Published on: Jan 22, 2024 1:00 pm IST|Updated on: Jan 22, 2024 11:55 am IST
India will meet India will meet England on January 25 to relocate their place in the World Test Championship 2023-25. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will host this fixture at 9:30 PM IST.
Meanwhile, in this post, Check the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch, Venue Stats, Record, and Average Score ahead of the 1st Test between India and England.
The pitch at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is batting-friendly. Although most pitches in recent times in India favour spinners, the surface in Hyderabad allows batters to score big runs. Despite batters being the dominant force in Hyderabad, bowlers are never out of the game here. In the last match played here, batters and bowlers remained equal throughout the match.
The recent Test matches played here, have revealed a Balanced wicket.
Last Result at the Venue: (Oct 12-14, 2018)
West Indies – 311/10 (Pacers – 6w, Spinners – 4w) & 127/10 (Pacers – 10w, Spinners – 0w)
India – 367/10 (Pacers – 8w, Spinners – 2w) & 127/10 (Pacers – 4w, Spinners – 6w)
India won by 10 wickets.
India have played 5 Test matches at this venue and won 4 and drew 1 of them.
India’s Highest Total: 687/6 vs Bangladesh in 2017
India’s Lowest Total: 367/10 vs West Indies in 2018
England have never played a Test match here.
Seating Capacity: 39200 Number of matches hosted: 5 Tests, 10 ODIs, and 2 T20Is
Total Matches Played: 5 Home Team (India) Won: 4 Visiting Team Won: 0 Neutral Side Won: 0 Drawn: 1
Average 1st Innings Score: 405 Matches Won Batting 1st: 2 Matches Won Batting 2nd: 2 Highest Team Total: 621 All Out by South Africa vs Sri Lanka in 2020 Lowest Team Total: 101 All Out by England vs South Africa in 2016 Highest Run Chase: 251/8 by England vs South Africa in 2000
Highest Individual Score: 225 – by Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) v India on November 12, 2010 – India drew with New Zealand Best Bowling Figures: 6/31 – by Ravichandran Ashwin (India) v New Zealand on August 23, 2012 – India beat New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs Most Runs: Cheteswar Pujara (India) – 510 runs in 5 innings Most Wickets: Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 27 wickets in 8 innings Most Sixes in Test at this venue: Harbhajan Singh (India) – 7 Sixes
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T20I:
No players from the current England squad have played any international match at this stadium.
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