Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium

Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium
	SCA Khandheri Stadium
Ground information
Location	Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Establishment	2008
Capacity	28,000
Owner	Saurashtra Cricket Association
Operator	Saurashtra Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian cricket team; Saurashtra cricket team; Gujarat Lions
	End names
	Pavilion End; END
International information
First Test	9–13 November 2016:; India v England
Last Test	4–6 October 2018:; India v West Indies
First ODI	11 January 2013:; India v England
Last ODI	17 January 2020:; India v Australia
First T20I	10 October 2013:; India v Australia
Last T20I	7 November 2019:; India v Bangladesh
	As of 17 January 2020; Source: ESPNcricinfo

Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, (Gujarati: સૌરાષ્ટ્ર ક્રિકેટ એસોસિયેશન સ્ટેડિયમ) also known as the Khandheri Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Rajkot, India. It is Gujarat's first solar-powered stadium.

In 2013, the first international match took place in this stadium. The host (India) played ODI against England. In same year, it hosted its first T20I between India and Australia which India won by six wickets. In 2016, this stadium hosted its first Test, India vs England. Although, the test ended in a draw.

History[]

View of Khandheri Cricket Stadium

Initially, the stadium was being used for Ranji Trophy matches, when the spectator stands were still being constructed.^[1] With the stands completed, the ground can hold 28,000 people. The stadium is a part of a larger sports complex that will include venues for other sports such as badminton, basketball, and volleyball. It will host Saurashtra Cricket Association matches along with Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground.

It is a state of the art cricket stadium. The media box here is similar in design to the one at Lord's Cricket Ground, London. To facilitate spectator movement, there are several aisles between seat columns and the many entrances/exits for the three stands. There is also a spacious passage running around the stadium, between the stands and the outer wall, to enable easy movement.

A 30-acre portion of agricultural land next to the Jamnagar highway was acquired around 2004. Construction began in 2006 and the total cost, including land, is said to be around Rs 75 crore (around $14 million). The SCA shifted its offices from the cramped seventh floor of a commercial building in the city to the stadium which has been hosting first-class matches since late 2008.

The complex has two playing fields: the main one inside the stadium, with a 90-yard outfield, and a smaller one outside, with a 70-yard outfield. The latter is used for outdoor nets, and also for district-level matches. The dressing rooms are big and lined with large, luxurious, cushioned seats.

There are more than 60 hospitality boxes dotting the West Stand and the Pavilion Stand but the SCA has decided against selling them permanently to corporates and will only hire them out for international matches. There are even plans to have an academy in the future.

The stadium was in the cricket news when its Saurashtra run machines Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja make their latest double or triple-hundred.

It also hosted its first T20 International match on 10 October 2013 between India and Australia during the Australia Tour of India Oct-Nov 2013. The match first saw Aaron Finch make 89 and then the return of Yuvraj Singh to international cricket in which he scored an unbeaten 77 as India chased down 201 runs.

In November 2015, the stadium was selected as one of the six new Test venues along with Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, JSCA International Stadium Complex, Holkar Stadium, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium and Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in India.^[2] The stadium was the home ground of the Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016. It hosted five matches in the season.^[3]

On 9 November 2016, the stadium hosted its first Test match, which was played between England and India.^[4]

List of Centuries[]

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

Test Centuries[]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	124	Joe Root	England	180	1	India	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
2	117	Moeen Ali	England	213	1	India	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
3	128	Ben Stokes	England	235	1	India	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
4	126	Murali Vijay	India	301	2	England	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
5	124	Cheteshwar Pujara	India	206	2	England	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
6	130	Alastair Cook	England	243	3	India	9 November 2016	Draw^[5]
7	134	Prithvi Shaw	India	154	1	West Indies	24 October 2018	Won^[6]
8	139	Virat Kohli	India	230	1	West Indies	24 October 2018	Won^[6]
9	100*	Ravindra Jadeja	India	132	1	West Indies	24 October 2018	Won^[6]

One Day Internationals[]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	103	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	118	1	India	18 October 2015	Won^[7]

Twenty20 Internationals[]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	109*	Colin Munro	New Zealand	58	1	India	4 November 2017	Won^[8]

List of Five Wicket Hauls[]

Key[]

Symbol	Meaning
	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.