Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground

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Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
Ground information
Location Nagpur
Established 1975
Seating capacity 40,000
Floodlights No
Curator Kishore Pradhan
Owner Vidarbha Cricket Association
Operator Vidarbha Cricket Association
Home team(s) Vidarbha
End names Jaika End, Church End
Surface Grass
First Test India v New Zealand - Oct 3-8, 1969
Last Test India v England - Mar 1-5, 2006
First ODI India v England - Jan 23, 1985
Last ODI India v Australia - Oct 14, 2007

The Vidharba Cricket Association Ground is a Test cricket ground in the city of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. The ground is known as the VCA Ground. The first match was played here on October 3, 1969. The ground has been selected to host 2011 Cricket World Cup matches.

It is one of the two grounds where play was called off due to dangerous pitch conditions.

The ground belongs to the Central Zone.

Sunil Gavaskar 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.

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Coordinates: 21°09′26.2″N, 79°04′35.5″E