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Moti Bagh Stadium

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Tenants
  
Baroda cricket team

Tenant
  
Baroda cricket team

Capacity
  
18,000

Establishment
  
1956

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Location
  
Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Operator
  
Baroda Cricket Association

First ODI
  
November 7, 1983: India v  West Indies

Last ODI
  
December 17, 1988: India v  New Zealand

Owner
  
Baroda Cricket Association

Similar
  
IPCL Sports Complex, Keenan Stadium, Captain Roop Singh Sta, Gandhi Sports Complex, Vidarbha Cricket Associati

Moti Bagh Stadium is a cricket stadium located in Vadodara, Gujarat.

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The ground form part of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace building complex - a spawling 700-acre (2.8 km2) complex in the heart of the city. The palace and the stadium, earlied belonged to the former rulers of Baroda and the patrons of cricket in Baroda - the Gaekwad.

The stadium has a seating capacity of 18,000 people. The use of the stadium for International cricket has been discontinued in favour of IPCL Sports Complex Ground.

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Trivia

  • During his innings of 108*, Mohammad Azharuddin's established the then new world record for the fastest century in ODI match by scoring 100 runs in 62 balls, thereby erasing the previous record of Zaheer Abbas' 100 runs off 72 balls in Multan. As of March 7, 2007, this is the fastest ODI century for an Indian (Virender Sehwag is #2 requiring 69 balls against the same opponents in Colombo) and the 6th fastest ODI century ever.

    • References

    Moti Bagh Stadium Wikipedia
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