Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Multi purpose stadium

A football match of Guwahati Sports Association underway at the Nehru Stadium.

26°10′50″N 91°45′28.8″E / 26.18056°N 91.758000°E / 26.18056; 91.758000

Nehru Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was built in 1962 and can host 15,000 spectators. Radha Govinda Baruah supervised, constructed and named it as Nehru Stadium.^[2] The stadium is operated by the Board of Sports of Assam, Government of Assam. It has been mainly used for football and cricket.

Nehru Stadium has hosted 13 One Day Internationals matches and many matches of domestic cricket tournaments including Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. In football, it hosts the prestigious Bordoloi Trophy and all three divisions of GSA Football League regularly. The stadium has also hosted the Santosh Trophy and Federation Cup,^[3] two top level domestic football tournaments of India.

Nehru Stadium, Guwahati in the evening

All records and statistics

Leading run scorers are Yuvraj Singh- 181 runs, Michael Bevan- 163 runs and Dinesh Mongia- 159 runs. Leading wicket takers are Ravi Shastri and Harbhajan Singh- 7 wickets.

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

Centuries in One Day Internationals

List of five wicket hauls

Key

Five Wicket Hauls

See also

• Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
• Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

External links

• Info on venue.

References

1. "Football Stadiums in India".
2. "Nehru Stadium completes glorious 50 years". The Assam Tribune. 16 December 2023.
3. "The resurrection of East Bengal". sportstarlive.com. Sportstar. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
4. "Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Cricket Team Records & Stats".
5. "Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Cricket Team Records & Stats".
6. "5th Match, Wills World Series at Guwahati, Nov 1 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
7. "5th ODI, Zimbabwe tour of India at Guwahati, Mar 19 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
8. "1st ODI, New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] at Guwahati, Nov 28 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
9. "1st ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India at Guwahati, Dec 22 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
10. "3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of India at Indore, Dec 15 1988". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.