Moti Bagh Stadium

Moti Baug Stadium
Motibaug Palace Ground
Ground information
Location Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Establishment 1956
Capacity 18,000
Owner Baroda Cricket Association
Operator Baroda Cricket Association
Tenants Baroda cricket team
End names
n/a
International information
First ODI November 7, 1983:
 India v  West Indies
Last ODI December 17, 1988:
 India v  New Zealand
As of June 2014
Source: Moti Bagh Stadium, Cricinfo

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

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.

Game Statistics

Category Information
Highest Team Score India (282/8 in 47.1 Overs against New Zealand)
Lowest Team Score Sri Lanka (141 All Out in 50 Overs against India)
Best Batting Performance Mohammad Azharuddin (108* Runs against New Zealand)
Best Bowling Performance Graeme Labrooy (5/57 against India)

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.

Coordinates: 22°17′23″N 73°11′24″E / 22.28972°N 73.19000°E / 22.28972; 73.19000

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