Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
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The Vidharba Cricket Association Ground was a Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 ground in the city of Nagpur
Nagpur
Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

. The ground is known as the VCA Ground and belongs to the Central Zone. The first match was played here on 3 October 1969.

It as been replaced by a new stadium called Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium is a Test cricket ground built in 2008 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India...

 as an international cricket stadium.

Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar is a former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any...

 scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup.

In 1995, during the 5th ODI between India and New Zealand, a wall in the East Stand collapsed, killing 9 people and injuring 70 others. New Zealand won the match.

Test

  • Highest team total: 609/6 dec, by India against Zimbabwe in 2000/01.
  • Lowest team total: 109, by India against New Zealand in 1969/70.
  • Highest individual score: 232*, by Andy Flower
    Andy Flower
    Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...

     against India in 2000/01.
  • Best bowling in an innings: 7/51, by Maninder Singh
    Maninder Singh
    Maninder Singh is a former international cricket player who represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. With his slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered as an heir to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets....

     against Sri Lanka in 1986/87.

One Day International

  • Highest team total: 350, by India against Sri Lanka in 2005/06.
  • Lowest team total: 154, by Zimbabwe against Australia in 1995/96.
  • Highest individual score: 149, by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
    Shivnarine Chanderpaul
    Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

     against India in 2006/07.
  • Best bowling in an innings: 6/29, by Patrick Patterson
    Patrick Patterson
    Balfour Patrick Patterson is a former fast bowler for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Early life:...

     against India in 1987/88.

ODI

Tests

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