Green Park Stadium is an international standards cricket stadium of Kanpur, India. Its seating capacity increased to approximately 32,000 after a recent reconstruction.[1][needs context] It is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team.[2]
This arena is an International Test match venue. Green Park is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It has hosted international cricket matches in both of Test and ODI format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo IPL matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and on 10 and 13 May 2017.
As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 Tests, 14 ODIs and 1 T20I. It is situated near the river Ganga.
The stadium was named after a British woman named Green who used to go horse riding there, and is nicknamed 'Billiards Table',[3] and also 'Woolmer's turf', after the late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.
History
The Green Park Stadium is named after a woman named Green who used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. It is located in the Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganga, which flows just behind the stadium.
It is the only stadium in India where a student gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. It also has video screens that are used during international matches.
India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. This was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.[4]
Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, both times to the West Indies, in 1958 and again in 1983.
Infrastructure
The pitch of Green Park Stadium
The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and DAV College which are close to the stadium.[This paragraph needs citation(s)]
Lakshmi (Gulee) is the head of Women Cricket Division.
It also hosted England in January 2002 which India won easily. Also turned out to be the only match of Anil Kumble as captain.
It hosted its first day/night ODI on 29 October 2017 between India and New Zealand and India won this match by six runs.
The highest team total in ODI in this stadium is 337/7 by India on 29 October 2017 vs New Zealand.
Rohit Sharma is only the batsman who scored two centuries in ODI in this ground.
Shreyas Iyer scored a century in the first innings and a half-century in the second innings in his debut test match against New Zealand in November 2021.
Gallery
Kanpur's green park stadium between a Day-Night cricket match
Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match
England Vs India T20 match practice session at Green Park Stadium
England Vs India T20 match at Green Park Stadium
Mahendra Shukla, former Indian first-class cricketer at Green Park Stadium
Green Park Stadium in 2002
See also
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