List of international cricket centuries at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is a sports ground in Uppal, Hyderabad, India. It has a capacity of 55,000. The ground hosted Test cricket for the first time in 2010 when India played New Zealand.[1] 4 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 5 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2005 when India played South Africa.[3]

Kiwi batsman Tim McIntosh became the first man to score a Test century at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium when he made 102 against India in 2010. The highest Test individual score at the ground was scored by another kiwi batsman Brendon McCullum, who scored 225 runs at the same match. Two double centuries have been scored at the venue. Overall, there are 8 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]

Five ODI centuries have been scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, and the first by Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh who scored 103 from 122 deliveries against South Africa in 2005. The highest score achieved at the ground is 175 made by Sachin Tendulkar against Australia in 2009.[5]

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 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 102Tim McIntosh New Zealand 2541 India12 November 2010Drawn
2 111*Harbhajan Singh India 1162 New Zealand12 November 2010Drawn
3 225Brendon McCullum New Zealand 2083 India12 November 2010Drawn
4 159Cheteshwar Pujara (1/2) India 3061 New Zealand23 August 2012Won
5 167Murali Vijay (1/2) India 3612 Australia2 March 2013Won
6 204Cheteshwar Pujara (2/2) India 3412 Australia2 March 2013Won
7 112Murali Vijay (2/2) India 1601 Bangladesh9 February 2017Won
8 204Virat Kohli India 2461 Bangladesh9 February 2017Won
9 106*Wriddhiman Saha India 1551 Bangladesh9 February 2017Won
10 127Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh 2622 India9 February 2017Lost
11 106Roston Chase West Indies 1891 India13 October 2018Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1103Yuvraj Singh (1/2) India1221 South Africa16 November 2005Lost
2121Yuvraj Singh (2/2) India1152 Australia5 October 2007Lost
3112Shaun Marsh Australia1121 India5 November 2009Won
4175Sachin Tendulkar India1412 Australia5 November 2009Lost
5118Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka1241 India9 November 2014Lost

References
  1. "Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. "Records / Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Records / Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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