Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Multi purpose stadium

A football match of Guwahati Sports Association underway at the Nehru Stadium.

26°10′50″N 91°45′28.8″E﻿ / ﻿26.18056°N 91.758000°E﻿ / 26.18056; 91.758000Nehru Stadium

View of Nehru Stadium

Address| India
Location| R.G. Baruah Sports Complex, Guwahati, Assam, India
Coordinates| 26°10′50″N 91°45′28.8″E﻿ / ﻿26.18056°N 91.758000°E﻿ / 26.18056; 91.758000
Owner| Radha Govinda Baruah (1962)
Board of Sports of Assam (since 1962)
Operator| Board of Sports of Assam, Government of Assam
Capacity| 25,000[1]
Surface| Grass
Opened| 1962; 63 years ago (1962)
Tenants
Assam cricket team
Assam football team
Assam women's football team
Assam State Premier League
GSA Football leagues
Ground information
End names
Pavilion End
Railway End
First ODI| 17 December 1983:
India v  West Indies
Last ODI| 28 November 2010:
India v  New Zealand
First WODI| 14 November 1995:
India v  England
Last WODI| 4 December 2005:
India v  England
As of 9 December 2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guwahati, Assam, India. In 1962, Radha Govinda Baruah supervised and built the stadium.[2] He named it after the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. It can host 25,000 spectators. The stadium is operated by the Board of Sports of Assam, Government of Assam. It has been mainly used for football and cricket.

Nehru Stadium has hosted 13 One Day Internationals matches and many matches of domestic cricket tournaments including Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. In football, it hosts the prestigious Bordoloi Trophy and all three divisions of GSA Football League regularly. The stadium has also hosted the Santosh Trophy and Federation Cup,[3] two top level domestic football tournaments of India.

Nehru Stadium, Guwahati in the evening

## All records and statistics

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Type | Team 1 | Opposition team | Date

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First ODI |  India |  West Indies | 17 Dec 1983
Last ODI |  India |  New Zealand | 28 Nov 2010
Highest totals[4]

Team 1 | Opposition team | Date | Score | Overs
India |  Zimbabwe | 19 March 2002 | 333/6 | 50
West Indies |  New Zealand | 1 Nov 1994 | 306/6 | 50
Lowest totals[5]

Team 1 | Opposition team | Date | Score | Overs
India |  West Indies | 23 Dec 1987 | 135 | 41.3
Sri Lanka |  South Africa | 19 Nov 1993 | 136 | 40.1

Leading run scorers are Yuvraj Singh\- 181 runs, Michael Bevan\- 163 runs and Dinesh Mongia\- 159 runs. Leading wicket takers are Ravi Shastri and Harbhajan Singh\- 7 wickets.

## List of centuries

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### Key

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* * 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

### Centuries in One Day Internationals

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No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result

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1 | 111 | Carl Hooper |  West Indies | 114 | 1 |  New Zealand | 1 November 1994 | Won[6]
2 | 159* | Dinesh Mongia |  India | 147 | 1 |  Zimbabwe | 19 March 2002 | Won[7]
3 | 105 | Virat Kohli |  India | 104 | 1 |  New Zealand | 28 November 2010 | Won[8]

## List of five wicket hauls

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### Key

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Symbol  | Meaning

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†  | The bowler was man of the match
‡  | 10 or more wickets taken in the match
§  | One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs | Number of overs bowled.
Runs | Number of runs conceded
Wkts | Number of wickets taken
Econ | Runs conceded per over
Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn | The match was drawn.

### Five Wicket Hauls

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No.  | Bowler  | Date  | Team  | Opposing team  | Inn  | Overs  | Runs  | Wkts  | Econ  | Batsmen  | Result

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1 | Robin Singh (cricketer) | 22 December 1997 |  India |  Sri Lanka | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 4.4 |

* Romesh Kaluwitharana
* Kumar Dharmasena
* Roshan Mahanama
* Upul Chandana
* Muttiah Muralitharan

| Won [9]
2 | Doug Bollinger | 8 November 2009 |  Australia |  India | 1 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3.5 |

* Sachin Tendulkar
* Yuvraj Singh
* MS Dhoni
* Harbhajan Singh
* Ravindra Jadeja

| Won [10]

## See also

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* Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
* Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

## External links

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* Info on venue.

## References

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1. ^ "Board of Sports of Assam". Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. ^ "Nehru Stadium completes glorious 50 years". The Assam Tribune. 16 December 2023.
3. ^ "The resurrection of East Bengal". sportstarlive.com. Sportstar. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
4. ^ "Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Cricket Team Records & Stats".
5. ^ "Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Cricket Team Records & Stats".
6. ^ "5th Match, Wills World Series at Guwahati, Nov 1 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
7. ^ "5th ODI, Zimbabwe tour of India at Guwahati, Mar 19 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
8. ^ "1st ODI, New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] at Guwahati, Nov 28 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
9. ^ "1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Guwahati, Dec 22 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
10. ^ "3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Indore, Dec 15 1988". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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Assam Football Association

State teams|

* Assam football team
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Clubs|

| ISL|

* NorthEast United

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I-League 3|

* United Chirang Duar FC
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ASPL|

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Cup competitions|

* Bordoloi Trophy
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Stadiums|

* Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
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