Nehru Stadium, Pune

Nehru Stadium, formerly known as Club of Maharashtra Ground, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pune, India. It is mainly used for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 1969 and holds a capacity of 25,000.

The ground is home to Maharashtra Cricket Team who represent the state of Maharashtra in Ranji Trophy.

International cricket
The stadium has hosted 11 One Day International matches including two in the Cricket World Cup (1987 & 1996), 4 WODI till date. The first ever ODI played on this ground was between India and England in 1984. The ground is yet to host a test match.

One of cricket's biggest upsets occurred on this very ground when Kenya beat West Indies in a low scoring encounter in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. List of ODIs List of WODIs

Cricket World Cup
This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.


 * 1) 1987 Cricket World Cup
 * 2) 1996 Cricket World Cup


 * 1987 Cricket World Cup


 * Sri Lanka v/s England:


 * 1996 Cricket World Cup


 * Kenya v/s West Indies:

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

One Day Internationals
The leading run scorers here have been Mike Gatting- 161 runs, Mark Waugh- 133 runs and Chris Cairns- 130 runs. The leading wicket takers here have been Ajit Agarkar- 8 wickets, Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Brad Williams- 5 wickets.