Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium

Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India with a lush green outfield. It is primarily used for Cricket.

Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium
Dr. Y. S. Rajashekhar Reddy International Cricket Stadium
Ground information
LocationPothinamallayya Palem, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Establishment2003
Capacity27,500[1]
OwnerSports Authority of Andhra Pradesh
OperatorAndhra cricket team
TenantsIndian cricket team
Andhra cricket team
Sunrisers Hyderabad
End names
Vizzy End
DV Subba Rao End
International information
First Test17–21 November 2016:
 India v  England
Last Test2–6 October 2019:
 India v  South Africa
First ODI5 April 2005:
 India v  Pakistan
Last ODI18 December 2019:
 India v  West Indies
First T20I8 September 2012:
 India v  New Zealand
Last T20I24 February 2019:
 India v  Australia
First WODI24 February 2010:
 India v  England
Last WODI23 January 2014:
 India v  Sri Lanka
First WT20I18 March 2012:
 India v  Australia
Last WT20I28 January 2014:
 India v  Sri Lanka
As of 19 December 2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo

The stadium has two-tiers and was designed to avoid any restricted view seats, eliminating pillars or columns which come in the field of view of spectators in some of the Indian stadiums. The pitch is known as a batsman friendly one.

Ground profile

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Pitch and Outfield

The relatively short ground allows for power hitting. The pitch assists spinners and the ball does not bounce much and hence, batting second is not always beneficial, though dew factor sometimes plays a significant role. In recent matches, team batting second in a T20 match have even struggled to post even 80 runs on the board. The highest ODI Score here is 387 by India against West Indies, 2019.

History

The stadium hosted its first ODI match against Pakistan, in which Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored his maiden one day international century (148) in 2005. After being given Test status, it hosted its first test match in November 2016, between India and England. India won the match by 246 runs. The Stadium hosted its first T20I in February 2016 between India and Sri Lanka, in Which Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 wickets for 8 runs in his 4 over spell bundling out Sri Lanka for 83.

The stadium also hosted IPL matches and was the home ground of Deccan Chargers in 2012 and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2015 along with Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians together in 2016.

Although this Stadium did not host any group stage matches in the 2019 Indian Premier League, it was selected to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 of the tournament.[2]

Stats & Records
Matches hosted
Facts
  • MS Dhoni scored his maiden ODI hundred (148) at this ground when Pakistan toured India in 2005.
  • Rohit Sharma scored 159 off 138((17*4,5*6)) balls against West Indies on 18 December 2019, which is the highest individual ODI score (surpassing Virat Kohli) for any batsmen on this ground.
  • Rohit Sharma scored his first Test Hundred in his first innings as Test Opener on 3 October 2019, later in the same Test match, Rohit scored another 100 in the second innings. In the same test he smashed 13 sixes, that is the highest total for an individual in a test.
  • Mayank Agarwal recorded his maiden Test Hundred and converted it into a double hundred (215) at this ground, which is the highest individual Test score for any batsmen on this ground.
  • Highest ODI score posted by a team was 387/5 by India, vs West Indies, 2019.
  • Rohit Sharma and K. L. Rahul scored 100's each and recorded 227 runs for the first wicket for India, vs West Indies, 2019.
  • First time in an ODI that both captains Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard have been dismissed for a first ball duck, on 18 December 2019.
  • Kuldeep Yadav picked up his second ODI hat trick at this ground, vs West Indies, 2019.

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

Tests
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1119Cheteshwar Pujara India2041 England17 November 2016Won[5]
2167Virat Kohli India2671 England17 November 2016Won[5]
3176Rohit Sharma India2441 South Africa2 October 2019Won[6]
4215Mayank Agarwal India3711 South Africa2 October 2019Won[6]
5160Dean Elgar South Africa2871 India2 October 2019Lost[6]
6111Quinton de Kock South Africa1111 India2 October 2019Lost[6]
7127Rohit Sharma India1492 South Africa2 October 2019Won[6]

ODIs
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateWinning team
1148MS Dhoni India1231 Pakistan5 April 2005Won[7]
2107*Chamara Silva Sri Lanka1071 India17 February 2007Lost[8]
3111*Michael Clarke Australia1391 India10 October 2010Lost[9]
4118Virat Kohli India1212 Australia10 October 2010Won[9]
5117Virat Kohli India1232 West Indies2 December 2011Won[10]
6100*Shikhar Dhawan India852 Sri Lanka17 December 2017Won[11]
7157*Virat Kohli India1291 West Indies24 October 2018Tied[12]
8123*Shai Hope West Indies1342 India24 October 2018Tied[12]
9159Rohit Sharma India1381 West Indies18 December 2019Won[13]
10102K. L. Rahul India1041 West Indies18 December 2019Won[13]

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.

Tests
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Ravichandran Ashwin17 November 2016 India England229.56752.24 Won [5]
2Ravichandran Ashwin2 October 2019 India South Africa246.214573.12 Won[6]
3Mohammed Shami2 October 2019 India South Africa410.53553.23 Won[6]

One Day Internationals
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1Amit Mishra29 October 2016 India New Zealand261853.00 Won[14]

Notable Events
  • Due to water scarcity in Maharashtra during the IPL 2016 season, Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants played 3 games each at this stadium. Visakhapatnam served as a home venue for both the teams.
  • Rising Pune Supergiants skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [when CSK was facing eviction in 2016 & 2017] scored 22 runs off final over against Axar Patel of Kings XI Punjab on 21 May 2016 to secure one of the highest chases in T20s at this stadium.[15]
  • In 2016, Visakhapatnam hosted all 3 international formats in the same year in which India won the T20I, ODI and Test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England respectively.
  • On 24 October 2018, Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 10,000 ODI runs with 205 innings surpassing Sachin Tendulkar. He achieved this feat during the second ODI against West Indies.
  • In 2019, due to the General Elections in India, Visakhapatnam was named as Standby venue for IPL 2019. Even though this stadium has not hosted any group stage matches, it was selected to host the playoffs stage of 2019 Indian Premier League for the first time.
  • Dr. Y. S. Rajashekhar Reddy International Cricket Stadium
  • ACA-VDCA stadium
  • ACA-VDCA stadium view

References
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  2. "Hyderabad to host IPL final on May 12". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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