List of international cricket grounds in India

List of international cricket grounds in India, There are numerous world-renowned cricket stadiums located in India. Most grounds are under the administration of various state cricket boards as opposed to being under the control of the BCCI. The Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring an Indian cricket team. This was between the Parsis and the Europeans in 1877. The first stadium to host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, 

List of international cricket grounds in India

the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least one official Test match. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India, with multiple Test venues in Indore, Chandigarh Mohali, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajkot, Ranchi, Pune, Dharamsala and Nagpur.

List of international cricket grounds in India

List of international cricket grounds in India

Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests, and also has the second-largest seating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world, being capable of holding more than 66,000 spectators. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted numerous historical and controversial matches.[40] Other major stadiums in India include the Feroz Shah Kotla, which was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. For the last two years, the ground has been undergoing renovation.[41]

The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first ever Test match in India which is the only Test it has hosted to date. Wankhede Stadium, established in 1974, has a capacity to hold 33,000 spectators and is currently the most popular venue in the city. It has hosted 24 Test matches. It was the unofficial successor of the Brabourne Stadium, which is also located in Mumbai. Mumbai is often considered the cricketing capital of India because of its fans and the talent it produces (see Mumbai cricket team) and thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches.[42] The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricket ground, established in the early 1900s it was the site of India's first Test victory... List of international cricket grounds in India

Stadium	City	Test matches	Ref
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	40
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	Delhi	33
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chepauk, Chennai	31
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	25
Green Park	Kanpur	22
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	21
Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai	18
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali, Chandigarh	13
Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat)	Motera, Ahmedabad	12
Nehru Stadium	Chennai	9
Vidarbha C. A. Ground	Nagpur	9
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Jamtha, Nagpur	5
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	3
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad	3
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	2
Holkar Stadium	Indore	1
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Rajkot	1
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	1
Bombay Gymkhana	Mumbai	1
Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar	1
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow	1
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	1
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	1
University Ground	Lucknow	1