight Riders IPL teams. It was an adopted home venue for former Indian Premier League franchise Deccan Chargers. Barabati Stadium is both the venue for Indian Premier League and Odisha Premier League.

The current office bearer of OCA. The President is Mr. Ranjib Biswal former IPL Chairman,Former INDIA Senior Cricket Team Manager(2011 World Cup Champion Team) Secretary is Ashirbad Behera and the Treasurer is Satya Mohanty

Ind vs eng in barabati crowd of fans outside barabati stadium


History and Development

The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack hosted only the third One Day International in this country, in January 1982, when India beat England by five wickets to lift the series 2-1. In the first Test match here five seasons later, the Sri Lankans were greeted with an underprepared wicket affording vastly unpredictable bounce. Dilip Vengsarkar, then at the most dizzying heights of his career, made his highest Test score of 166, his fourth century in eight Tests, when no other batsman on either side crossed 60. The Lankans were rolled over twice as India seized an innings and 67-run victory. Kapil Dev bagged his 300th Test victim, bowling Rumesh Ratnayake with a ball that failed to sit up.

The only other Test match here, against New Zealand in 1995-96, was badly affected by rain, affording less than 180 overs of playing time. Narendra Hirwani, on a comeback trail, took 6 for 59 in New Zealand's only innings, the best bowling figures here.

Though it isn’t one of the regular Test venues anymore, it continues to enjoy the status of international venue and hosts One-Day Internationals regularly. India have won one of the two Test matches played here, and have a 11-4 win-loss record in ODIs.

Indoor Hall

In 2012, Orissa Cricket Association named indoor cricket hall at Barabati Stadium after Sachin Tendulkar.

Records

Match Information:

Test Match Statistics:

ODI Match Statistics:

Trivia

  • Kapil Dev bagged his 300th test wicket when he bowled Rumesh Ratnayake of Sri Lanka in January 1987
  • The Stadium hosted matches in two World Cups hosted in the subcontinent - 1987 Cricket World Cup (Australia beat Zimbabwe by 70 runs)and 1996 Cricket World Cup (India beat Kenya by 7 Wickets)
  • Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja put on an unbroken 275 run partnership against Zimbabwe which was the then highest ODI partnership
  • The above partnership is the current world record for the 4th Wicket in ODI Cricket.
  • The partnership is the current world record for any unbroken partnership.
  • The most runs scored here in Test cricket was by India who were all out for 400 in 1987 and 298-8 in 1995. The third highest score was by Sri Lanka who were dismassed for 191 runs in 1987.
  • In Test cricket, the most runs scored here was by Dilip Vengsarkar(166 runs) followed by Kapil Dev(60 runs) and Sri Lankan Roy Dias(58 runs).
  • The most wickets were taken by Narendra Hirwani and Maninder Singh(6 wickets each) followed by Sri Lankan Ravi Ratnayeke and Kapil Dev (5 wickets each).
  • In ODIs, the highest score was made by India who scored 381-5 in 2017.
  • In ODIs, highest individual score at the venue is 152* by Mohammad Azharuddin against Zimbabwe.
  • The most runs scored here was by Sachin Tendulkar with 469 runs, followed by Ajay Jadeja with 273 runs.
  • The most wickets taken here was by Anil Kumble and Ajit Agarkar both with 7 wickets each, followed by Zaheer Khan of 6 wickets.

    • Cricket World Cup

    Barabati Stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the 1987 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup. Barabati Stadium also hosted the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.

    Santosh Trophy 2012

    This stadium was the main venue of the 2012 Santosh Trophy football tournament which was won by Services.

    References

    Barabati Stadium Wikipedia
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